Open Calls for Unravelling Fashion Narratives

*Deadline Extended: September 30, 2024

Hello, friends of Fashion Studies!

After an incredible series of panels at the Unravelling Fashion Narratives symposium, we are excited to share that we will continue to unravel fashion narratives by publishing a special issue based on our conference.

The symposium featured a wide range of panelists investigating fashion from various angles. This event was hosted by the Fashion Studies Network, a community dedicated to sharing innovative fashion research and practices, led collaboratively by students and faculty from Parsons’ School of Fashion - The New School and Toronto Metropolitan University’s School of Fashion. The Network’s conference provided a platform for affiliated students to share their work among leading scholars in the field.

To celebrate the Unravelling Fashion Narratives symposium’s success, Fashion Studies is thrilled to announce that our special issue is scheduled for publication in Summer 2025. 

We invite all student panelists from the Unravelling Student Narratives symposium to submit their presented work for publication. We ask that completed papers and/or creative works you have prepared adhere to the following guidelines and be submitted to us by email no later than September 30th, 2024*. 

Written works

• Accepting article-length submissions of essays and papers

• Approximately 5000-7000 words

Creative submissions

• Includes artwork, poetry, photos, craft, design, etc.

• Accompanying text requested:

• Approximately 1000-1500 words

• Introduces your creative work

• Provides insight, reflection, and context for your submission

For any questions regarding how to submit and formatting, please see our Submissions Guidelines or reach out to fashionstudies@torontomu.ca.

As we take on the publication of student work, we are also organizing a graduate student editorial board to honour our ‘student-led’ mission for this special issue. Please stay tuned for more information, and reach out to fashionstudies@torontomu.ca if you have any further questions.

We are excited and grateful to be working towards these next steps with all of you, and look forward to receiving your submissions!

Sincerely,

the Fashion Studies team

After an incredible series of panels at the Unravelling Fashion Narratives symposium, Fashion Studies is thrilled to announce that we will continue to explore and dissect fashion narratives in a special issue of Fashion Studies that highlights research presented at the conference. This special issue is scheduled for publication in Summer 2025. To honor our 'student-led' mission for this special issue, we are convening a volunteer graduate student editorial board, comprised of approximately 10 students, dedicated to this project.

The project timeline is approximately October 15th, 2024 to June 15th, 2025. As this is Fashion Studies’ inaugural student editorial board, we will prioritize clear and effective communication within the team to ensure clarity, efficiency, participant satisfaction, and overall quality of work.

Responsibilities

• Communicate with the Fashion Studies team and Student Editorial Board members, working collaboratively to ensure the successful publication of the first Unravelling Fashion Narratives special issue.

• Serve as peer reviewers for student work, making decisions regarding the progress and outcome of submissions.

• Provide unbiased, constructive feedback to authors and creators, suggesting areas for improvement and revisions to strengthen the work.

• Collaborate on special issue strategy and direction, developing the content of the issue.

• Ensure submissions align with the issue theme and uphold the core values of Fashion Studies as a journal.

• Combine and draft peer review comments and suggestions for author submissions

• Review author submissions and revisions to ensure excellence

• Occasionally consult with Fashion Studies’ editorial team to update on progress of special issue

Qualifications

• Current graduate students or those who graduated within the last three years

• Excellent time-management and communication skills, with the ability to meet deadlines

• Copyediting skills are an asset

• Availability to attend 4-5 virtual editorial team meetings leading up to the publication of the special issue

• Ability to dedicate approximately 15-20 hours to reviewing student work, within the approximate timeline of October 15th, 2024 to June 15th, 2025. 

• Willingness to collaborate with a co-peer reviewer to review student work as a team

Benefits

• Join a supportive international graduate student community

• Enhance your CV and build professional skills through training and academic peer review experience

• Network and improve your writing, editing, and critique skills with guidance from the Fashion Studies team

• Help your peers achieve publication while learning about open access and copyright

• Discover and engage with emerging scholarship in fashion studies

• Be featured on the Fashion Studies website and social media

Application Guidelines

Please submit your CV and a brief letter/statement of interest (1 page maximum) outlining your reasons for wanting to join this board. Your letter should include your year, area of study, and affiliated institution(s).

Please send your statement of interest to the Fashion Studies email address by September 30th, 2024*: fashionstudies@torontomu.ca. 

Note: Students who have submitted their work for publication may also apply to serve on the student editorial board. The Fashion Studies team will work to match submissions with reviewers in a way that ensures anonymity.

This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the academic discourse on fashion and gain valuable experience in the editorial process. Join us in shaping the future of fashion scholarship.