“The New Normal”: Sartorial and Body Practices of the Quarantine Era. 18+

The world we got used to suddenly disappeared, and the new, uncertain, totally unknown world began, where new words, new practices, new experiences and completely new meanings emerged. Self-isolation and social distancing gave birth to new habits and rituals, our bodies move differently, our wardrobes changed, masks, having become part of everyday life, instantly turned into a fashionable statement and claim to retain this function.

Together we would like to gather and discuss the situation, to share first-hand ‘field observations’, to compare different isolation experiences, and to outline potential directions in the research of the ‘new norm’.