Dr. Nigel Lezama

Co-Editor

Toronto Metropolitan University
 

Professor of Fashion Studies and Inclusion, Nigel Lezama joined the School of Fashion at Toronto Metropolitan University and the editorial team of Fashion Studies in January 2024, but had been an active editorial board member since the inception of the journal. As co-editor, Nigel works closely with graduate and undergraduate students on new initiatives, like the international Fashion Studies Network.

A leading thinker in the field of critical luxury studies, Nigel’s work focuses on decentering and decolonizing perceptions of and practices in luxury by bringing light to the luxurious experiences that are created in Black popular cultural spaces and through Black style. His research in 19th century French cultural history also re-situates marginalized players—working class women and enslaved and displaced labourers—to the centre of France’s fashion story to rethink the myth of Paris as a global fashion capital. Nigel is particularly excited by research and creation that challenges normative practices and dominant culture and brings to the fore the celebratory style and vision of minoritarian communities in marginalized spaces.