Author Guidelines
Fashion Practice Submissions
1) Manuscript Submissions
Manuscripts should be submitted to the editors, either electronically or by post.
Marylin DeLong
College of Design
University of Minnesota
240 McNeal Hall, 1985 Buford Avenue
St Paul
MN 55108
USA
Email: mdelong@umn.edu
or
Sandy Black
London College of Fashion
20 John Princes Street
London
W1G 0BJ
UK
Email: s.black@fashion.arts.ac.uk
Notes for Contributors
Articles should be approximately 6,000-8,000 words in length and must include a biography of the author(s) of no more than 60 words, an abstract of approximately 200 words, and a list of five keywords. Exhibition and book reviews are normally 500 to 1,000 words in length. The Publishers will require an electronic copy of any contributions. Berg accepts most programs with the exception of Clarisworks.
Manuscripts
Manuscripts should be submitted to Marilyn DeLong or Sandy Black. Please see details above.
Manuscripts will be acknowledged by the editor and entered into the review process. Submission of a manuscript to the journal will be taken to imply that it is not being considered elsewhere for publication, and that if accepted for publication, it will not be published elsewhere, in the same form, in any language, without the consent of the editor and publisher. It is a condition of acceptance by the editor of a manuscript for publication that the publishers automatically acquire the copyright of the published article throughout the world. Fashion Practice does not pay authors for their manuscripts nor does it provide retyping, drawing, or mounting of illustrations.
Style
U.S. spelling and mechanicals are to be used. Authors are advised to consult The Chicago Manual of Style (15th Edition) as a guideline for style. Webster’s Dictionary is our arbiter of spelling. We encourage the use of major subheadings and, where appropriate, second-level subheadings.
Footnotes
Footnotes appear as “Notes” at the end of articles. Authors are advised to include footnote material in the text whenever possible. Notes are to be numbered consecutively throughout the paper and are to be typed double-spaced at the end of the text. Do not use any footnoting or end-noting programs which your software may offer as this text becomes irretrievably lost at the typesetting stage.
References
The list of references should be limited to, and inclusive of, those publications actually cited in the text. References are to be cited in the body of the text in parentheses with author’s last name, the year of original publication, and page number—e.g., (Rouch 1958: 45). Titles and publication information appear as “References” at the end of the article and should be listed alphabetically by author and chronologically for each author. Names of journals and publications should appear in full. Film and video information appears as “Filmography”. References cited should be typed double-spaced on a separate page. References not presented in the style required will be returned to the author for revision.
Tables
All tabular material should be part of a separately numbered series of “Tables.” Each table must be typed on a separate sheet and identified by a short descriptive title. Footnotes for tables appear at the bottom of the table. Marginal notations on manuscripts should indicate approximately where tables are to appear.
Figures
It is the author’s responsibility to secure written copyright clearance on all photographs and drawings that are not in the public domain. Copyright should be obtained for worldwide all language rights and on-line publishing.
All illustrative material (drawings, maps, diagrams, and photographs) should be designated “Figures.” They must be submitted in a form suitable for publication without redrawing. Color photographs can be accepted but will be reproduced as black and white in the printed version of the journal. (The color versions will, however, appear in the online version of the journal).
Whenever possible, photographs should be 8 x 10 inches. All figures should be clearly numbered on the back and numbered consecutively. All captions should be typed double-spaced on a separate page. Marginal notations on manuscripts should indicate approximately where figures are to appear. While the editors and publishers will use ordinary care in protecting all figures submitted, they cannot assume responsibility for their loss or damage. Authors are discouraged from submitting rare or non-replaceable materials.
The publishers encourage artwork to be submitted as scanned files (300 dpi or above for photographs/half-tones or 600 dpi for maps or illustrations containing text, with dimensions approximately 100mm wide) on disk or via email.
Criteria for Evaluation
Fashion Practice is a refereed journal. Manuscripts will be accepted only after review by both the editors and anonymous reviewers deemed competent to make professional judgments concerning the quality of the manuscript. Upon request, authors will receive reviewers’ evaluations.
Offprints
On publication, authors will be sent a PDF of the final version of their article for personal use. Copies of the journal issue can be purchased by authors at a discount rate.