Sofia Gnoli

Sofia Gnoli is associate professor of Sociology of Cultural and Communication Processes (GSPS-06/A) at IULM University, where she teaches Archives of the Creative Industries, Sociology of Events and History and Culture of Fashion.

She is a member of the Doctoral Board in Visual and Media Studies.

She contributes to La Repubblica, La Stampa, Il Venerdì and Vogue Italia. She is a consultant and author for the Enciclopedia Italiana Giovanni Treccani.

Expert in heritage, she has curated the historical archives of Luisa Spagnoli and Federico Forquet.

In 2024, she was the fashion consultant for the four-part Sky Original documentary entitled Moda: una Rivoluzione Italiana (Fashion: an Italian Revolution).

For the Colosseum Archaeological Park, she curated the series of meetings Ephimera. Dialoghi sulla moda (Dialogues on Fashion, collected in a volume published by Electa, 2020) and the exhibition Rara Avis. Moda in volo alle Uccelliere Farnesiane (2024, Marsilio Arte catalogue).

Her publications include: Archeologia della moda. Heritage, archivi, comunicazione (Carocci, 2025), Moda. Dalla nascita della haute-couture a oggi (Carocci, 2020), L’alfabeto della moda (Carocci, 2019), Luisa Spagnoli 90 anni di stile (Rizzoli, 2018), Eleganza fascista (Carocci, 2017) and The Origins of Italian Fashion 1900-1945 (V&A Publishing, 2014). She is on the Advisory Board of Zone Moda Journal (ZMJ).

She has been appointed by the Ministry of Culture as a member of the jury responsible for awarding the title of Italian Capital of Contemporary Art for the years 2026, 2027 and 2028.

MAIN AREAS OF SCIENTIFIC INTEREST

Fashion Studies, Fashion History, Fashion and Communication, Sociology of Fashion, Heritage, Fashion Journalism.

Although IULM University takes all necessary care to ensure the publication of correct, updated and complete information, it is not responsible for the contents of the curricula published online on the Portal www.iulm.it. The holder of this curriculum vitae is the exclusive guarantor and responsible for the correctness and truthfulness of the information contained therein.

MONOGRAPHIES

GNOLI S. The Fashion Alphabet, Carocci, Rome, 2019. ISBN 9788843093946

GNOLI S. Luisa Spagnoli, 90Years of Style, Rizzoli, 2018.

GNOLI SFascist elegance. Fashion from the 1920s to the end of the war,Carocci, Rome 2017.

GNOLI SThe Origins of Italian Fashion 1900-1945, V&A Publishing, London, 2014

GNOLI S., Moda. From the birth of haute couture to today, Carocci, Rome, 2012

GNOLI S (2008). Fashion and theatre. The creations for the stage ofPoiret, Lucile, Chanel, Saint Laurent, Lacroix, Gaultier, Versace, MeltemiEditore, Rome, ISBN: 978-88-8353-606-9

GNOLI S., Un secolo di moda italiana 1900-2000, MeltemiEditore Roma, 2005, ISBN: 88-8353-428-X

GNOLI S., Fashion & cinema. The magic of the dress on the big screen, Edimond, Castle Town, 2002

VOLUME CONTRIBUTIONS

GNOLI, S. Internationality emunicipalism. Fashion cities in Italy from the Thirties to the Eighties, in Baroncini, D. (ed.), Fashion, metropolis and modernity, Mimesis, 2019

GNOLI, S. I materiali dell'indipendenza,in AA.VV., Sustainable Thinking, Electa,MILAN, 2019.

GNOLI,S. The beautiful snake of heaven on earth,in Lurati, P. (ed.) Animalia Fashion,Sillabe, Florence, 2019

GNOLI, S. Vanity Fairs. In Jungle. L'immaginario animalenella moda, Drago, Rome, 2017

GNOLIS. The White Room In: Italian Glamour - The essence of Italian fashion from the post-war period to the 20th Century, Skira, 2015

GNOLIS.Hollywood on the Tiber; MarellaAgnelli. In: Bellissima - L'Italia dell'alta moda 1945-1968, Electa,2014

GNOLIS Great Dressmakers of Italian Fashion. In: The Glamourof Italian Fashion, (exhibition catalogue: The Glamour of Italian Fashion, Victoria and Albert Museum , 5aprile - 27 July 2014), V&A Publishers, Publishing, April 2014

GNOLI S. Shoes ABC. In: Dress and Identity. Literary and cultural history research vol. IX, p. 195-210,Ila Palma, Palermo-Rome, 2009

GNOLI S. Introduction. In: Poiret P. Vestendo la Belle Epoque. p.7-12, Excelsior 1881, Milan, 2009

GNOLI S. Ente Nazionale della Moda; Gabriella di Robilant; Marcadi garanzia. In: A modern day. Fashion and styles in fascist Italy.Damiani Editore Bologna, 2009

GNOLI S. Celebrities. From Paolina Borghese to the girls of theFactory. In: Pasquale De Antonis. La fotografia di moda 1946-1968. p. 15-16,Marsilio Editori (Venice), 2008.

GNOLI S. Umberto Tirelli's fashion collection. In: Fattoin Italia. La cultura del made in Italy (1960-2000). p. 121-132, Meltemi Editore,Rome,2006

GNOLI, S. Adrian: the glamour of Hollywood's golden years. In:Habitus in fabula. Rome, 2005

GNOLI S. A fashion to seduce: the body revealed, the body built1900-1960. In: Silk, power and glamour. Fabrics and dresses from the Renaissance to the XXth century. p. 167-176, Silvana Editoriale, Cinisello Balsamo, Milan, 2006

GNOLI S. Verso una moda italiana: notes for an Italian style between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In: Clothes for images. p. 219-222, CampisanoEditore Roma, 2003

ENCYCLOPAEDIAS

GNOLI S. 2007, Fashion. In: Enciclopedia Italiana XXI Secolo, VIIAppendice. p. 400-402, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana Treccani, Rome,2007

GNOLI S. Fashion and cinema, In: Encyclopedia of Cinema. vol. IV, p.108-112, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana Treccani, Rome, 2004

GNOLI S. Clothing. In: Encyclopedia del XXI Secolo - VIIAppendice dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. vol. I, p. 1-3, Istitutodell'Enciclopedia Italiana Treccani (Rome), 2004

Although IULM University takes all necessary care to ensure the publication of correct, updated and complete information, it is not responsible for the contents of the curricula published online on the Portal www.iulm.it. The holder of this curriculum vitae is the exclusive guarantor and responsible for the correctness and truthfulness of the information contained therein.