Fashion Projects
15 Years of Fashion in Dialogue
Published on 22. August 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
226 pages
978-1-83595-177-4 (ISBN)
Description
Fashion Projects: 15 Years of Fashion in Dialogue anthologizes the New York-based journal Fashion Projects. The book is an index of a particular time within the fashion studies landscape and the attendant fields of fashion writing, fashion curation and critical fashion practice during which the field witnessed a meteoric rise.
The long-running non-profit journal Fashion Projects was described by The Paris Review as 'a journal devoted to critical discourse in fashion'. Fashion Projects was founded in New York in 2005 as a zine. It gradually morphed into a larger journal straddling the academic and general interest worlds, with international distribution and an ardent readership. It served as a platform to highlight the importance of fashion within current critical discourses through longform interviews with a range of curators, critics, artists and designers. This book collects together the best articles from the journal, most issues of which are now unavailable.
From exploring the rise of digital fashion media with Penny Martin (the founding editor-in-chief of SHOWstudio) to the continued importance of connoisseurship with Harold Koda (former curator-in-chief of the Met's Costume Institute), the anthology records the increasing centrality of fashion to contemporary critical discourse.
The long-running non-profit journal Fashion Projects was described by The Paris Review as 'a journal devoted to critical discourse in fashion'. Fashion Projects was founded in New York in 2005 as a zine. It gradually morphed into a larger journal straddling the academic and general interest worlds, with international distribution and an ardent readership. It served as a platform to highlight the importance of fashion within current critical discourses through longform interviews with a range of curators, critics, artists and designers. This book collects together the best articles from the journal, most issues of which are now unavailable.
From exploring the rise of digital fashion media with Penny Martin (the founding editor-in-chief of SHOWstudio) to the continued importance of connoisseurship with Harold Koda (former curator-in-chief of the Met's Costume Institute), the anthology records the increasing centrality of fashion to contemporary critical discourse.
Reviews / Votes
'This text chronicles a period when interest in fashion studies skyrockets in both the academy and the general public, and aims to supply scholarly evidence that highlights fashion as a cultural practice worthy of critical attention. In doing this, it also provides a teaching supplement for fashion scholarship in all its attendant fields, from design and critical practice to writing, curation, conservation, as well as its intersections with art, performance and digital media... A worthy publication recalling the old adage that lacking comment there is no fashion - only clothes. Ah, but clothes with such stories to tell!' -- Linda Florence Matheson, Fashion, Style & Popular Culture 'This text chronicles a period when interest in fashion studies skyrockets in both the academy and the general public, and aims to supply scholarly evidence that highlights fashion as a cultural practice worthy of critical attention. In doing this, it also provides a teaching supplement for fashion scholarship in all its attendant fields, from design and critical practice to writing, curation, conservation, as well as its intersections with art, performance and digital media... A worthy publication recalling the old adage that lacking comment there is no fashion - only clothes. Ah, but clothes with such stories to tell!' -- Linda Florence Matheson, Fashion, Style & Popular CultureMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Intellect
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
20 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
686 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83595-177-4 (9781835951774)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Francesca Granata is associate professor in the School of Art and Design History and Theory at Parsons School of Design, New York, USA. Her research centres on modern and contemporary visual and material culture with a particular focus on fashion history and theory, gender and performance studies.
