Editorial

Authors

• Daniela Calanca University of Bologna (Italy)

  Graduated in Philosophy and in Arts at Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna University, she is Contemporary History Researcher at the Department of the Arts - University of Bologna - Rimini Campus. She is a referee in the VQR 2015-19, and was the Director's Delegate for International Relations at Department for Life Qualities Studies (2019-September 2021). Among her recent publications: Storia sociale della moda contemporanea, BUP 2014; Bianco e Nero. L'Istituto Luce e l'immaginario del fascismo (1924-1940), BUP 2016; Moda e immaginari sociali in età contemporanea, B. Mondadori 2016.

• Simona Segre Reinach University of Bologna (Italy)

  She is Associate Professor @ Department of the Arts, University of Bologna. She has written extensively on fashion from a global perspective. Latest publications: Fashion in Multiple Chinas. Chinese Styles in the Transglobal Landscape (2019), Exhibit! Fashion exposed (2017), Biki. French Visions for Italian Fashion (2019), Per un vestire gentile. Moda e liberazione animale (2022). She serves on the editorial boards and scientific committees of: Fashion Theory, the Journal of Dress Body, and Culture; Critical Studies in Fashion and Beauty; Dress Cultures Series (Bloomsbury); Culture, Moda e Società (Mimesis), Fashion in Process (Mandragora); Anthem Studies in Fashion, Dress and Visual Culture; China Matters (Leuven University Press); Centro di Ricerca Gianfranco Ferré at Milano Politecnico. She co-curates the Biki Fashion Archive at Mic/Università degli studi of Milano.