Blogs
Of Another Fashion: Developed by Minh-Ha T. Pham as “An alternative archive of the not-quite-hidden but too often ignored fashion histories of u.s. women of color.”
Threadbared: Threadbared is an evolving collaboration between two clotheshorse academics to discuss the politics, aesthetics, histories, theories, cultures and subcultures that go by the names “fashion” and “beauty.” Authored by Minh-Ha T. Pham and Mimi Thi Nguyen.
Native Appropriations: Native Appropriations is a forum for discussing representations of Native peoples, including stereotypes, cultural appropriation, news, activism, and more. Founded by Dr. Adrienne Keene, professor studying Native higher ed.
The Society Pages: The Color Line: This Contexts blog is led by C.N. Le, a Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology and Director of the Asian/Asian American Studies Certificate Program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Online Research Projects & Publications
We Wear Culture: A Google Arts & Culture page including historical and contemporary pages on fashion, fashion films of storied fashion houses, and more.
Vision and Justice: A Civic Curriculum: The 80-page “Civic Curriculum,” edited by Lewis, includes thirty-one texts on topics ranging from civic space and memorials to the intersections of race, technology, and justice. Highlights include a wide-ranging conversation between filmmaker Ava DuVernay and cinematographer Bradford Young; an interview between Lewis and Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative; and Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s essay on Frederick Douglass. Amanda Gorman, first Youth Poet Laureate of the United States, wrote for the publication; “Vision & Justice: A Civic Curriculum” also includes contributions by Elizabeth Alexander, Alexandra Bell, Robin Bernstein, LaToya Ruby Frazier, For Freedoms, Doreen St. Félix, Naomi Wadler, Darren Walker, Carrie Mae Weems, and Deborah Willis.
Comme des esclaves: (From Fashioning the Self in Slavery and Freedom) This semester, I taught a seminar that explored connections between slavery and fashion. For their final project, my students curated a pop-up exhibition of visual artifacts that illuminated this under-explored topic. This catalogue joins their best papers and exhibited images with photographs from the day of the exhibition.
Bloomsbury Fashion Central: With a range of specially-commissioned materials to aid teachers, students, and researchers, Bloomsbury Fashion Central contains resources useful for all visitors. The site includes Biblio Guides and Lesson Plans focused on, Diversification in Fashion Markets, Street Styles and Cultural Change, Fashion and National Identity: An Intercultural Overview, The Cultural Elements of Men’s Fashion and Style: Race, Ethnicity, Sex, and Class and more.
Arts.Black: Arts. Black is a journal of art criticism from Black perspectives predicated on the belief that art criticism should be an accesible dialogue – a tool through which we question, celebrate, and talk back to the global world of contemporary art. The journal is edited by Taylor Renee and Jessica Lynne.
Blvck Vrchives: “A visual journey through history. Curatorial project by Renata Cherlise”
Costume Institute of the African Diaspora: The Costume Institute of the African Diaspora is dedicated to researching the history and culture of clothing and adornment from Africa and the African Diaspora.
Fashioning the Self in Slavery and Freedom: Fashioning the Self explores the politics of fashion among people of African descent during slavery and the period immediately followed emancipation.
Vintage Black Glamour: The Instagram account from the book, Vintage Black Glamour by Nichelle Gainer.
Autograph UK: Autograph’s mission is to enable the public to explore identity, representation, human rights and social justice through work produced by artists who use photography and film.
Podcasts
Code Switch: Race and Identity, Remixed
Facing Race: Stories and voices podcast
Unravel: A podcast about fashion history
Syllabi
Communities & Organizations
Facebook group, “Fashion Scholars of Color”
Minority Women in Fashion: Minority women in fashion is a coterie of creative women employing the power and influence of fashion as a catalyst for social change. Our story was formed by a series of engaging conversations among women leaders and creators seeking to utilize their platforms for social cause and has flourished into an initiative that will impact our cultural landscape. We believe that our work has never been more important than it is today.
Videos
Fashion, Culture and Justice – The New School
Fashion Speaker Panel Discussion: From Catwalks to Pop-ups: How Streetwear Set the Pace for High Fashion – Chicago Ideas
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Asians Wear Clothes on the Internet – APA Institute – Minh-ha T. Pham
Fashion and Race Panel – Fashion and Diversity Series – The New School
‘Sartorial Black Gender and Fashion in the Diaspora’ – Monica Miller, Tanisha Miller
Native/American Fashion 9 | Adrienne Keene
The FASHION AND RACE Syllabus 