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Why Does the Right Outfit Feel Like Armor?
From RN Collins, selected work
The article, the sources and the image credits behind this post, each linked to the original.
The articleWhy Does the Right Outfit Feel Like Armor? ask-a-neuroscientist-fashion.vercel.appResearch cited
- C. Bertheaux et al. (2020). Emotion Measurements Through the Touch of Materials Surfaces. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. doi.org
- Anna Ciaunica et al. (2021). Whatever Next and Close to My Self, The Transparent Senses and the Second Skin. Frontiers in Psychology. doi.org
- Neil Hester and Eric Hehman (2023). Dress is a Fundamental Component of Person Perception. Personality and Social Psychology Review. doi.org
- Tatiana Stolovy (2021). Styling the Self: Clothing Practices, Personality Traits, and Body Image Among Israeli Women. Frontiers in Psychology. doi.org
Other sources
- RN Collins / AAN × Fashion (2026). The Armor Outfit, three-occasion field protocol. AAN × Fashion. ask-a-neuroscientist-fashion.vercel.app
- The lab tool for this exhibition: Armor Pathway Mapper ask-a-neuroscientist-fashion.vercel.app
- The evidence reading room for this exhibition: every claim, its source and what it does not prove ask-a-neuroscientist-fashion.vercel.app
Images, slide by slide
- Image 1 in the essay
- Armor of Henry II, King of France, ca. 1555. Decoration design by Jean Cousin the Elder; possibly Baptiste Pellerin. The Met, 39.121a-n. Public Domain / CC0.Public Domain / CC0Photo record
- Image 2 in the essay
- Field Armor, Nuremberg, ca. 1525 and later. The Met, 04.3.289. Public Domain / CC0.Public Domain / CC0Photo record
- Image 3 in the essay
- Kolman Helmschmid, Portions of a Costume Armor, ca. 1525. The Met. Public Domain / CC0.Public Domain / CC0Photo record
- Image 4 in the essay
- Armor (Gusoku), Japanese, 19th century. The Met, 04.4.2. Public Domain / CC0.Public Domain / CC0Photo record
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