[{"date_created":"2023-10-24T13:15:19Z","keyword":["authenticity","body-without-organs","Deleuze","digital avatars","fashionable ideal","hominization","Instagram"],"type":"journal_article","department":[{"_id":"434"}],"issue":"4","publication":"Fashion, Style & Popular Culture","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Since her debut on Instagram in 2016, Lil Miquela has amassed over 3 million followers. She was the first of many virtual influencers; avatars with a hyper-realistic humanoid appearance who operate on social media. This article investigates how the fashioning of virtual influencers informs the relationship between virtual and human bodies. A visual and textual analysis of virtual influencers on Instagram has revealed that they are emblematic of a coalescence between the virtual and the actual. Virtual influencers often evoke discussions about human nature because their cyberpunk narratives and uncanny appearance position them as autonomous posthuman subjects. Virtual influencers are positioned as Bodies without Organs, as their bodies can be manipulated into any form. Yet, they adhere to normative ideals of youth, slimness and beauty, encouraging their audiences to follow suit. Their fashion reflects the streetwear aesthetic but is often designed by luxury brands. This strategy positions virtual influencers as authentic, while generating visibility within the attention economy. Further, the Deleuzian concept of the fold serves as a metaphor to understand fashion as an interface between surface and depth. It is fashion in its folded form that hominizes virtual influencers, although they are merely a fashionable surface."}],"extern":"1","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"doi":"10.1386/fspc_00157_1","year":"2022","title":"Lil Miquela in the Folds of Fashion: (Ad-)Dressing Virtual Influencers","author":[{"orcid":"0000-0001-5739-933X","last_name":"Brachtendorf","first_name":"Charlotte","full_name":"Brachtendorf, Charlotte","id":"95414"}],"publication_identifier":{"eissn":["2050-0734"]},"date_updated":"2026-07-07T19:48:31Z","publication_status":"published","intvolume":"         9","article_type":"original","citation":{"apa":"Brachtendorf, C. (2022). Lil Miquela in the Folds of Fashion: (Ad-)Dressing Virtual Influencers. <i>Fashion, Style &#38; Popular Culture</i>, <i>9</i>(4), 483–499. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1386/fspc_00157_1\">https://doi.org/10.1386/fspc_00157_1</a>","ieee":"C. Brachtendorf, “Lil Miquela in the Folds of Fashion: (Ad-)Dressing Virtual Influencers,” <i>Fashion, Style &#38; Popular Culture</i>, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 483–499, 2022, doi: <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1386/fspc_00157_1\">10.1386/fspc_00157_1</a>.","short":"C. Brachtendorf, Fashion, Style &#38; Popular Culture 9 (2022) 483–499.","chicago":"Brachtendorf, Charlotte. “Lil Miquela in the Folds of Fashion: (Ad-)Dressing Virtual Influencers.” <i>Fashion, Style &#38; Popular Culture</i> 9, no. 4 (2022): 483–99. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1386/fspc_00157_1\">https://doi.org/10.1386/fspc_00157_1</a>.","mla":"Brachtendorf, Charlotte. “Lil Miquela in the Folds of Fashion: (Ad-)Dressing Virtual Influencers.” <i>Fashion, Style &#38; Popular Culture</i>, vol. 9, no. 4, 2022, pp. 483–99, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1386/fspc_00157_1\">10.1386/fspc_00157_1</a>.","ama":"Brachtendorf C. Lil Miquela in the Folds of Fashion: (Ad-)Dressing Virtual Influencers. <i>Fashion, Style &#38; Popular Culture</i>. 2022;9(4):483-499. