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September 7, 2023 Danielle

Congratulations to MAFS Alumni ’16, Joelle Firzli

Congratulations to MAFS Alumni ’16, Joelle Firzli We are thrilled to announce that MAFS Alumni, Joelle Firzli, has been awarded the 2023 TSA Research Travel…

September 3, 2021 Danielle

MAFS ’21 Alum, Iesha Coppin-Forde has been featured in the FIDM Museum Newsletter

MAFS ’21 Alum, Iesha Coppin-Forde has been featured in the FIDM Museum Newsletter: “Iesha Coppin-Forde’s internship nightlights the Afro-Caribbean experience” “Iesha Coppin-Forde, our Lori and…

December 16, 2020 Danielle

Working in Fashion / Studies: MAFS Alumni and Career Panel

  Working in Fashion / Studies  MA Fashion Studies Alumni & Career Panel   In recognition of the launch of our MA Fashion Studies program…

November 11, 2020 Danielle

Legacy with Sebastian Grant – November 19th, 2020

Scholarship in the history of jewelry making in the 20th Century has often focused on a very narrow discourse based on primarily white European and…

February 18, 2020 Danielle

The American Everyday: Resistance, Revolution & Transformation symposium

The American Everyday: Resistance, Revolution & Transformation symposium, hosted by the Columbia College Chicago Fashion Studies Department, was held on Saturday February 15, 2020. American…

October 30, 2019 Danielle

Fashion: Now & Then

Friday November 1 and Saturday November 2, LIM will host the Fashion: Now and Then conference. Current MAFS student, Noel Yeong-An Liao (MAFS ’20), and several MAFS alum will be presenting. FASHION: NOW & THEN…

April 10, 2019 Danielle

Irem C. Yildiz’s (MA Design Studies 2018) thesis project is selected as a finalist

We are proud to announce that Irem C. Yildiz’s (MA Design Studies 2018) thesis project The Vacant Store Initiative has been selected as one of the finalists in…

December 3, 2018 Danielle

Fighting for Visibility in Fashion from the Lecture Hall

(Photo attributed to Sarah Rocco for The New School) For too long, fashion has been living in its own post-racial bubble. When countless models of…

August 17, 2018 adht

HDCS Alumna Mae Colburn to Participate in Textiles Exhibit and Open Studio

MA History of Design and Curatorial Studies alumni Mae Colburn (c/o ’16) is taking part in Helena Hernmarck: Weaving In Progress, an upcoming exhibition showcasing the…

April 18, 2018 adht

HDCS Alum Levi Higgs Interviewed for The Adventurine

Levi Higgs, MA in the History of Decorative Arts and Design 2014 graduate (now MA in the History of Design and Curatorial Studies), was recently…

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