Is there a deeper symbolic significance in the textile-staged body images that addresses and communicates the problems and trends of a late modern society? Or are they merely a superficial aesthetic expression of a commercialized and mediatized youth culture? Petra Scheiper analyzes photographic data and takes into account the concept of the scene as well as the concepts of habitus, mimesis, and performativity. She explores how textile metaphors seismographically point to societal changes and what role clothing plays in self-staging, body techniques, and identity development processes.