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Valerie Steele on Why Paris Won’t Ever Be Dethroned as the Capital of Fashion

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Valerie Steele on Why Paris Won’t Ever Be Dethroned as the Capital of Fashion

Time Sensitive

2019/08/14
Time Sensitive

Time Sensitive

2019/08/14
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Valerie Steele’s deep contextual dives into the history of fashion set her apart from other academics and curators—two identities she embodies in equal parts. The chief curator and director of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (since 1997 a...

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In this episode of Time Sensitive, fashion historian and curator Valerie Steele discusses her lifelong fascination with Paris as the global fashion capital, her unconventional path from dropping out of school to earning a PhD at Yale, and the challenges of establishing fashion as a serious academic discipline. She also reflects on the psychological and social dimensions of clothing, the rise of luxury menswear, and the evolving role of fashion in culture.
02:30
She is known as the Freud of fashion.
06:37
Paris embraced fashion as a sign of modernity.
28:26
Fashion can be studied intellectually.
37:41
Curating is like making a film.
52:52
Japanese avant-garde fashion is recognized as art.
57:09
Shoes are powerful symbols of identity and empathy.

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Intro
00:00
Paris on Her Mind
03:30
Learning Lessons
25:30
Charting Her Own Course
34:51
Connecting the Dots
39:41
States of Dress
53:51

Transcript

Spencer Bailey: Hi, I'm Spencer. And I'm Andrew. And we're here at the Slowdown's New York headquarters. You're listening to Time Sensitive, a podcast where we profile curious and courageous people in business, the arts, and beyond, who have found a distin...