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Designing in Dark Times: an Arendtian Lexicon
To celebrate the release of Designing in Dark Times: an Arendtian Lexicon, we are organizing a series of dialogues to further explore what “dark times”…
The New Literary Review and Theory of Fashion present: Francesca Granata, Experimental Fashion
Credit: Garment designed by Nina Veresova for her “-ology” collection (2017). Photographer: Nadezhda Belova The Russian edition of Prof. Francesca Granata’s book Experimental Fashion: Performance Art,…
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…
Francesca Granata on the Grotesque Body in Fashion
Fashion Studies Professor Francesca Granata was interviewed about her book Experimental Fashion and the concept of the grotesque body in fashion for Thrive Global. Read the full…
Professor Hazel Clark Comments on Senator Kamala Harris’ Style Choices
Attribution: Gage Skidmore Professor Hazel Clark comments on Senator Kamala Harris’ style choices in a Huffpost article titled “What Kamala Harris’ Style Choices Say about her…
MAFS Faculty, Christina Moon, on JCPenny filing for Bankruptcy
Listen to the conversation HERE Transcript Below SCOTT SIMON, HOST: J.C. Penney, a mainstay of the suburban mall, has filed for bankruptcy. The retailer began…
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…
Exhibition Opening November 15th – Otherworldly: Performance, Costume and Difference
Come support your fellow faculty at the Otherworldly: Performance, Costume and Difference exhibition at Parsons’s Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries at 66 Fifth Avenue. This exhibition…
Guy Debord’s Game of War: A Conversation With Emmanuel Guy
Thursday, November 14 6:00 pm Kellen Auditorium 66 5th Avenue We know Guy Debord (1931-1994) as a poet, filmmaker, artist, revolutionary theorist, editor and founder…