Full name: Kacper Andruszczak
Title: MA, PhD Candidate at the Doctoral School of Humanities and Arts, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin
Completed education: Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw, University of Warsaw
Current affiliations: Institute of Cultural Studies, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Mantero Seta S.p.A. Archive
Achievements:
A researcher and scholar specializing in fashion studies, with a particular focus on the cultural, historical, and social contexts of fashion. A graduate of the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw and the University of Warsaw. Currently professionally affiliated with the Institute of Cultural Studies at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University and with Milan through the Mantero Seta S.p.A. Archive.
PhD candidate at the Doctoral School of Humanities and Arts at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University. Recipient of scholarships from the Italian government (University of Milan) and the French government (Sorbonne University). Two-time visiting researcher at Parsons School of Design and the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, where he also conducted research at institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Museum.
Author of scholarly publications in international journals such as Fashion Theory and Fashion, Style & Popular Culture. He is currently preparing a doctoral dissertation devoted to fashion of the 1990s and the legacy of Alexander McQueen. He has collaborated with leading scholars in the field of fashion studies, including Prof. Hazel Clark (Parsons School of Design), Prof. Emanuela Scarpellini (Università degli Studi di Milano), and Prof. Alessandra Vaccari (Università Iuav di Venezia).
Recipient of the prestigious Lemmermann Foundation scholarship for the completion of a two-month research residency in Rome. His current research project, entitled “From Ancient Roots to Modern Luxury: Rome’s Fashion Identity Through Fendi and Valentino”, focuses on the analysis of the contemporary fashion identity of the Eternal City.