ABOUT ME
Patrick Michael Hughes
Patrick Michael Hughes is a fashion and decorative arts historian. He writes about fashion culture past and present making connections to New York, London and Copenhagen's fashion weeks with an eye toward men's fashion. He joined IRK Magazine as a fashion men's editor during winter of 2017.
He is often cited as a historical source for numerous pieces appearing in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, CNN, LVMH, Conde Nast, Highsnobiety and others. His fashion career includes years as a fashion reporter/producer of branded content for the New York local news in the hyper digital sector. Patrick's love of travel and terrain enabled him to becoming an experienced cross-country equestrian intensively riding in a number of locations in South America Scandinavia,The United Kingdom and Germany. However, he is not currently riding, but rather speaking internationally to designers, product development teams, marketing teams and ascending designers in the US, Europe and China.
Following his BA in the History of Art from Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York he later completed graduate studios in exhibition design in New York. it was with the nudge and a conversation in regard to a design assignment interviewing Richard Martin curator of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art he was encouraged to consider shifting his focus to the decorative arts with a concentration in fashion history and curation.
Patrick completed graduate studies 17th and 18th century French Royal interiors and decoration and 18th century French fashion culture at Musée Les Arts Decoratifs-Musée de Louvre in Paris. Upon his return to New York along with other classes and independent studies in American fashion he earned his MA in the History of Decorative Arts and Design from the Parsons/Cooper Hewitt Design Museum program in New York. His final specialist focus was in 19th century English fashion and interiors with distinction in 20th century American fashion history and design.
Currently, he is an Associate Teaching Professor at Parsons School of Design leading fashion history lecture-studios within the School of Art and Design History and Theory,
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HENRIK VIBSKOV’S ‘Assembly Line’
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The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts -Exploration
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Two Collections by Ron Poisson
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JOCK STYLE: Clothing,Games and REVOLT!!
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Interview: Stéphane Rolland. Couture Fall/Winter 2021
When a fashion film starts with strong images of the crashing waves of the Atlantic as it fades in the summer movement from Vivaldi’s fourth season, you know that what you are about to watch…
Slinky Vagabond Full-Blooded Rock & Fashion
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Sugar Coated, Candy ‘OVERDOSE’
Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2022 digital presentations has once again bought to light new and ascending brands. The Swedish/German brand LAZOSCHMIDL founded by Josef Lazo and Andreas Schmidl is an anticipated Paris Fashion Week fascination….
Harvest – Highlighting a Sensual Greek Harvest
Celebrating Harvest and the first week of Summer 2021 IRK re-visits some compelling and timeless images from the exhibition Harvest held at the Eleni Marneii Galerie in Athens, Greece. The work of a young ascending…
