Fashion Studies MA

In this groundbreaking MA program, students engage with the evolving field of fashion studies. Using an interdisciplinary approach, they explore fashion as object, image, text, practice, theory, and concept and develop a critical understanding of fashion and its complex global intersections with identities, histories, and cultures in the contemporary world.

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…
November 7, 2018 Danielle

Fashion Installation: Body, Performance, Scene, Show, and Air

Fashion Installation: Body, Performance, Scene, Show, and Air Wednesday, November 14th 6pm U L105 63 5th Avenue Drawing on the soon-to-be published book, Fashion Installation:…
November 6, 2018 Danielle

Call For Submissions: BIAS, Journal of Fashion Studies

BIAS, The Journal of Fashion Studies Parsons The New School for Design Call for Submissions: “Fashion & Time” Parsons’ BIAS, The Journal of Fashion Studies…
October 26, 2018 Danielle

“Embodying Heaven.” A Conversation with Jessica Glasscock on Curating the Space Between Fashion & Faith

“Embodying Heaven.” A Conversation with Jessica Glasscock on Curating the Space Between Fashion & Faith Written by Emilia Jane Boulton & Diana Yichu Cao Like…
October 5, 2018 Danielle

Fashion Projects #5 on Fashion Curation

Fashion Projects #5 on Fashion Curation Francesca Granata, Assistant Professor of Fashion Studies in ADHT, has edited the fifth issue of Fashion Projects—a non profit…
August 21, 2018 daren

Announcing the 2018 Design History Society Conference: Design and Displacement, September 6-8, 2018

Design and Displacement, the 2018 Design History Society Annual Conference, will take place at Parsons Parsons School of Design September 6th-8th, 2018. The conference examines…
April 11, 2018 Danielle

The Second Annual Geraldine Stutz Research Award
January 29, 2018 daren

Announcing MAFS 2018 Lecture Series – Fashion Culture: The Body Politic
January 8, 2018 daren

First-Hand Experience from Fashion Press at Parsons’s MA Fashion Studies

By Jeniffer Varela Rodríguez Diversity is the name of the game when it comes to Fashion Studies at Parsons. Students from different parts of the…
December 20, 2017 daren

MA Fashion Studies Alumni Panel: Beyond the Academy

On Thursday December 14th alumni from the MA Fashion Studies came back to campus to share their experiences in a panel titled “Beyond the Academy,”…

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