Fashion Studies
Parsons School of Design's MA Fashion Studies
25, January 2018
Unruly Design: Making, Changing and Breaking Rules
UNRULY DESIGN: MAKING, CHANGING AND BREAKING RULES A colloquium in Design Studies, Fashion Studies, History of Design & Curatorial Studies Friday, March 2, 2018 5:30-7:00pm Opening conversation with Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator of Design and Architecture, MoMA, and Jamer Hunt, Vice Provost for Transdisciplinary [ read more ... ]
08, January 2018
First-Hand Experience from Fashion Press at Parsons’s MA Fashion Studies
By Jeniffer Varela Diversity is the name of the game when it comes to Fashion Studies at Parsons. Students from different parts of the globe and different backgrounds have access to elective classes to nurture the path they are taking with their careers. Among the options for students is the graduate seminar on Fashion Criticism, [ read more ... ]
20, December 2017
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,” which was organized by MAFS Director, Francesca Granata. The alumni discussed their current work and how it was informed by their study in the program. Eliza Dillard MAFS 2015 [ read more ... ]
02, November 2017
Straight/Curve: Redefining Body Image
STRAIGHT/CURVE: Redefining Body Image Monday, November 6th, 2017 Doors Open: 6:30pm Kellen Auditorium Ninety percent of women and young girls say they do not feel represented in the fashion industry or in media, and that the imagery they consume on a daily basis makes them feel “disgusting” and “less than”. The [ read more ... ]
10, October 2017
Join Parsons Alumni Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez of Proenza Schouler for a talk at the Met
Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, founders and designers of Proenza Schouler join journalist Alina Cho for a fast-paced, insightful talk about fashion at the intersection of art and ideas. Pioneers of style and craft since they launched their brand 15 years ago, the fathers of the perennial “It Bag” known as PS1 will chat [ read more ... ]
15, September 2017
ANNOUNCING: THE SECOND GERALDINE STUTZ ANNUAL RESEARCH AWARD 2017/18
Win a Geraldine Stutz Annual Research Award for your original contribution that will extend existing knowledge of New York fashion and its history, c1890-2010. Outstanding research recognition awards in the name of the late Geraldine Stutz will be made to two prize winners: for an original written research paper or an original [ read more ... ]
26, May 2017
Announcing BIAS Issue 5: Fashion + Celebration
The MA Fashion Studies program is pleased to announce Issue 5 of BIAS: Journal of Dress Practice, titled “Fashion + Celebration.” Editors Alani Gaunt and Camila Abisambra share: "In our contemporary socio-political context, the idea of fashion in relation to Celebration is counter intuitive. Previous issues of BIAS have [ read more ... ]
21, February 2017
Experimental Fashion: Performance Art, Carnival, and the Grotesque Body by Francesca Granata
Experimental Fashion: Performance Art, Carnival, and the Grotesque Body by Francesca Granata is now available (IB Tauris, 2017) Please save the date for the Book Launch on March 16th at 630 pm in Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang Building at 65 West 11th Street with the author in conversation with fashion [ read more ... ]
