Drinks in Vogue

David Inglis is Professor of Sociology at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He holds degrees in sociology from the Universities of Cambridge and York, UK. He is founding editor of the journal Cultural Sociology. He writes in, and blends together, the areas of cultural sociology, historical sociology, and social theory. He has written and edited multiple books in these areas. He is particularly interested in comparing premodern civilisations and modern societies. He was chair of the Finnish Sociological Association, the Westermarck Seura. Current writing concerns include globalisation and cosmopolitisation, the nature of Brexit, masks and masking, the historical sociology of plagues, the sociology of translation, the concept of ‘Eurasia’, critique of postcolonial sociology, fashion in premodern contexts, and the long-term analysis of wine-related phenomena. Hang Kei Ho is Associate Professor of Sociology (Title of Docent) at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Furthermore, he is Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research themes include luxury consumption and brand management, housing policy and segregation, pandemic management strategies, the globalisation of wine, the super-rich, and capital flows within global property markets. He has worked in academic positions in Finland, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the UK, lecturing across the fields of anthropology, Asian studies, business management, development studies, economic geography, public health, sociology, and urban studies. He holds a PhD, an MBA, and three master’s degrees in multiple academic disciplines including electronic engineering, humanities, geography, and luxury brand management. Prior to entering academia, he worked in real estate consultancy, IT, and engineering.

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3. The Fear of Fashion: Why the 19th Century British Wine Trade Found Champagne Hard to Swallow

4. Paris and Champagne, or ‘Fashion’ and ‘Champagne’: Parallels, Connections, Comparisons

5. (Inter)National Spirits: On the Cultural Politics of the Cocktail Craze in Fascist Italy, 1920s-1930s

6. Why Wine is Fashionable

7. Fashioning Craft Beer

8. Escaping Conformity in the Post-World War II American West: The Marketing of Hawai’i and Polynesia-Themed Drinks & Fashion

9. Whisky, Decent Dresses and Ethno Prints: Drinks, Not-Drinking and Clothes in Nairobi’s Middle-Income Stratum

10. Haute Couture and Fashionable Beverages: Dark History, Changing Trends and Luxury Consumption in East Asia

11. The An-Non Girl’s Progress: The Representation of Drinks in Japanese Fashion Magazines for Young Women of the 1970s-1990s

12. Styling Coffee and Performing Taste: Influencers’ Fashion and Women-only Social Gatherings in the United Arab Emirates