I have always been interested in the shift that took place during the 20th century when fine art moved away from a realistic representation of the natural world to a focus on works of art… View Full Post
On the eve of the opening of the Glasstress exhibition here at the Fashion Space Gallery, I thought I would ask for some student perspectives on the exhibition in Venice, where many of the pieces… View Full Post
Visiting Antwerp was a real surprise. I had gone to get a feel for a very different type of fashion education at their Fashion Academy and to discuss with the Director of the Fashion Museum… View Full Post
This time last week we hosted this exciting event bringing together two renowned thinkers and doers, two people who have given a lot of thought as to how our planet and its inhabitants are going… View Full Post
When I was invited to visit Antwerp as part of their celebrations of 50 years of their Fashion Academy, part of their Royal Academy of Fine Art, I was delighted. Antwerp has always intrigued me.… View Full Post
Food is more carefully photographed than old people. Food is celebrated while old age is marginalized. Margaret Morganroth Gullette pointed this out at our conference last week, Mirror Mirror, discussing representations and reflections on age… View Full Post
Earlier this year, I took part in an in conversation with Judith Clark and Adam Phillips on The Concise Dictionary of Dress, erotic potentials of fashion, and the idiosyncratic collaboration between a costume curator and… View Full Post