Simona segre reinach

• MPhil
• Professor (Associate) at University of Bologna

Each case tells a story in the global production of “national fashions,” a historically Eurocentric field. The first Italian-Chinese collaborations were characterized by joint ventures led by Italians and aimed at the Chinese market. New types of collaboration are vastly more complex. Indeed, they are reshaping Western-Chinese relations in both dir...

The ‘making’ of fashion cannot merely refer to garment production and manufacturing. It is the prerequisite for a nation to actively participate on the global stage. To establish a ‘recognisable’ fashion image, a country must go far beyond the competition of a specialised garment and textile industry. Being recognised as the ‘author countries’ for...

Work! A Queer History of Modeling. ByElspeth H. Brown. Durham: Duke University Press, 2019. xviii + 348 pp. Illustrations, photographs, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $104.95; paper, $27.95. ISBN: cloth, 978-1-4780-0026-6; paper, 978-1-4780-0033-4. - Volume 93 Issue 4 - Simona Segre Reinach

As the practice of fashion curation extends into commercial galleries, public and retail spaces, and even to the individual self, professional concepts of “curating” are undergoing rapid change. Today, everyone is seemingly able to “curate”, but where does this leave the traditional understanding of curation as clothing collected and displayed in a...

Over the last century there has been a complete transformation of the fashion system. The unitary top-down fashion cycle has been replaced by the pulsations of multiple and simultaneous styles, while the speed of global production and circulation has become ever faster and more complex. Running in tandem, the development of artificial fibres has re...

The globalization of fashion is a heterogeneous process characterized by different forms of national subjectivity within an unstable hierarchy. Fashion feeds off local sartorial grammars, transforming into fashion what was once categorized as "costume" and introducing it into international circuits of fashion production and reproduction through the...

Goods made or designed in Italy enjoy a profile which far outstrips the country's modest manufacturing output. Italy's glorious design heritage and reputation for style and innovation has 'added value' to products made in Italy. Since 1945, Italian design has commanded an increasing amount of attention from design journalists, critics and consumers...

El regreso al Renacimiento, fundamental de un cierto discurso occidental sobre elvestir, que se reanudó nuevamente durante los años ochenta del siglo XX para explicar la moda,indica no tanto un intento por conocer la historia de un fenómeno que se desarrollaría mástarde, cuanto la necesidad de partir de un período en el que Italia tenía el liderazg...

The fashion media is in the midst of deep social and technological change. Including a broad range of case studies, from fashion plates to fashion films, and from fashion magazines to fashion blogs, this ground-breaking book provides an up-to-date examination of the role and significance of this field. Winner of the PCA/ACA Ray and Pat Browne Award...

Since the 1980s China has been the prime producer internationally and, since a decade ago, one of the main fashion consumers. Western brand dependence and its logos coexist in China with various forms of self-affirmation and predilection for other Asian aesthetics, not least Japanese and Korean. Joint ventures with Western fashion companies are als...

The intensification of production relocation has changed the geography of fashion and the relations between “made in” and national creativity. The possibility of creating fashion, i.e. of being recognized as “author countries,” is part of a process in which hierarchies and roles are being constantly renegotiated according to the contexts and player...

What is the meaning of national fashion in a globalized world Having or not having a national fashion upon which to rely seems to matter more and more for the success of brands operating in the contemporary market. This is so despite and perhaps because of production being increasingly transnational. The following article investigates how the proje...

An essential reference for students, curators and scholars of fashion, cultural studies, and the expanding range of disciplines that see fashion as imbued with meaning far beyond the material. Over 300 in-depth entries covering designers, articles of clothing, key concepts and styles. Edited and introduced by Valerie Steele, a scholar who has revol...

An essential reference for students, curators and scholars of fashion, cultural studies, and the expanding range of disciplines that see fashion as imbued with meaning far beyond the material. Over 300 in-depth entries covering designers, articles of clothing, key concepts and styles. Edited and introduced by Valerie Steele, a scholar who has revol...

An essential reference for students, curators and scholars of fashion, cultural studies, and the expanding range of disciplines that see fashion as imbued with meaning far beyond the material. Over 300 in-depth entries covering designers, articles of clothing, key concepts and styles. Edited and introduced by Valerie Steele, a scholar who has revol...

An essential reference for students, curators and scholars of fashion, cultural studies, and the expanding range of disciplines that see fashion as imbued with meaning far beyond the material. Over 300 in-depth entries covering designers, articles of clothing, key concepts and styles. Edited and introduced by Valerie Steele, a scholar who has revol...

An essential reference for students, curators and scholars of fashion, cultural studies, and the expanding range of disciplines that see fashion as imbued with meaning far beyond the material. Over 300 in-depth entries covering designers, articles of clothing, key concepts and styles. Edited and introduced by Valerie Steele, a scholar who has revol...

This volume examines the complex strands that make up the European tradition of dress and fashion. Europe's varied landscapes and climates have influenced ways of dressing, as have continental and regional historical movements. West Europe, while emphasizing the global importance of European dress and fashion since 1800, provides information about...

This article comprises observations from fieldwork undertaken in September 2002 in and around cities in the provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang in south-eastern China. The author interviewed proprietors of Chinese-Italian companies in the textile and clothing industries, representatives from the Chamber of Commerce and the Italian Consulate, and Chin...