Biography
Aude Fellay is a fashion writer and educator. She teaches at HEAD-Genève (HES-SO).
Contents
24.04.2023
Fashion’s political turn
Interview with fashion journalist Mélody Thomas for the Front Row podcast
The HEAD – Genève welcomed journalist Mélody Thomas during its traditional open doors for an interview on her book La Mode est politique : Un bref lexique inclusif (2022). The meeting was…
21.02.2023
What’s with the Gimmick?
Drawing on Sianne Ngai’s Theory of The Gimmick: Aesthetic Judgment and Capitalist Form (2020), this essay examines the reception of fashion collective Vetements through the lens of the gimmick, discussing the label’s…
20.12.2022
Mode et anthropologie : chassé-croisé autour de la question du travail
Giulia Mensitieri conducted a field survey on the working conditions in fashion, demonstrating how the image of luxury masks and justifies the precarious reality of workers. In this in-depth interview, Aude Fellay…
05.10.2021
Fashion studies
Conversation with researcher and Vestoj magazine founder Anja Aronowsky Cronberg
In the spring of 2021, the Fashion Department invited Anja Aronowsky Cronberg to talk to students about her experience as the editor of the magazine Vestoj. Cronberg was a pioneer in developing…
12.06.2020
Sustainability revisited
MA in Fashion and Accessory Design Thesis by Tara Mabiala
In her Fashion and Accessory Design Master’s thesis, Tara Mabiala tackles the question of sustainability in fashion through an affective and political approach. Instead of focusing on an optimisation of production modes…
06.11.2019
The Fashion Show at the Heart of Debate
The recent climate change protests have affected the Fashion Weeks. The event in Stockholm was cancelled, while it was symbolically buried by the Extinction Rebellion activists in London. In other words, it…