Fashion in Focus analyzes fashion from a decolonial perspective. Through case studies, object analyses, and resource lists, this column offers insight on a diversity of practical strategies that may help us achieve more sustainable, diverse, equitable, and socially just fashion practices.
Starting a new year means learning new things and making space for everything that sparks my curiosity. Today I gathered five spaces where you can learn about fashion from non-hegemonic perspectives.
Indigenous People’s Day is coming up on Monday so I’ve decided to use it as an excuse to share the work of four Indigenous fashion scholars whose work has been absolutely instrumental to my own research and thinking about fashion.
To launch “Fashion in Focus,” I’ve decided to gather 5 online resources to learn about fashion from non-hegemonic perspectives. My selection includes projects that focus on Native American, Black, Asian, and Latin American fashion practices. I also dared to include a nascent project of mine that I’m excited to build now that I have officially completed my doctorate.