Reviews:
The Critical Landscape

A space where academic research meets public debate. This page collects Simona Segre-Reinach’s critical interventions, ranging from timely exhibition reviews to in-depth scholarly reflections on fashion literature.

Scholarly Book Reviews

Critical thinking also develops through a rigorous dialogue with the work of other authors. In her reviews for international journals—most notably Fashion Theory—Simona Segre-Reinach dissects foundational texts and new monographs, from the aesthetics of Pier Paolo Pasolini to the revolutionary legacy of Elio Fiorucci. These contributions offer a panoramic view of the evolving state of Fashion Studies.

Elio Fiorucci, Curated by Judith Clark. Exhibition design by Fabio Cherstich, Triennale Milano, November 7, 2024–March 16, 2025 Catalog: Elio Fiorucci edited by Judith Clark (Triennale Milano, Electa, 2024)

Fatto in Italia: La cultura Made in Italy (1960–2000) by Paola Colaiacomo (ed.) (Meltemi, 2006)

Oggetti cuciti: L’abbigliamento pronto in Italia dal primo dopoguerra agli anni Settanta by Ivan Paris (Franco Angeli, 2006)

Factious Elegance: Pasolini and Male Fashion by Paola Colaiacomo (Marsilio Pitti Discovery, 2007.)

Fashion at the Time of Fascism: Italian Modern Lifestyle in the 1920s–1930s edited by Mario Lupano and Alessandra Vaccari (Damiani, 2009)

Trunk, Volume One: Hair by Suzanne Boccalatte and Meredith Jones (eds) (Boccalatte, 2010)

Dress, Dreams, and Desire. A History of Fashion and Psychoanalysis, by Valerie Steele (London, New York, Oxford, New Delhi, Sydney: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2025).

Work! A Queer History of Modeling. ByElspeth H. Brown. Durham: Duke University Press, 2019 in Business History Review, 20 January 2020.

Chinese Fashion: from Mao to Now. By JUANJUAN WU. Oxford: Berg, 2009.

Cultural Inquiries (Doppiozero)

Ongoing reflections on exhibitions, art, and visual culture for the platform Doppiozero. These essays analyze how fashion is staged and narrated in the contemporary global scene.