Fiona Dieffenbacher
Fiona Dieffenbacher is an Associate Professor of Fashion at Parsons School of Design whose career spans over twenty five years in industry and academia.
Her research is located at the intersection of dress, embodiment and spirituality. Published works include a second edition of her textbook Fashion Thinking: Creative Approaches to the Design Process, (Bloomsbury, 2020) and chapter entitled, ‘The Future Body as Ultimate Dress’ in: Silhouettes of the Soul: Meditations on Fashion, Religion and Subjectivity co-edited by Otto von Busch and Jeannine Viau (Bloomsbury, 2023). She is volume editor of the forthcoming publication: “Teaching Fashion Ethics: Inclusivity, Social Justice and Activism" (Bloomsbury, 2027) and editor of Fashion Practice: The Journal of Design, Creative Process and the Fashion Industry. Prior to Parsons, she designed her eponymous ready-to-wear label “Fiona Walker” with a commitment to ethical, local production (1998- 2005). Selling to retailers across the U.S and Asia, the collection garnered press in WWD, The New York Times, Harper’s Bazaar, InStyle and New York Magazine, among others.