Mari Grinde Arntzen (b. 1970) is a Norwegian author and journalist, known for her work on fashion and visual culture.

Her book «Dress Code. The Naked Truth About Fashion» is published in English, Russian and Norwegian, and was nominated for the best non-fiction in Russia in 2017. She is also the author of «Perfekt. Skapelsen av det plettfrie mennesket», a book about our need to be perfect and how perfection can be destructive.

Arntzen has written for the Dagens Næringsliv weekend magazine D2 and Aftenposten, and has been a lecuterer in journalism, fashion history and semiotics at the School of Fashion Industry (SoFI) / Kristiania University. She is an experienced communicator in art and architecture, and has worked for the National Museum in Oslo and for the architecture and design firm Snøhetta.

marigrindea@gmail.com