Academic
Sample archival material for “The Labyrinth of Fashion Display” research project, 2022.
Paula Alaszkiewicz, slide from 'The Labyrinth of Fashion Display,' 2017
Installation views of Giorgio Armani, Guggenheim, 2000 (Top); British Museum, c. 1859-1859 (Bottom Left); Section of Altes Museum, designed 1830 (Bottom Right)
Paula’s academic practice is situated at the intersection of fashion history and theory, art history, and museology. Her current research project explores how the structures and supports of fashion display, including mannequins and exhibitionary space, impact interpretations of the fashion object on display. This project expands conventional parameters of fashion curating by exploring other sites of experimental fashion display, notably international exhibitions and world’s fairs.
Paula is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Design and Merchandising at Colorado State University, where she teaches textile history, global perspectives on fashion history, and museum practice. Previously, she developed and taught a course on fashion and modernity in the nineteenth century for the Department of Art History at Concordia University. She has delivered guest lectures about fashion (past and present) and its complex relation to history, theory, culture, and identity at École Supérieure de Mode (UQAM), Bard Graduate Center, and Parsons Paris.
Paula’s writing has been published by Fashion Studies Journal, The Conversation, Stedelijk Studies, Fashion, Style and Popular Culture, International Journal of Fashion Studies, and BIAS: Journal of Dress Practice. She was commissioned by Bloomsbury Fashion Central—Fashion Photography Archive to author designer biographies and articles on feature collections by John Galliano.
Paula is an active member of numerous professional associations, including Costume Society of America and International Textile and Apparel Association.