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Vicki Karaminas

Vicki Karaminas
Alma materUniversity of Technology, Sydney
AwardsHumanities Aronui Medal
Scientific career
FieldsFashion
InstitutionsMassey University
Thesis

Vicki Karaminas is a New Zealand fashion academic, and a full professor at Massey University.[1] In 2024 the Royal Society Te Apārangi awarded Karaminas the Humanities Aronui Medal for her work advancing the discipline of fashion studies.

Academic career

After a 2002 PhD titled 'Interrupted journeys : travelling light : [soma]tographies of space' at the University of Technology, Sydney,[2] Karaminas moved to Massey University, rising to full professor.[1][3][4][5]

In November 2024 the Royal Society Te Apārangi awarded Karaminas the Humanities Aronui Medal for her work advancing the discipline of fashion studies.[6] The award citation noted her work developing a philosophical framewor,k Critical Fashion Practice, and the three book series she has edited.[6]

Selected works

  • Geczy, Adam, and Vicki Karaminas. Queer style. A&C Black, 2013.
  • Geczy, Adam, and Vicki Karaminas, eds. Fashion and art. Berg, 2013.
  • Wilson, Elizabeth, Christopher Breward, Shaun Cole, Peter McNeil, Vicki Karaminas, and Jonathan D. Katz. A queer history of fashion: From the closet to the catwalk. Edited by Valerie Steele. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2013.
  • Geczy, Adam, and Vicki Karaminas. "Fashion and art: Critical crossovers." Art Monthly Australia 242 (2011): 5.
  • Peter McNeil and Vicki Karaminas. The Men's Fashion Reader ISBN 1845207874

References