![]() ![]() “It had a broader significance,” he said.įord then started looking into rules and regulations around dress codes and found himself being drawn back into history. ![]() Richard Thompson Ford of the Stanford School of Law addressed University of Houston Law Center faculty and students during a virtual presentation on April 12.ĪpVisiting speaker Professor Richard Thompson Ford of the Stanford Law School gathered virtually with University of Houston Law Center faculty and students last week to discuss his book, “Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History,” which offers a perspective on racial justice by discussing the history of dress codes and how they have worked to undermine personal dignity.įord said he first became interested in dress codes and their relationship to race when he saw how his father put a good deal of effort into being well-dressed, which Ford saw as a way of navigating race relations. ![]()
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