NFT Fashion an Virtual Self Re-Creation

Abstract

This article explores how blockchain technology and NFT fashion challenge traditional frameworks of identity formation. While law has historically served as the primary mechanism integrating both the mental and physical self into institutional orders, blockchain aspires to establish alternative quasi-legal structures, granting individuals self-sovereignty through Lex Cryptographia. This shift is particularly evident in the realm of NFT-based virtual fashion, where digital aesthetics not only facilitate avatar customization but also reconfigure notions of corporeality and legal personhood. By examining the interplay between aesthetics, law, and self-representation in virtual spaces, this study critically assesses whether NFTs genuinely enable autonomous self-creation or, rather, reinscribe new institutional constraints under the guise of decentralization