Half of academy pursuing clothing that's vulgar (6)
I believe the answer is:
kitsch
'vulgar' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'half of academy pursuing clothing that's' is the wordplay.
'half of academy' becomes 'h' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'pursuing' says to put letters next to each other.
'clothing' becomes 'kit' (I've seen this in other clues).
'that's' becomes 'sc' (short for Latin scilicet- 'it follows' or 'that is).
'kit'+'sc'='kitsc'
'h' put after 'kitsc' is 'KITSCH'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for kitsch that I've seen before include "tasteless material" , "Vulgarly pretentious art" , "Garish tasteless art" , "Vulgar, pretentious" , "Garish or vulgar items" .)