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Tonya Blazio-Licorish is an author, visual culture historian, archives editor, and educator with expertise in fashion, culture, and society. She holds an MA from NYU and explores these fields through an interdisciplinary lens, reconnecting archives with curated storytelling to sustain brand equity. 

Her book, “Black In Fashion, 100 Years of Style, Influence and Culture,” co-authored with WWD, examines Black creatives’ contributions to fashion evolution. 

Tonya lectures locally and internationally, teaches courses in Fashion, Costume, and Cultural History, Leadership, and Merchandising, and is the curator of the Fairchild Fashion Museum. 

Her byline appears in Women's Wear Daily (WWD), Footwear News (FN), Sourcing Journal (SJ), and Rivet.

Degrees Held

^{BA Fabric Styling - FITNYC; MA Visual Culture: Costume Studies, NYU}

Professional Affiliation

^{Association of Fashion Historians; Black Design Collective; FITNYC Alumni Association}

Recent Publications

^{WWD Black In Fashion: 100 Years of Style, Influence & Culture, 9/2024}

Research Interests

^{Fashion and Retail history, women and labor studies, fashion and consumerism, fashion and visual cultures, photography, the art of marketing, urban futures and fashion cities, sustainability, technology futures}