About the Author
Maria Luisa Frisa is a fashion critic and the curator of the Fondazione Pitti Discovery. She is director of the graduate course in fashion design at the IUAV University in Venice. Her latest book is Italian Fashion Now (Marsilio, 2011). Judith Clark is senior research fellow and codirector of the masters course in fashion at the London College of Fashion. She has curated major exhibitions, including Anna Piaggi: Fashion-ology (London) and Spectres: When Fashion Turns Back (Antwerp).