Fashion Critique: Fact or Fiction?

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Friday, 13 Mar 2015, 06:15pm - 07:15pm

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The rise of social media has turned up the volume of talk about fashion, but is it reduced too often to ‘I like it’ (or the opposite)? What are the benefits of slowing down the discussion, to make considered assessments and arguments – in writing – rather than just sharing images with a thumbs-up or down?

With Janice Breen Burns (Voxfrock), Paris-based journalist Dana Thomas (Harper’s Bazaar, Paris), host Danielle Whitfield (NGV) and Briony Wright (i-D).

Presented in partnership with Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival Cultural Program’s Fashion Writing Series 2015.

Featuring

Dana Thomas

Janice Breen Burns

Danielle Whitfield

Featuring

Dana Thomas

Dana Thomas is the author of the new double-biography Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano and the New York Times bestseller Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster, both published by The Penguin Press. She is a contributing editor for T: The New York Times Style magaz... Read more

Janice Breen Burns

Veteran journalist Janice Breen Burns is editor of Voxfrock, the fashion and pop culture blogzine she founded in 2013. For 19 years she was a renowned columnist, features writer, news reporter and fashion editor for Melbourne’s Age newspaper as it evolved from print to multi-platform news source. ... Read more

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Danielle Whitfield

Danielle Whitfield is a writer and curator in the Fashion and Textiles Department at the National Gallery of Victoria. She has also published widely on the history of Australian fashion and contemporary design, including catalogue essays, scholarly articles (Berg Encyclopaedia of World Dress and Fas... Read more