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Tag: horror

  • Fashioning Horror, Pt. 2: Women in Black

    Happy Halloween, all! Women in Black: haunts, widows, ghosts, saints and sinners Today I explore those mysterious women in black. Black is culturally more complicated than white because its meanings are both contradictory and still evolving.   Many religious groups use black as the marker of a religious figure, whether priest, minister, or nun. The…

  • Fashioning Horror: Pt. 1 Women in White

    Halloween is coming! Horror films have given us some of the most iconic images of evil that ever wore clothes. Since fashion and film (and character) have been a recurring theme on this blog, I thought it would be fun to take a quick look through some iconic horror costumes. Women in White: ghosts, madwomen,…