Media Engagement
Alex is available for interviews, reviews and editorial commissions relating to fashion, footwear, identity, gender, sustainability and circularity.
Article for The Conversation: 'What Kamala Harris' Converse All-Stars tell us about how shoes shape our identity' - 5th November 2024
Interview for the BBC World Service's History Hour about Nike Air Jordans and the value of celebrity endorsement. 25th May, 2024.
Article co-written with Dr Rebecca Van Amber for newswire publisher 360info, examining some of the current sustainability challenges facing the sports and athleisure apparel market.
Review of the Bata Shoe Museum's exhibition publication 'Future Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting Edge Kicks' for the Footwear Research Network. 24th September, 2023.
Interview for Triple J Hack discussing the environmental consequences of the world's sneaker obsession, 20th September, 2023.
'Indigenous knowledge provides skills for lifelong learning that AI cannot' - Article for the Times Higher Education Campus, July 13, 2023.
'8th Street Samba: here’s why the authentic collaboration behind the ‘perfect sneaker’ matters' - Article written with Prof. Andrew Groves for The Conversation UK, 15th May, 2023.
Article for the Footwear Research Network reflecting on Steve Jobs' $200,000 Birkenstocks and the value of celebrity shoes in life and death. 18th November, 2022.
Interview for Marie Claire Australia - 'The Future is Fluid', Kathryn Madden, February, 2022.
Interview for The Futures Archive S1E10: 'The Shoe', Podcast by the Design Observer, 23rd December 2021. (Image: Kathleen Fu)
Interview for Inside Retail - 'Why cultural appropriation keeps happening — and how to fix it' by Heather McIlvaine, 16th June, 2021
Interview for Triple J Hack discussing Harry Styles' controversial Gucci ballgown for the cover of Vogue, 20th November, 2020.
Interview for The Guardian Australia - 'The slipper surge: ‘They’re very important in terms of helping us cope emotionally’', Alyx Gorman, 28th June, 2020.
Interview for Good Weekend, Sydney Morning Herald - 'Dressed for unisex: how celebrities are stepping up – and out – for fashion fluidity', Sharon Bradley, 1st May, 2020.
Interview for Broadsheet - 'Genderless Fashion’s Australian Future', Emma Do, 22nd November, 2018.
Interview for Bloomberg View - 'Boots Were Made for Talking, About Who We Are’, Virginia Postrel, 2012. (Image: Virginia Postrel)