Dr Flavia Loscialpo

Biography

Flavia Loscialpo is Senior Lecturer and Cultural Studies Course Leader for the School of Design and Technology at LCF. Her scholarly work is driven by the aim to expand theoretical frameworks for a critical analysis of fashion and visual culture. Her published research has been translated in several languages, and has focussed on: utopias; philosophical deconstruction and fashion; fashion curation; identity politics and otherness. She is currently working on ethno-racial capitalism within fashion, and the interconnectedness of social, racial and environmental justice, collaborating with human rights activist and platforms for fashion activism.


Through her research and curatorial activity, she has collaborated with several cultural institutions, such as the Barbican Centre, University of Borås (Sweden), London College of Fashion, the National Gallery London, KG52 Gallery (Sweden), the Thayaht-RAM Archive (Italy), Being Human – A Festival of the Humanities (AHRC), working on exhibitions and publications across art, design, and fashion.

As a representative of the network FACE (Fashion Academics Creating Equality), she is committed to promoting inclusivity, diversity and equality within the fashion curriculum, addressing in particular the cultural studies and visual culture provision for fashion.