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1386/fspc_00157_1\">10.1386/fspc_00157_1</a>","bibtex":"@article{Brachtendorf_2022, title={Lil Miquela in the Folds of Fashion: (Ad-)Dressing Virtual Influencers}, volume={9}, DOI={<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1386/fspc_00157_1\">10.1386/fspc_00157_1</a>}, number={4}, journal={Fashion, Style &#38; Popular Culture}, author={Brachtendorf, Charlotte}, year={2022}, pages={483–499} }"},"quality_controlled":"1","page":"483-499","_id":"48429","user_id":"95414","volume":9,"status":"public"},{"publication":"Proc. 41st Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN)","citation":{"bibtex":"@inproceedings{Lass_Leibenger_Sorge_2016, title={Confidentiality and Authenticity for Distributed Version Control Systems - A Mercurial Extension}, DOI={<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1109/lcn.2016.11\">10.1109/lcn.2016.11</a>}, booktitle={Proc. 41st Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN)}, publisher={IEEE}, author={Lass, Michael and Leibenger, Dominik and Sorge, Christoph}, year={2016} }","ama":"Lass M, Leibenger D, Sorge C. Confidentiality and Authenticity for Distributed Version Control Systems - A Mercurial Extension. In: <i>Proc. 41st Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN)</i>. IEEE; 2016. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1109/lcn.2016.11\">10.1109/lcn.2016.11</a>","mla":"Lass, Michael, et al. “Confidentiality and Authenticity for Distributed Version Control Systems - A Mercurial Extension.” <i>Proc. 41st Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN)</i>, IEEE, 2016, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1109/lcn.2016.11\">10.1109/lcn.2016.11</a>.","chicago":"Lass, Michael, Dominik Leibenger, and Christoph Sorge. “Confidentiality and Authenticity for Distributed Version Control Systems - A Mercurial Extension.” In <i>Proc. 41st Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN)</i>. IEEE, 2016. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1109/lcn.2016.11\">https://doi.org/10.1109/lcn.2016.11</a>.","short":"M. Lass, D. Leibenger, C. Sorge, in: Proc. 41st Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), IEEE, 2016.","ieee":"M. Lass, D. Leibenger, and C. Sorge, “Confidentiality and Authenticity for Distributed Version Control Systems - A Mercurial Extension,” in <i>Proc. 41st Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN)</i>, 2016.","apa":"Lass, M., Leibenger, D., &#38; Sorge, C. (2016). Confidentiality and Authenticity for Distributed Version Control Systems - A Mercurial Extension. In <i>Proc. 41st Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN)</i>. IEEE. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1109/lcn.2016.11\">https://doi.org/10.1109/lcn.2016.11</a>"},"abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Version Control Systems (VCS) are a valuable tool for software development\r\nand document management. Both client/server and distributed (Peer-to-Peer)\r\nmodels exist, with the latter (e.g., Git and Mercurial) becoming\r\nincreasingly popular. Their distributed nature introduces complications,\r\nespecially concerning security: it is hard to control the dissemination of\r\ncontents stored in distributed VCS as they rely on replication of complete\r\nrepositories to any involved user.\r\n\r\nWe overcome this issue by designing and implementing a concept for\r\ncryptography-enforced access control which is transparent to the user. Use\r\nof field-tested schemes (end-to-end encryption, digital signatures) allows\r\nfor strong security, while adoption of convergent encryption and\r\ncontent-defined chunking retains storage efficiency. The concept is\r\nseamlessly integrated into Mercurial---respecting its distributed storage\r\nconcept---to ensure practical usability and compatibility to existing\r\ndeployments."}],"date_created":"2017-07-25T14:36:16Z","type":"conference","keyword":["access control","distributed version control systems","mercurial","peer-to-peer","convergent encryption","confidentiality","authenticity"],"department":[{"_id":"27"},{"_id":"518"}],"title":"Confidentiality and Authenticity for Distributed Version Control Systems - A Mercurial Extension","status":"public","year":"2016","author":[{"id":"24135","full_name":"Lass, Michael","first_name":"Michael","last_name":"Lass","orcid":"0000-0002-5708-7632"},{"full_name":"Leibenger, Dominik","last_name":"Leibenger","first_name":"Dominik"},{"full_name":"Sorge, Christoph","last_name":"Sorge","first_name":"Christoph"}],"publication_identifier":{"isbn":["978-1-5090-2054-6"]},"publication_status":"published","date_updated":"2022-01-06T06:53:56Z","_id":"19","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"publisher":"IEEE","user_id":"24135","doi":"10.1109/lcn.2016.11"}]