London based writer and consultant Dal Chodha is Editor-in-chief of Archivist Addendum – a publishing project that explores the gap between fashion editorial and academe. He contributes to various international titles including Modern Matter, i-D and Encens and is a Contributing Editor at Wallpaper* magazine.
Chodha has been working in leading academic institutions for more than a decade and is Pathway Leader of the BA Fashion Communication & Promotion course at Central Saint Martins. In 2020 he released his first book SHOW NOTES, which is an original hybrid of journalism, poetry and provocation. His second, You gotta keep your head straight about clothes, was released in December 2023.
Dal Chodha has given lectures and chaired panel discussions for the British Fashion Council, the V&A, the International Library of Fashion Research, Sandberg Institute, The Courtauld, The Jewish Museum New York, Hermès and Aesop to name a few. He is a regular contributor to SHOWstudio and hosts a regular IGTV interview series for Tenderbooks.
Books
Contributing writer to Look Good, Feel Good, Play Good: Nike Apparel published by Phaidon, 2024
Contributing writer to Collecting Fashion: Nostalgia, Passion, Obsession published by Rizzoli, 2024
Writer of You gotta keep your head straight about clothes published by Tenderbooks, 2023
Contributing writer to The Offbeat Sari published by Design Museum, 2023
Contributor to Radical Fashion Exercises: A Workbook of Modes and Methods published by Valiz, 2023
Contributing writer to United Arrows published by Rizzoli, 2021
Writer of SHOW NOTES self published, 2020
Contributing writer to Fashion Central Saint Martins published by Thames & Hudson, 2019
Contributing editor of PATTERNITY: A New Way Of Seeing: The Inspirational Power Of Pattern published by Hachette, 2015