Faculty

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. 

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

New York University - Cetificate -Architectural preservation studies; landmark interiors, landmark preservation, practice and advocacy- Interior focus    

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 

Selected Current Art, Fashion and Design Journalism  

Clubhouse Style,Sport Inflected Luxury 2025

BasicSpace: An Imersive Design Experience 2025 

PAOLO ROVERSI,Pace Gallery Retrospective - 2025

ALAINPAUL- Audition - 2025 

HARRI- Museum -Wear - 2025 

A$AP Rocky X PUMA Harlem Renaissance and 90's Hip Hop- 2025 

SHAO's Captivating and Colliding Traditions - 2025 

Trans Activism at Copenhagen Fashion Week - 2025 

Willy Chavarria Anniversary in Paris - 2025 

Returning New Talent at Copenhagen Fashion Week 2024    

Creatives to Watch in 080 Barcelona 34 in October - 2024 

Recalling McFadden's Artistic Legacy 2024 

Bridging Fashion Stories In New York City 2024

Tanner Fletcher's Beauty Pagent 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

JORDANLUCA is Full Throttle for Fall 2023

Bottega Veneta is Advanced Luxury 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

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  

A. POTTS- Skinfolk   New York Fashion Fall 2022 

Perry Ellis is Distinctively America, New York Fashion Week Fall 2022 

HENRIK VIBSKOV's 'Assembly Line' Copenhagen 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 

NOOOM- The Fashion Artistry of Jose Peon- IRK issue #13 Techne 2025 - Photography by Morgan Miller , Richard Oliver Producer - 2025 

STRANGE LOVE...Will You Give it to Me? Photography by Jeff Mikkelson, Stacy Seiler Graphic Designer, IRK Art Editor 2023

Ron Poisson's Fall Fashion Tribe- Profile/Interview Summer 2022 Photography by Rico Kinnard Produced By Mykel Smith Creative 

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