Profile
Patrick Michael Hughes is a Fashion and Decorative Arts Historian, he develops and delivers comprehensive studio and lecture materials for a wide range of learners, including undergraduate and pre-college fashion and strategic design students, as well as advancing professionals and those preparing for graduate studies. His work extends into fashion journalism, where he actively reports on designers and global fashion events, lending to a strong voice in the press. As a specialist in fashion and decorative arts, his insights are frequently cited by national and international news outlets, making him a key contributor to both print and media coverage.
With an undergraduate degree in the History of Art from Manhattanville University and advanced studies in Paris, he immersed himself in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French Royal Decorative Arts and Fashion at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs-Musée du Louvre. Upon returning to New York, his research focused on nineteenth-century fashion and decorative arts, particularly English and American dress and interiors. He earned his MA in the History of Decorative Arts and Design from the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, with distinction for his work on twentieth-century American fashion, fashion culture, and fashion publications.
In his first-year lecture studios in the School of Art and Design History and Theory, as well as in his historically based art, fashion and design survey course overing he emphasizes a comprehensive, informed approach to decorative arts,design and fashion. His teaching philosophy centers on equipping students with the confidence to create and lead, with a critical understanding of narrative and cultural connections.
Degrees Held
New York University - Cetificate -Architectural preservation studies; landmark interiors, landmark preservation, practice and advocacy- Interior focus
MA - History of Decorative Arts and Design, Parsons Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
Nineteenth Century English Fashion and Historic Interiors, Twentieth Century American Fashion and Design
Musée Les Arts Decoratifs Seventeenth & Eighteenth Century French Royal Decorative Arts and Interiors, Eighteenth Century French Fashion
BA - History of Art, Manhattanville University
The Washington Color School - Contemporary Performance Studies
Professional Affiliation
Senior Fashion Editor IRK
Magazine FRANCE
Registered Journalist :British Fashion Council
Rsistered Journalist : Copenhagen Fashion Week
Lecturer Fashion Institute of Technology; School of Art and Desgn, Department of Textiles and Surface Design
Management Educator for Mandarin Speaking, Brand Associates LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton
Design Master - Sphinx International Art Education (SFK) Studio Leader and speaker in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Shenzhen
Recent Publications
Selected Current Fashion Journalism and Collection Criticism
SHAO's Captivating and Colliding Traditions - 2025
New York Men's Day Highlights Nostalgia - 2025
Trans Activism at Copenhagen Fashion Week - 2025
Kid Super's Paris Tornado F/W2025 - 2025
Willy Chavarria Anniversary in Paris - 2025
Looksmaxxing Menswerar at Acne Studios 2025
Returning New Talent at Copenhagen Fashion Week 2024
An Early Look at De Sarno's Gucci Male - 2024
JanJan Van Essche a Contemplative Fashion Exhibition in Antwerp 2024
Adieu! to Vaccarello's Saint Laurent 2024
Casablanca Courts NBA and LA Swagger -2024
Creatives to Watch in 080 Barcelona 34 in October - 2024
Recalling McFadden's Artistic Legacy 2024
New York Men's Day Persevers for Spring 2025- 2024
Bridging Fashion Stories In New York City 2024
Tanner Fletcher's Beauty Pagent 2023
Riders Fall Fashion's Plaything 2023
Spring's Modern Varsity Style Triumphs 2023
Etnia Barcelona's North African Celebration 2023
Hip Hop's East Coast Style for Spring 2023
Edward Crutchley's Greyscale Illuminations 2023
P.L.N. Unflinching Confidence in Copenhagen 2023
SAINT LAURENT Parisian Men's Fashion 2023
DSQUARED2's Virile Maximalism Fall 2023
JORDANLUCA is Full Throttle for Fall 2023
de Saint Sernin at Ann Demeulemeester 2022
Ruslan Baginskiy: Men's Hats from Ukraine 2022
Bottega Veneta is Advanced Luxury 2022
'A Little Flower Branding Humanism' 2022
Celebrating London's Tailored Techno 2022
