Eugenia Paulicelli is Professor of Italian, Comparative Literature and Women's Studies at Queens College and the Cuny Graduate Center, US. At the CUNY Graduate center she directs the interdisciplinary concentration in Fashion Studies and teaches courses on fashion cultures, Italian Literature and fashion and film. Among her recent publications are the volumes: Fashion under Fascism. Beyond the Black Shirt. (2004; Moda e Moderno. Dal Medioevo al Rinascimento[Fashion and Modernity. From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance] (2006, editor); The Fabric of Cultures. Fashion, Identity, Globalization (...