<DIV><p>Fashion is an economic and social force, a culture industry, a global powerhouse, a political statement. Fashion can express freedom or constriction; it can repress or liberate the body. <I>WSQ Fashion</I> investigates this inherently gendered issue and explores how it ignites passions, produces colossal waste, demands ruthless exclusion, and inspires hysterical devotion.</p><p><B>Eugenia Paulicelli</B> is a professor at Queens College and is a member of the doctoral faculty in the comparative literature and women's studies at the CUNY Graduate Center.</p><p><B>Elizabeth Wissinger</B> is associate professor of sociology, social services, and human services at Borough of Manhattan Community College.</p><br></DIV>