---
_id: '48429'
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.
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Charlotte
  full_name: Brachtendorf, Charlotte
  id: '95414'
  last_name: Brachtendorf
  orcid: 0000-0001-5739-933X
citation:
  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>'
  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>'
  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} }'
  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>.'
  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>.'
  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>.'
  short: C. Brachtendorf, Fashion, Style &#38; Popular Culture 9 (2022) 483–499.
date_created: 2023-10-24T13:15:19Z
date_updated: 2026-07-07T19:48:31Z
department:
- _id: '434'
doi: 10.1386/fspc_00157_1
extern: '1'
intvolume: '         9'
issue: '4'
keyword:
- authenticity
- body-without-organs
- Deleuze
- digital avatars
- fashionable ideal
- hominization
- Instagram
language:
- iso: eng
page: 483-499
publication: Fashion, Style & Popular Culture
publication_identifier:
  eissn:
  - 2050-0734
publication_status: published
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: 'Lil Miquela in the Folds of Fashion: (Ad-)Dressing Virtual Influencers'
type: journal_article
user_id: '95414'
volume: 9
year: '2022'
...
---
_id: '19'
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."
author:
- first_name: Michael
  full_name: Lass, Michael
  id: '24135'
  last_name: Lass
  orcid: 0000-0002-5708-7632
- first_name: Dominik
  full_name: Leibenger, Dominik
  last_name: Leibenger
- first_name: Christoph
  full_name: Sorge, Christoph
  last_name: Sorge
citation:
  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>'
  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>
  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}
    }'
  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>.
  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.
  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>.
  short: 'M. Lass, D. Leibenger, C. Sorge, in: Proc. 41st Conference on Local Computer
    Networks (LCN), IEEE, 2016.'
date_created: 2017-07-25T14:36:16Z
date_updated: 2022-01-06T06:53:56Z
department:
- _id: '27'
- _id: '518'
doi: 10.1109/lcn.2016.11
keyword:
- access control
- distributed version control systems
- mercurial
- peer-to-peer
- convergent encryption
- confidentiality
- authenticity
language:
- iso: eng
publication: Proc. 41st Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN)
publication_identifier:
  isbn:
  - 978-1-5090-2054-6
publication_status: published
publisher: IEEE
status: public
title: Confidentiality and Authenticity for Distributed Version Control Systems -
  A Mercurial Extension
type: conference
user_id: '24135'
year: '2016'
...