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I’m not sure why I signed up for the introduction to the London College of Fashion Archives, but I’ll never forget the feeling of walking into that seminar room and seeing a trolley full of archival boxes with some of their contents already carefully laid out on Tyvek-covered tables.
Kate Spade’s death in particular offers the fashion community an opportunity to reflect beyond her characteristic exuberance. What do we really know about mental health among fashion industry workers and what do we want to know?
We feel that there is room for all of us to make our voices heard in the fashion system, and we’d like you to see this survey as a chance for fashion studies scholars and practitioners to join the conversation.
Unlike other social platforms, it was free of daily news, politics, spam, bots, or relatives. It simply thrived on what people felt inspired by.
Dapper Dan stands as a perennial icon within the field of fashion studies and dress history—a key figure that in-the-know scholars reference in order to ground discussions on everything from "logomania," to luxury fashion, to the enduring influences of little-known visionary black designers. Dap, however, was only recently catapulted into the wider public consciousness when he became the unwitting inspiration for Gucci's Cruise 2018 collection in which the brand's creative director, Alessandro Michele, referenced (or better, ripped off) the Harlem couturier's iconic puff-sleeve Louis Vuitton creation.
