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Acknowledgments
I would like to give my most heartfelt thanks to the countless students at the Art
Institute of New York City and Pratt Institute who assisted me by engaging in spir-
ited debates about the nature of contemporary street style and who weighed in on
the nuances of identification with contemporary style groups and subcultures. Your
thoughtfulness and introspection have contributed to the richness and depth of this
work. I would also like to thank my husband, Jason Moore, for being a constant
source of support and insight for this project and for all things. Finally, I must ac-
knowledge the countless people who agreed to speak with me about their personal
style, their identification with subcultural groups, or their relationships to street-
style phenomena in their roles as fashion professionals. For both your time and
your openness I am thankful.
