Fashion scholar, curator and heritage expert, Sofia Gnoli is associate professor at the IULM University of Milan. Professional journalist, writes on Repubblica, La Stampa, Il Venerdì and Vogue Italia. Among his publications: Moda. Dalla nascita della haute-couture a oggi  (Carocci, 2020), L'alfabeto della moda (Carocci, 2019), Eleganza fascista (Carocci, 2017) and The Origins of Italian Fashion 1900-1945 (V&A Publishing, 2014).