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Podcast: Arts & Ideas
Episode: Fashion Stories: Uniforms - an alternative history
Description: From school to work to the military – uniforms can signal authority and belonging. But what happens when uniforms are worn by those whom institutions normally exclude? Or when they’re used out of context? New Generation Thinker Tom Smith explores playful, creative and queer uses of uniforms, from the cult film Mädchen in Uniform, recently released in the UK by the BFI, to documents he discovered in German archives, to his take on the styles embraced in subcultures today.Producer: Ruth WattsTom Smith is a Senior Lecturer at the University of St Andrews. You c...