About: Monica Sklar

Monica Sklar is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Design-Apparel Studies, focused on aesthetics and design as it relates to history, theory and culture, with specializations in 20th/21st century design, subculture, and visual culture.

She has taught numerous college level courses in dress, textiles, and retailing, worked in art and design museums/galleries in multiple capacities, done numerous projects in fashion and art journalism and wardrobe styling, and worked on endless retail floors.

Currently Monica is actively finishing up her dissertation entitled Aesthetic Expressions: Punk Style and the Workplace, writing a book about Punk Style for Berg Publishers, and working on team research projects on Black Leather Jackets and Young Men's Workplace Dress.

Here are a some of Monica's most recent presentations:

Sklar, M., DeLong, M. (2010, May). Punk dress in the workplace: Rebellion and routine at a crossroads. Paper presentation at the national meeting of the Costume Society of America, Kansas City, MO.

DeLong, M., Gage, K., Sklar, M., & Park, J. (2009, April). Putting on the leathers: The identity of the black leather jacket. Paper presentation at the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, New Orleans, LA.

Kang, M., Sklar, M., & Johnson, K. (2008, November). Men at work: Fashioning identities. Paper Presentation at the International Textile and Apparel Association, Chicago, IL.

DeLong, M., Gage, K., Sklar, M. (2008, May). Regalia for the road: Looking beyond the black leather jacket. Poster presentation at the national meeting of the Costume Society of America, New Orleans, LA.

DeLong, M., Sklar, M., Gage, K. & Park, J. (2008, March). Tough as leather: Making and imaging the 21st century biker in the black leather jacket. Paper presentation and plenary panel at the national meeting of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, San Francisco, CA.

Sklar, M. (2007, October). Modern craft and its homespun revolution. Paper presentation at the Midwest Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, Kansas City, MO.

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