%0 Journal Article %A Lingham, Vanessa %T Exploring the fashion identity of Gypsy and Traveller women: Research problems and processes %D 2014 %J Fashion, Style & Popular Culture, %V 1 %N 3 %P 395-412 %@ 2050-0734 %R https://doi.org/10.1386/fspc.1.3.395_1 %K English Gypsy %K identification %K culture %K representation %K Irish Traveller %K style-fashion-dress %I Intellect, %X Abstract This article explores the crucial issues of identification, access, participation and documenting addressed within the research design and methodology for my M.A. thesis. Within my thesis I questioned whether English Gypsy and Irish Traveller women’s style-fashion-dress can indeed be culturally defined and fixed collectively by cultural definitions, which are so often deemed to be set by terminology. Reflecting on some of the ‘novice’ research dilemmas I faced within the field of Gypsy and Traveller Studies this article is about first approaches to ethnographic research specifically for new fashion scholars, like myself, engaging with ‘minority’ fashion studies. %U https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/fspc.1.3.395_1