Select Peer-Reviewed Publications

Filippello, R. (2026). “"Militant Fashion and the Aesthetics of Queer Stealth in Jenin,”Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies 22 (272), 292-293.

Filippello, R. & Tynan. J. (2026). “Redressing the Homeland: Textiles and Feminism in Palestinian Diasporic Art. Feminist Studies,” Feminist Studies 52 (1-2), 53-85.

Filippello, R. & Parkins. I. (2026). “Fashion as Media in Feminist-Queer Histories,” Feminist Media Histories, 12 (3), 1-8.

Black and white photo of two models, one on each side. The left model is topless, wearing a long, black fur coat and leather pants, with short dark hair and a serious expression. The right model is wearing a large black fur coat and shiny black shorts, with dark wavy hair, and is looking at the camera with a slightly open mouth.

Filippello, R. (2025). "‘Starved for Pleasure’: The Fashion Magazine as a Desirous Queer Archive.” Cultural Studies, 39 (4), 600-625.

Cover of a journal titled 'Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty' featuring an artistic portrait of a person with painted face, yellow hair, and a blue sun painted on their forehead, set against a clear blue sky background.

Filippello, R., & Zhang, E. (2024). “Who’s In and Who’s Out of (Queer) Fashion (Studies)?" Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty, 15 (1), 7-21.

Three images from a museum or historical site exhibit. The top left shows a mannequin dressed as a woman in historical clothing, with a horse head sculpture nearby and visitors viewing the display. The top right depicts a person wearing a red and black striped headscarf looking at a framed portrait of a man in elaborate attire. The bottom image features a person inside a large, white, ribbon-like costume on a table, with an audience watching in a room with green walls and golden curtains.

Filippello, R. (2023). “Baroque Travesty: Queer Anachronism in Gwen van den Eijnde’s Fashion Performances.” Journal of Bodies, Sexualities, and Masculinities, 4 (1), 30-52.

A man standing in front of a yellow taxi on a city street with a building and a shadow of a palm tree in the background.

Filippello, R. (2023). “Fashion Statements in a Site of Conflict." Fashion Theory, 27 (2), 205-235.

Cover of a book titled "Sovereign Intimacy: Private Media and the Traces of Colonial Violence" by Laliy Melamed. The cover features a black-and-white ink sketch of a multi-level building with stairs, railings, and various architectural elements.

Filippello, R. (2023). Book review of: L. Melamed (2023) Sovereign Intimacy: Private Media and the Traces of Colonial Violence. Film Quarterly, 77 (1), 111-113.

Magazine cover for 'Third Text', January 2021 issue, featuring a damaged wall with a hole and exposed wiring, with the title 'Imagining Queer Europe Then and Now' and guest editors Fiona Anderson, Glyn Davis, and Nat Raha.

Filippello, R. (2021). “On Sequins and Shit: The Epistemology of Radical Dress in Mario Mieli's Transsexual Utopia." Third Text, 35 (1), 130-144.

Cover of Vogue magazine featuring young male model with blond hair, wearing a black suit, accessorized with bracelets and rings, standing among potted plants.

Filippello, R. (2021). “Tarrying with the Elephant: Queer Villainy in Steven Klein’s Fashion Photography.” Queer Studies in Media & Popular Culture, 5 (3), 205-220.

A person with long brown hair and light skin sitting in a body of water, with a cloudy sky and trees in the background.

Filippello, R. (2021). “White Trash’: Gestures and Profanations in the Visual Economy of Fashion.” "Journal of Aesthetics & Culture 13,.

Magazine layout featuring a woman with red hair and dark lipstick on the left page, and the word 'juweeltje' on the right page.

Filippello, R. (2020). “Eccentric Feelings: Little Girls’ Pleasures on the Feminist Fashion Set." Australian Feminist Studies, 35 (105), 217-238.

A view of Earth's moon surface with craters in the foreground and Earth in the background against the blackness of space.
Black and white cover of a book titled "Work! A Queer History of Modeling" by Elspeth H. Brown. The cover features a side profile photo of a woman in a flowing dress and high heels.

Filippello, R. (2020). Book Review of: Work! A Queer History of Modeling by Elspeth H. Brown. Fashion Theory, 24 (5), 799-804.

Close-up of water splashing in a dark environment with a blue hue.

Filippello, R. (2019). “On Queer Neutrality: Disaffection in the Fashion Photo Story ‘Paradise Lost." Criticism, 61 (3), 335-358.

A young man in a dark suit standing in a doorway of a building with metallic and concrete walls.

Filippello, R. (2018). “Less Than Zero: Impersonal Affect in Hedi Slimane’s Auteurial Style.” Revista dObra[s]: Associação Brasileira de Estudos e Pesquisas em Moda , 11 (24), 80-100.

Page 129 of an academic journal article titled 'Thinking fashion photographs through queer affect theory' by Roberto Filippello from the University of Edinburgh. The page contains an abstract and keywords related to queer theory, fashion photography, and queer affect.

Filippello, R. (2018). “Thinking Fashion Photographs through Queer Affect Theory.” International Journal of Fashion Studies, 5 (1), 129–145.

Academic paper titled 'Aisthesis' discussing aesthetics and politics of fashion image from a queer perspective, authored by Roberto Filipello, published by Firenze University Press.

R. Filippello (2018) “Aesthet-ics and Politics of the Fashion Image: A Queer Perspective. “ Aisthesis 11 (2):75-85.