This paper offers an autoethnographic account of Helsinki Pride 2025, June 28. Reflecting upon comfort, visibility, invisibility, joy, and resistance, the complexities of dress, embodiment, and multiple dressed bodies are discussed. It is concluded that although Pride is a demonstration for the rights of sexual and gender minorities, its significance reaches beyond these in times when conservative, anti-democratic forces are increasingly gaining power in Europe. Beyond individual style, as great as its importance is, the joyful coming together of masses, irrespective of their dress choices, holds enormous potential for mass power and individual empowerment.
Joyful under the Dragonfly: An Autoethnographic Fashion Account of Helsinki Pride 2025 / Almila, Anna Mari. - In: FASHION HIGHLIGHT. - ISSN 2975-0466. - (2025).
Joyful under the Dragonfly: An Autoethnographic Fashion Account of Helsinki Pride 2025
anna mari almila
Primo
2025
Abstract
This paper offers an autoethnographic account of Helsinki Pride 2025, June 28. Reflecting upon comfort, visibility, invisibility, joy, and resistance, the complexities of dress, embodiment, and multiple dressed bodies are discussed. It is concluded that although Pride is a demonstration for the rights of sexual and gender minorities, its significance reaches beyond these in times when conservative, anti-democratic forces are increasingly gaining power in Europe. Beyond individual style, as great as its importance is, the joyful coming together of masses, irrespective of their dress choices, holds enormous potential for mass power and individual empowerment.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
