26.11.2024
Anti-work mode
In this article, Aude Fellay examines critiques of work in fashion, and of work more broadly, in the light of the concept of ‘the refusal of work’, and the call for it,…
Category : fashion
11.11.2024
What does the role of an artistic director entail today?
As part of the Mode Conversation series organized by the Master of Arts in Fashion and Accessories Design at HEAD — Geneva (HES-SO), Lutz Huelle discussed with Alice Bouleau, partner at the…
12.02.2024
Habits de scène, vêtements de vie
Désassigner les pratiques : modes de (dés)emploi
A dialogue with choreographer and performer François Chaignaud, led by philosopher and choreographer Emma Bigé and art historian Magali Le Mens, co-organized by HEAD – Geneva and the Centre Maurice Chalumeau en…
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…