Richard Ford
Law professor and legal scholar who studies civil rights, fashion, and dress codes; examines how clothing and grooming intersect with law, identity, and social status.
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Mar 20, 2026 • 31min
The future of fashion and dress codes
Richard Ford, Stanford law professor who studies civil rights, fashion, and dress codes, explores how clothing and grooming signal power, identity, and status. He traces sumptuary laws to modern unwritten norms. Topics include teens subverting rules, hair and racial politics, the masculine renunciation, workplace uniforms, and how fashion shapes respect and inequality.
