A Fashion Alternative

Cultural theorist Marco Pecorari discusses the significance of museum exhibitions and presentations for late-twentieth-century fashion designers, highlighting the early experimentation supported by PS1’s program in the 1980s. Following his talk, Pecorari will be joined in conversation by fashion critic Matthew Linde and exhibition curator Kari Rittenbach.

Marco Pecorari is Associate Professor in Fashion Studies and Associate Dean for Liberal Arts and Research at The New School Parsons Paris where he directs the MA in Fashion Studies. His research focuses on the politics of archives and museums, exploring the intersections of critical theory, fashion media, performance and heritage. He is the editor of Fashion in Theory: Historicization, Subjectivity and Practice (Manchester University Press, 2025), author of Fashion Remains: Rethinking Fashion Ephemera in the Archive (Bloomsbury, 2021), and curator of Ephemeral Matters: Into the Fashion Archive, National Museum of Norway, Oslo (2024).

Matthew Linde is a fashion exhibition-maker and critic based in New York City. He teaches at Parsons’ MFA Fashion Design and Society program and holds a Ph.D. from RMIT University. He has organized over 30 international exhibitions dedicated to vanguard fashion practice.