Staging Our Own Decolonial Response: Global Fashioning Assembly 2022 (GFA22)

By Erica de Greef, October 2022 Exactly ten years after the first Non-Western Fashion Conference held in Rabat, Morocco in … More

Decolonizing Fashion is Work in Progress: Indian Story

Prof (Dr) Vaibbhavi Pruthviraj Ranavaade Professor Fashion Design , School of Design, Ajeenkya DY Patil University, Pune, India. Email address: … More

Annual General Meeting 2021

Thank you to everyone who was part of our first RCDF Annual General Meeting 2021. You can now watch the … More

Decolonial Fashion Practice #5

By Toby Slade For the Conversation on Decoloniality and Fashion online session on 5th June 2021, I joined co-convenors Angela Jansen, Shayna Goncalves … More

Decolonial Fashion Practice #4

By Erica de Greef For the Conversation on Decoloniality and Fashion online session on 1st May 2021, co-convenors Angela Jansen, Shayna Goncalves and … More

Sandra Niessen in Residency at the Jan van Eyck Academy, part 8

By Sandra Niessen Dear Participants in the Conversations to Redress a Fashion Disaster, Thank you for joining us in Maastricht … More

Sandra Niessen in Residency at the Jan van Eyck Academy, part 7 (wrapping up)

By Sandra Niessen The Climate Intensive for 2019 at the Van Eyck Academy is over. We are winding down, assessing … More

Sandra Niessen in Residency at the Jan van Eyck Academy, part 6

By Sandra Niessen FINDING (DE)COLONIALITY We are in the midst of the countdown. 4 November will soon be upon us. … More

Sandra Niessen in Residency at the Jan van Eyck Academy, part 5

By Sandra Niessen When I started my residency at the Van Eyck, I devoted time to exploring the three-way junction … More

Conversations to Redress a Fashion Disaster – Resources 2

The excitement of exchange amongst participants on the 4th of November has already begun. In response to the list of … More

Conversations to Redress a Fashion Disaster – Resources 1

On November 4, in Conversations to Redress a Fashion Disaster at the Jan Van Eyck Academy in Maastricht, we explore … More

Sandra Niessen in Residency at the Jan van Eyck Academy, part 4

By Sandra Niessen The RCDF programme on 4 November at the Van Eyck in Maastricht will include, among a variety … More

Conversations to Redress a Fashion Disaster, 4 November 2019

Decolonial Critiques to Fashion’s Climate Urgency Response 4 November 2019 Jan van Eyck Academy Maastricht Conversations to Redress a Fashion … More

Sandra Niessen in Residency at the Jan van Eyck Academy, part 3

By Sandra Niessen It has been a steep learning curve of a new type here at the Jan van Eyck. … More

Sandra Niessen in Residency at the Jan van Eyck Academy, part 2

Sandra Niessen, 4 October 2019 Here at the Van Eyck Academy in Maastricht, all roads are pointing to 4 November … More

Sandra Niessen in Residency at the Jan van Eyck Academy, part 1

Sandra Niessen, 26 September 2019 For three days, starting 4-6 November 2019, the Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht will … More

Decolonizing Fashion at the Costume Society of America 2019 Annual Symposium

By Arti Sandhu University of Cincinnati Mid-April 2019, the RCDF organized two research presentation panels for the Costume Society of … More

DECOLONIZING FASHION: Defying the ‘White Man’s Gaze’

Walter Crane, Imperial Federation: Map Showing the Extent of the British Empire in 1886. Colour lithograph. Published by Maclure & … More

‘A Decolonial Approach to the Singapore Fashion System,’ by Baey Shi Chen

Image Caption: Menswear that stages a conversation between Eastern and Western fashion while challenging gender norms. Label: Jon Max Goh. … More