• Loose Thoughts No. 16 – What does it mean to be a fashion historian?

  • Dec 28 2023
  • Length: 9 mins
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Loose Thoughts No. 16 – What does it mean to be a fashion historian?

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  • I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it means to be a fashion historian. My reflections have focused on a more practical and perhaps even “philosophical” take on what it means to be a fashion historian in the very disturbed world that we live in today. In this episode, I ponder questions like: What is the purpose—if any—of fashion history? How can we use fashion history to actively reshape an industry that is clearly rotten and needs a good shakeout? And what is the role of a fashion historian in shaping contemporary design or even the future of fashion?

    **This was first published as an audioblog on November 9, 2023.

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