Content
Introduction
PART I: Curators and Conservators
Showmanship and History: An Interview with Harold Koda Francesca Granata
Exploring Fashion's Openness: An Interview with Kaat Debo Alex Nora Esculapio
Curation and Conservation: An Interview with Sarah Scaturro Mae Colburn
Fashion in the Vast Museum: An Interview with Alexandra Palmer Ingrid Mida
Woman of Steele: An Interview with Valerie Steele Lisa Santandrea
Experiments in Fashion Curation: An Interview with Judith Clark Sarah Scaturro
Restless Curating: An Interview with Maria Luisa Frisa Marco Pecorari
London, After a Fashion Curator: An Interview with Alistair O'Neill Alexis Romano
Elsewhere: Between Art Collaborative and House of Wonder Francesca Granata
Fashioning the Self in Slavery and Freedom: An Interview with Jonathan M. Square Tzuni Lopez Montgomery
PART II: Critics and Writers
Fashion Criticism: A Critical View: An Interview with Robin Givhan Michelle Labrague
This Is Not a Fashion Critic: An Interview with Guy Trebay Jay Ruttenberg
Women's Work: An Interview with Judith Thurman Francesca Granata
On Fashion Futures: An Interview with Suzy Menkes Lucy Collins
Fashion Criticism as Political Critique: An Interview with Lynn Yaeger Sarah Scaturro
The Critic as Artist: An Interview with Mariuccia Casadio Marco Pecorari
Transdisciplinary Practices: An Interview with Stefano Tonchi Francesca Granata
Show Me Your Reality and I'll Show You Mine: An Interview with Penny Martin Patty Chang
Bill Cunningham: Multimedia Man Jay Ruttenberg
PART III: Artists and Designers
Reflections on Meta-Design: An Interview with Mary Ping Cynthia Leung
Fashion as Expanded Practice: An Interview with Shelley Fox Francesca Granata
Space Meditations: An Interview with Gabi Schillig Sarah Scaturro
Fashioning Vulnerabilities: An Interview with Pascale Gatzen Mae Colburn
Envisioning a Thriving Local Textile Economy: An Interview with Rebecca Burgess Mae Colburn
Boundless Practice: An Interview with Susan Cianciolo Sonya Mooney
Elegant Subversions: An Interview with Cat Chow Francesca Granata
Imprints of the Body: An Interview with Tanya Marcuse Tamsen Young
The Red Shoe Delivery Service: From the Armory to the Land of Oz Francesca Granata
Fuzzy Fashion: Studio 5050 Sarah Scaturro
A Matter of Style: Papa Wemba Patty Chang
Serpica Naro: The Great Fashion Swindle Francesca Granata
Made in Italy - An Expanded View: An Interview with Michelle Ngonmo Francesca Granata
PART I: Curators and Conservators
Showmanship and History: An Interview with Harold Koda Francesca Granata
Exploring Fashion's Openness: An Interview with Kaat Debo Alex Nora Esculapio
Curation and Conservation: An Interview with Sarah Scaturro Mae Colburn
Fashion in the Vast Museum: An Interview with Alexandra Palmer Ingrid Mida
Woman of Steele: An Interview with Valerie Steele Lisa Santandrea
Experiments in Fashion Curation: An Interview with Judith Clark Sarah Scaturro
Restless Curating: An Interview with Maria Luisa Frisa Marco Pecorari
London, After a Fashion Curator: An Interview with Alistair O'Neill Alexis Romano
Elsewhere: Between Art Collaborative and House of Wonder Francesca Granata
Fashioning the Self in Slavery and Freedom: An Interview with Jonathan M. Square Tzuni Lopez Montgomery
PART II: Critics and Writers
Fashion Criticism: A Critical View: An Interview with Robin Givhan Michelle Labrague
This Is Not a Fashion Critic: An Interview with Guy Trebay Jay Ruttenberg
Women's Work: An Interview with Judith Thurman Francesca Granata
On Fashion Futures: An Interview with Suzy Menkes Lucy Collins
Fashion Criticism as Political Critique: An Interview with Lynn Yaeger Sarah Scaturro
The Critic as Artist: An Interview with Mariuccia Casadio Marco Pecorari
Transdisciplinary Practices: An Interview with Stefano Tonchi Francesca Granata
Show Me Your Reality and I'll Show You Mine: An Interview with Penny Martin Patty Chang
Bill Cunningham: Multimedia Man Jay Ruttenberg
PART III: Artists and Designers
Reflections on Meta-Design: An Interview with Mary Ping Cynthia Leung
Fashion as Expanded Practice: An Interview with Shelley Fox Francesca Granata
Space Meditations: An Interview with Gabi Schillig Sarah Scaturro
Fashioning Vulnerabilities: An Interview with Pascale Gatzen Mae Colburn
Envisioning a Thriving Local Textile Economy: An Interview with Rebecca Burgess Mae Colburn
Boundless Practice: An Interview with Susan Cianciolo Sonya Mooney
Elegant Subversions: An Interview with Cat Chow Francesca Granata
Imprints of the Body: An Interview with Tanya Marcuse Tamsen Young
The Red Shoe Delivery Service: From the Armory to the Land of Oz Francesca Granata
Fuzzy Fashion: Studio 5050 Sarah Scaturro
A Matter of Style: Papa Wemba Patty Chang
Serpica Naro: The Great Fashion Swindle Francesca Granata
Made in Italy - An Expanded View: An Interview with Michelle Ngonmo Francesca Granata