Conferences/Lectures
Conference papers
Circular Fashion Consumption: Evolving and Contrasting Temporal Features,
In Pursuit of Luxury Conference 2022, Online, 27 May 2022.
Luxury is a Matter of Time: A Social Analysis of Time and Creativity in the Luxury Fashion Industry,
Cultural Histories, Creative Futures 2019 (3
rd Sino-British conference), Winchester School of Art, 2019.
Mapping the Geography of Luxury: a Reflection on Place and Conspicuous Products on the Age of Globalization,
4th Corfu Symposium on Managing & Marketing Places, Corfu (Greece), 2017.
The Time(s) of Fashion: A Reflection on Perceptual and Conceptual Aspects of Time in Relation to Fashion,
Fashion: Exploring Critical Issues, Mansfield College, Oxford (UK), 2016.
‘Pure’ Luxury: Digital Perspectives on Luxury, Conspicuous Products, and Globalized Business Practice,
In Pursuit of Luxury, Lim College, New York (USA), 2016.
Towards the Emergence of Mass Fashion in Post-War Japan. Assessing the Nature and the Extent of American Influence,
1952-2012: The American Legacy in Japan Sixty Years After the Occupation, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Venice (Italy),
Sartorial Blends. Designing schoolgirls’ uniforms in the Meiji Period (1868-1912) Japan,
Penser les Métissages: pratiques, acteurs, concepts, Université 13, Paris (France), 2010.
Tailoring Modern Identities. The Adoption of Western-style Uniforms in the Meiji Period Japan (1868-1912),
Linguistic and Cultural Identity in Japan, University of Bucharest, Bucharest (Romania), 2011.
A Reading on Yōsōka in the Early-mid Meiji Period Japan Focusing on the Interrelation Between Clothing and Location of Social Identity,
Échanges intellectuels Japon-Europe en Alsace: "Meiji II", 2010.
Fashion Icon or State Symbol? The Introduction of Western Clothes and the Role of the Empress in the Meiji Period,
34th Conference on Japanese Studies AISTUGIA−Italian Association for Japanese Studies, L’Orientale University, Naples (Italy),
New Clothes for the Meiji Emperor. The Location of Social Identity and Yōsōka in the Early Meiji Period Japan
, 33rd Conference on Japanese Studies AISTUGIA−Italian Association for Japanese Studies, Bicocca University, Milan (Italy), 2009.
Double-face Japan. Clothes and Japanese Identity During the First Years of the Meiji Period,
Identity and Its Discontents, Melbourne University, Melbourne (Australia), 2008.
Japanese Performance of Modernity. Western Clothes and Kimono in the First Years of the Meiji Period Japan,
Bodies On Display, McCord Museum, Montreal (Canada), 2008.
Western Clothes in Edo-Meiji Period Japan. A Reading from Hannerz’s Theory of “Cultural flows”,
Fashion Business Society: 20th National Congress, Sugino University, Tokyo (Japan), 2008.
Unsuitable Dress for a Nation. Guatemalan Ethnic Dress and the Formation of a National Body,
The Body Conference, Cardiff University, Cardiff (UK), 2008.
Family and “Made in Italy” Fashion. “Motherly Italy” Theory Reviewed,
22nd Conference of Fashion Sociology, Bunka Gakuen University, Tokyo (Japan), 2008.
Made in Italy, Conceived in Japan. “Made in Italy” Fashion in Japan,
31st Conference on Japanese studies AISTUGIA−Italian Association for Japanese Studies. Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Venice (Italy), 2007.
Public speaking
The Art Business Podcast, hosted by Dr. David Bellingham. Guest speaker, 28 October 2022
Panel organiser and host,
Luxury Forward Series:
Products, Platforms, and Practices with Emma Paleschi (Sotheby’s), Benoit Pagotto (RTFKT), Vanessa Jacobs (The Restory), Sotheby’s Institute of Art (online), 17 June 2022
British Luxury in a Digital World Panelist with Sacha Rose (Derek Rose) and Adam White (Factory Design),
Parsons Executive Education London Residency, 16 May 2022
A Socio-cultural Point of View on Retail, Instagram Live on Luxury Retail with Dr. Ghalia Boustani, 8 June 2021
youtube.com/watch?v=p1ELPUXx4uY
Panelist for the conference
InPursuit of Luxury - Luxury in the Age of Technology, Politecnico di Milano, May 2021
Lusso e luogo: valori umani ed eccellenza territoriale [Luxury and Place: Human Values and Territorial Excellence] LUXRE, The Luxury Rental Event, Virtual Conference, 15-16 May 2021. Press coverage:
ifdm.design/2021/04/29/an-event-to-talk-about-luxury-rentals.
The Cultural Capital of Luxury Brands, Masterclass, “Fashion and Luxury Law Course” by TAILORED, 25 February 2021
In Pursuit of Luxury- What next? (panellist), Virtual Symposium, 10 December 2020
Fashion as a Walking Artform (panellist), Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Libraries, June 2019
The future of Luxury (panel moderation), Sotheby’s Institute of Art, April 2019
Art and Luxury: where is the relationships headed? (event organisation), Sotheby’s Institute of Art, April 2019
“Working with influencers: the importance of authenticity” (panel),
The Masterclass for Fast Growth Luxury Companies – the Luxpreneurs (
The Luxury Law Summit), April 2019
“Delocalisation: Consumers’ Perceptions and the Impact on the Future of Luxury” (presented with Dr. Simon O’Leary),
Luxury Research Conference (Market Research Society), September 2018
“Grooming and Wellbeing: the Male View”,
Market Research Society Speaking Evening, July 2018
Beauty: Connected (panellist and event organisation), Regent’s University, London, November 2017
