Fashion Now!

Authors

• Giulia Caffaro Università di Bologna

  PhD in Science and Culture of Wellness and Lifestyles, since 2020 she has been Teaching Tutor at the International Master’s Degree in Fashion Studies, University of Bologna – Rimini Campus. Since 2017 she has collaborated with the Culture Fashion Communication International Research Centre. Her research has been focusing on the Gruppo Finanziario Tessile (GFT), the pioneering Turin company that distinguished itself in the production and promotion of Italian prêt-à-porter all over the world during the last century. In particular, she has been studying the cultural communication strategies implemented during the second half of the XX century. She graduated in Industrial Design from the Polytechnic of Turin and obtained the Master’s Degree in Visual Arts from the University of Bologna. In 2016 he obtained the 2nd level Master in Euro Project Design and Management. She writes reviews and critical texts on the history of design and visual arts and teaches at various highschools and universities in Turin. As cultural manager she leads territorial regeneration, networking and scientific dissemination projects at local and international level.

• Vittorio Linfante Università di Bologna

  He is an Art Director, Textile Designer and lecturer in Fashion Design, Branding and Communication at Politecnico di Milano, University of Bologna and NABA. He curated the exhibition “Il Nuovo Vocabolario della Moda Italiana” (Triennale di Milano, 5 2015). He is also the author of several essays, articles and volumes on the relationship between fashion, art and communication, including “Catwalks. Le sfilate di moda dalle Pandora al digitale” (Bruno Mondadori, 2022) and “Italian Textile Design” with Massimo Zanella (Marsilio Arte, 2023).

• Ines Tolic Università di Bologna

  She is an associate professor in History of Architecture at the Department of Arts, and since 2021 Coordinator of the International Master’s Degree in Fashion Studies, University of Bologna – Rimini Campus. She graduated in Architecture from IUAV and earned a PhD in History of Architecture and the City at the School of Advanced Studies in Venice. Her main area of focus is architecture of the 20th century, with particular attention to the methods of representing that which has been built, the relationship of architecture with the urban context and the relation between the processes of modernisation and the countries of the Global South. She is an elected member of the Steering Committee of the Italian Urban History Association (AISU) as secretary. She represents Emilia-Romagna
  within the Italian Architectural History Association (AISTARCH) and participates in the work of the Urban Representations Interest Group within the European Architectural History Network.