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  • Patrick Hughes

    Part-time Associate Teaching Professor

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    hughesp@newschool.edu

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    Patrick Hughes

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    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 RusseIRK 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


    Current Courses

    Integrative Studio 2
    PUFY 1001, Spring 2025

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