Fashion and the Cringification of Skateboarding: Vogue Magazine's 'Skate Week'

An article for Caught in the Crossfire reacting to Vogue Magazine's 2016 'skate week' feature, discussing the formation and appropriation of identity, popular culture and the reinforcements of social norms - drawing on ideas from Michel Foucault's theory of the 'Panopticon', Aldous Huxley's 'Brave New World' and JG Ballard's 'Highrise'. Widely shared on social media, including by www.sidewalkmag.com Illustration by Steve Larder: http://www.stevelarder.co.uk/