‘Fashion Education is an inspiring collection of chapters that call for fashion education reform based on social justice pedagogy. It is written by fashion educators for fashion educators but can also be an informative read for fashion students or other design educators. The book successfully explores a variety of social justice issues within the fashion education system and how they might be addressed through thoughtful curricular changes. From accessible fashion shows to activism fashion exhibitions to designing for drag queens, the book presents many avenues for implementing inclusive pedagogy in higher education fashion classrooms. This book is a must-read forfashion educators seeking guidance or inspiration for implementing social justice pedagogy in their courses or curricula.

Fashion Education effectively collects a variety of perspectives on how to teach a socially just fashion curriculum in higher education from educators in the Global North (i.e. Australia, Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom).’

‘If you have been searching for a toolkit to dismantle systems of oppression in fashion education, then look no further, you are holding the definitive guide in your hands. Read, plan, then transform.’

We don’t talk or write enough about the progressive potential of pedagogies and curricula in fashion studies. Based upon a firm foundation in social justice, Fashion Education: The Systemic Revolution corrects this problem with remarkable clarity through self-reflexive case studies. The editors’ and authors’ courageous chapters reveal the complex interplay between sartorial and academic biographies, modeling new pathways for transformation. Fashion Education gives me hope for the future!

Dr. Ben Barry is Dean and Associate Professor of Equity and Inclusion in the School of Fashion at Parsons School of Design. His academic leadership, teaching and research aims to confront, resist and transform the fashion system’s narrow ideas and ideals.

Dr. Deborah Christel is a fat fashion designer, size-inclsuive business founder and former professor of plus-size design and fat studies. With over a decade of research examining weight bias in the fashion industry, her goal is to ensure bodies of all sizes have equal and equitable access to clothing they find desirable and comfortable.

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