de Saint Sarin's Five Years of Muse 2022
GOOMHEO Continues Antiquities Legacy 2022
Men's Black Clothing in London 2022
New York's American Fashion Reflection September 2022
Ron Poisson's Fall Fashion Tribe- Profile/Interview Summer 2022
Fashion's Artistic Outdoor Stride, Copenhagan SS/2023 Summer 2022
Striking European Gothic in Copenhagen, SS/2023 Summer 2022
Rethinking the Fashion of Sport, Paris Men's Fashion Week, Summer 2022
Martine Rose's Observational Sex, London Fashion Week Summer 2022
The Quiet Ascent of Men's Lace Spring 2022
Stephan Cooke’s Lean, London Look, London Fashion Week Fall 2022
Matty Bovan’s ‘Yankee Doodle’ London Fashion Week Fall 2022
A. POTTS- Skinfolk New York Fashion Fall 2022
Perry Ellis is Distinctively America, New York Fashion Week Fall 2022
Schnayderman’s Vulnerable Dreamer, Copenhagen Fashion Week Fall 2022
KA WA KEY-Butterfly Lovers Spring 2021, Men's Paris Fashion Week Fall 2021
HENRIK VIBSKOV's 'Assembly Line' Copenhagen Fashion Week 2021
Sugar Coated, Candy 'Overdose' - Lazoschmidl Fall/2022 Paris Fashion Week 2021
Scripting Summer Sex at Lazoschmidl- Paris Fashion Profile Paris Summer 2021
JORDANLUCA's Hopeful Recknoing - SS/2022 London Fashion Week 2021
Selected Print International Publication and Digital Editorial:
Who is West Mulholland? Stanford University actor interview Steven Soderbergh film Presence Photography Jayme Thorton, Stacy Seiler Graphic Designer, IRK Art Editor- 2025
STRANGE LOVE...Will You Give it to Me? Photography by Jeff Mikkelson, Stacy Seiler Graphic Designer, IRK Art Editor 2023
Patrick Church- An Artist in Grows in Brooklyn- Cover feature and interview, photography by Mikael Schultz, IRK Magazine, France 2019
Un-Private Skin, Design, Images and Space- Architecture and Privacy, IRK Magazine Fronce 2019
Performances and Appearances
Selected Prior Media Appearances
Athena Arts Foundation – London, England- ‘Fashioning Sargent’, Tate Museum in London Fashion Reflections of fashion and art in Late Victorian and Edwardian Portraiture – Lecture-conversation with foundation Director Dr, Nicola Jennings, Professor of Art History Courtauld Institute of Art, The Strand London. June 2024
The Jewish Chronicle (London)- Henri Bendel -book review and article, by Melanie Abrams- printed edition 2024
Fashionista: Remembering the Trailblazing Black Supermodels of the 1970’s... 2024
The Wall Street Journal The New Rugby Shirts are Handsome...2023
The Jewish Chronicle, (London) Gaby Aghion's Historical Placement 2023
National Public Radio Interview- Remebering Roomy Hunt Revson September 2022
Elle Magazine 2022
The Sunday Times (London) 'Beau' Magazine 2021
The Wall Street Journal various fashion topics -2013, 2014, 2020
New York Times -2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020
Highsnobiety Podcast 'Fashion and Race' Summer 2019
Levi Strauss & Co.- Global Management Conference- 'Accurate Fashion Trends' 2019
Men's Health UK Winter Styles 2018 and 2019
Zara/ Inditex- Keynote Speaker - 'Fashion Trends 2020 Vision' Spain Headquarters 2017 Headquarters 2016
Condé Nast Entertainment-Digital- Glamour Magazine- Style Expert 2016
Fox News Edge National Affiliates- NY Fashion Week Wrap-Up SS-2015
Glamour Magazine- Fall 2014
Esquire Magazine- 2009, 2013 2014
GQ Magazine - 2012
Vogue- India-2010
ABC News- Good Morning America- 2009, 2010
CNN- Anderson Cooper, Guest- 2007
Research Interests
Art Historical Portraiture and Fashion
Barkley L. Hendricks, a Master of Sartorial Identity -Fashion focus during the Pan-African Movement of the 1970's, IRK Magazine FRANCE Printed Issue- Feature
Terpsichore in Modern Dress- A historical recount of the first ballet in modern dress by the Ballet Russe, IRK Magazine FRANCE Printed Issue
History of Fashion, Fashion Photography and Visual Communication
The Civic Duty of Red Lipstick - WWII History of Fashion Advertising and Fashion Illustration- IRK Magazine Feature
Jock Style: Clothing, Games, REVOLT- Men's Olympic Clothing Historical Reflection, IRK Magazine France-Feature
Twentieth Century Fashion Culture and Society
Complex Intersections - Recall of Marvin Gayes 'What's Going On? and current culture with fashion editorial, photography by Petros Koulouris,IRK Magazine France Spring 2022 led by Iris Van Hepren
Portfolio
PMH Sr. Editor, Fashion Direction, Creative Lead
PMH Fashion Journalism Portfolio