Sofia Gnoli is associate professor of
Sociology of Cultural and Communication Processes (GSPS-06/A) at IULM
University, where she teaches Archives of the Creative Industries, Sociology of
Events and History and Culture of Fashion.
She is a member of the Doctoral
Board in Visual and Media Studies.
She
contributes to La Repubblica, La Stampa, Il Venerdì and Vogue
Italia. She is a consultant and author for the
Enciclopedia Italiana Giovanni Treccani.
Expert in heritage, she has curated the
historical archives of Luisa Spagnoli and Federico Forquet.
In 2024, she was the fashion consultant
for the four-part Sky Original documentary entitled Moda: una Rivoluzione
Italiana (Fashion: an Italian Revolution).
For the Colosseum Archaeological Park, she
curated the series of meetings Ephimera. Dialoghi sulla moda (Dialogues
on Fashion, collected in a volume published by Electa, 2020) and the exhibition
Rara Avis. Moda
in volo alle Uccelliere Farnesiane (2024, Marsilio Arte catalogue).
Her
publications include: Archeologia della moda. Heritage, archivi,
comunicazione (Carocci, 2025), Moda. Dalla nascita della haute-couture a
oggi (Carocci, 2020), L’alfabeto della moda (Carocci, 2019), Luisa
Spagnoli 90 anni di stile (Rizzoli, 2018), Eleganza fascista
(Carocci, 2017) and The Origins of Italian Fashion 1900-1945 (V&A
Publishing, 2014). She is on the Advisory Board of Zone
Moda Journal (ZMJ).
She has been appointed by the Ministry of
Culture as a member of the jury responsible for awarding the title of Italian
Capital of Contemporary Art for the years 2026, 2027 and 2028.
MAIN AREAS OF SCIENTIFIC INTEREST
Fashion Studies, Fashion History, Fashion and Communication, Sociology of Fashion, Heritage, Fashion Journalism.
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