CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Fashion Forward is the official publication of the namesake think tank. Established in 2020 as a platform to challenge conventional discourse around the fashion system, Fashion Forward is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of creative, empathetic, and critical thought in an effort to create measurable, systemic change in the industry. 

Fashion Forward seeks contributions, in the form of complete drafts, to the inaugural issue to be published digitally and in print. Our content ranges from interviews, essays, and editorials. Theoretical, historical, ethnographic, personal narrative, and creative perspectives are welcome.

Possible objectives and topics to consider:

  • Digital fashion (AR/VR, avatars)

  • Body inclusivity/disability

  • Fashion and race

  • Stigmas in fashion

  • Changing concepts of luxury

  • Fashion and social/economic/environmental sustainability (labor, modern-slavery, gig economy)

  • Gender issues, especially with laborers (i.e.: wage gap, fair treatment)

  • Fashion and marginalized communities and regions of the world 

  • Classism: Western consumption built on southern production (i.e.: the distant worker)

  • Covid-19 and its effects on fashion cultures 

Submission and timeline

Email complete drafts of approximately 2,000 words to info@fashionforward.io by December 1st 2020.

If you would like to discuss an idea before submitting it, please email us before November 1, 2020 in order to give enough time to develop it.