Conference
09.28.2023
6.30pm
Archivio N°9
The fashion issue
azzedine alaïa foundation
Fashion archives are like all archives always open to different interpretations and the value of each object, garment and document is in the eyes of the beholder, dictated by the time we live in. {…} Fashion archives are always changing, creating new narratives and relationships, always moving. They are living archives. Stefano Tonchi, Guest Editor-in-Chief ARCHIVIO
The Azzedine Alaïa Foundation and Promemoria are pleased to invite you to the presentation of the ARCHIVIOmagazine published by the Promemoria group. A unique object that aspires to bring to light unpublished fragments and extraordinary stories about archives, giving voice to the materials and the professionals who work there.
The ambition is to show their passion, make us reflect and offer new perspectives on the idea and practice of memory.
ARCHIVIO N°9 – The Fashion Issue
When did fashion become obsessed with its own history?
ARCHIVIO N°9, is dedicated to Fashion, with Stefano Tonchi—curator and journalist in the field of fashion—as Guest Editor-in-Chief, joined by Marco Pecorari—scholar and Program Director at the MA in Fashion Studies at Parsons Paris {…}
This issue offers a mapping of the fashion archives international landscape at this moment in time and an overview of the many typologies and studies happening in the world we live in, divided in three sections: Public & Institutional, Brands & Strategies, Private & Personal.
The cover was designed by artist Francesco Vezzoli.
Will participate to this event Karine Bomel,in charge of the MAD archives, Laurent Cotta, in charge of graphic arts at Palais Galliera, Gaspard de Massé, in charge of the Balenciaga archives, Marco Pecorari, Stefano Tonchi and Olivier Saillard director of the Azzedine Alaïa Foundation.