Whitney Jordan, Fashion Historian

FASHION

I’m Whitney Jordan, a fashion professor, fashion historian, and retail leader based in New York.

With over a decade of experience at world-renowned fashion and retail brands, I teach and write at the intersection of history, culture, and commerce.

My work bridges academia and industry, from fashion merchandising and business strategy to cultural analysis and critical fashion studies.

I’m available for teaching engagements, guest lectures, consulting, and editorial writing.

HISTORY

Whitney Jordan

Fashion Professor and Fashion Historian

Select Works

Fashion model walking on runway in black outfit with dramatic black cape on a minimalist runway.
Photo of a city street with a tall brick building featuring fire escapes. The sky is partly cloudy. Text over the image says "The View From Where I Stand" and "Introducing a few of my favorite Black creatives."
A diverse group of seven people standing together outdoors in an urban setting, with tall buildings in the background and a decorative planter with greenery behind them.
Collage of diverse Black Chicago fashion designers, including a woman with short black hair in a black off-the-shoulder top, a woman with braids wearing a black lace-like top, and another woman with long braided hair in a white shirt and black jacket, with smaller images of other people in fashion-forward poses. 
the zoe report
VIRGIL ABLOH 
THE TRIIBE
RAISEFASHION
BATTLE OF VERSAILLES
A smiling woman with short curly hair, wearing a red top and black shiny pants, standing in front of a bookshelf filled with various books, and posing with her fists raised.

Latest Projects

lecturer - isem fashion business school

as seen in the zoe report
Adjunct Lecturer -
Liverpool John Moores University