Fashion Projects: 15 Years of Fashion in Dialogue—The Paperback

Last year, the chic British publisher Intellect Books shed a glimpse of light onto our dark world with Fashion Projects: 15 Years of Fashion in Dialogue—a superb anthology of the brainy fashion journal Fashion Projects. The book ran over 200 pages, packed with the astute interviews and essays for which the New York fashion zine was long celebrated. Alas, there was a catch: the hardcover book, geared to libraries, came with a steep price tag.

But, never fear! This month, the publisher introduces an affordable paperback edition. In fact, this book is a bona fide bargain! Edited by Fashion Projects founder Francesca Granata, the book features interviews from way back in 2005 through 2022, including work from all five Fashion Projects issues as well as its website. Dig into Q&As with Harold Koda, Robin Givhan, Guy Trebay, Suzy Menkes, Stefano Tonchi and other hotshots. Let us proudly note here that Fashion Projects was born in the same Chelsea apartment that coughed out the Lowbrow Reader. 

A New York book event should be rolled out in due time. For now, only those fashionistas of Norway are covered: On October 14, Oslo’s Stasjonsmesterboligen International Library of Fashion Research hosts a conversation with Dr. Granata about the book. The conversation will be moderated by the fashion critic and archivist Elise By Olsen and introduced by Hanne Eide, curator of contemporary fashion at the National Museum of Norway.

In the meantime, those unfortunates who cannot make it to Oslo must buy Fashion Projects: 15 Years of Fashion in Dialogue, pronto! Pick the book up at once through Intellect, the publisher’s U.S. arm University of Chicago Press, or other outlets!