Making an Appearance: An International Conference on Fashion, Dress, and Consumption, will be hosted by The Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies, The University of Queensland, in association with the Creative Industries Faculty, QUT, in Brisbane, Australia from July 10-13, 2003.

This conference brings together scholars, as well as industry practitioners, journalists and local designers, to debate the latest thinking on fashion, identity, the body and consumption. It offers a unique opportunity to engage with the ways dress is now central to much theorising about gender, culture and race.

The conference will be the first opportunity in an Australian university for those interested in fashion to discuss and critique its current place, meanings and indeed its future. The broad intention is to foster meaningful dialogue between the academy and industry so that both may benefit from the association.