Dr. Mark Joseph O’Connell, Conference Presentation: “Fashioning Canada: Dress, Commodity Flows, and the Material Politics of Canadian Identity” (ICI) 2026 Conference, York University, Toronto, August 11-13, 2026

On August 11-13, 2026, I presented my Canadian Fashion Economies research “Fashioning Canada: Dress, Commodity Flows, and the Material Politics of Canadian Identity” at the Interrogating Canadian Identities / Les identités canadienne — une interrogation (ICI) 2026 Conference. August 11-13, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, York University, Fashioning Canada: Dress, Commodity Flows, and the Material Politics of Canadian Identity This conference presentation examines Canadian identity through dress, arguing that clothing and textiles have actively participated in shaping the social, economic, and politicalRead more

Stitching and Glitching a Digital Age: The Convergence of Fashion and Technology (Sept. 15, 2026)

Stitching and Glitching a Digital Age: The Convergence of Fashion and Technology (2026) Author: Dr. Mark Joseph O’Connell. Publication Date: Sept. 15, 2026. Description Stitching and Glitching a Digital Age is a critical study of fashion technology in the digital age. It argues that fashion has never been separate from technology: from the needle, loom, sewing machine, zipper, synthetic fibre, pattern block, and body measurement chart to AI design systems, smart textiles, virtual garments, platform retail, biometric wearables, digital avatars,Read more