Fashion Studies
Parsons School of Design's MA Fashion Studies
06, June 2016
Francesca Granata Contributes to Exhibition, Native Fashion Now
[caption id="attachment_1056" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] CAPE, DRESS, AND HEADDRESS BY ORLANDO DUGI FROM ‘DESERT HEAT’ COLLECTION / PHOTO BY UNÉK FRANCIS, COURTESY OF PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM.[/caption]Dr. Francesca Granata, director of the MA Fashion Studies and Assistant Professor in the School of Art and Design History and [ read more ... ]
10, May 2016
Book Review: The History of Modern Fashion
[caption id="attachment_1046" align="alignnone" width="200"] MAFS student Caroline Mccauley[/caption] Historical studies are often justified by the somewhat trite saying of you have to understand the past to know the present. Although, how connected is the present to the past? Is there a linear narrative between the past and the [ read more ... ]
10, February 2016
An interview with the Fashion & Diversity Series organizers: Rikki Byrd, Carly-Ann Fergus, and Jasmine Young
“Fashion and Race,” a panel discussion on “new narratives of blackness in fashion” will be held this Friday, February 12 at The University Center (UL105). The panel will be moderated by Senior Fashion Editor of the Huffington Post Julee Wilson and will feature industry experts, practitioners, and scholars. “Fashion and [ read more ... ]
02, February 2016
BIAS announces its call for submissions for Issue 4: Fashion + Violence, and revisits Issue 3: Fashion + Surveillance
With less than a week before BIAS' submission deadline for Issue 4: Fashion + Violence, I want to take a moment to revisit Issue 3: Fashion + Surveillance. You can read Issue 3: Fashion + Surveillance in its entirety here. Read part of the editorial statement for Issue 3 here: Throughout history, the ever-changing worlds of [ read more ... ]
28, January 2016
Fashion Studies: Research Methods, Sites and Practices
The new book Fashion Studies: Research Methods, Sites and Practices, edited by Assistant Professor of Fashion Studies Heike Jenss, was published today by Bloomsbury Academics. This groundbreaking anthology, including the work of several Parsons faculty, focuses in on the dynamics of fashion and its research. With an emphasis on material [ read more ... ]
22, January 2016
Beyond the Seams: Lauren Downing Peters
We’re kicking off 2016 with our BEYOND THE SEAMS series featuring our very own Lauren Downing Peters. Get to know the amazing scholar who is making waves with her groundbreaking research in academia and beyond. What year did you graduate? 2012 What was your thesis on? How did you come to the topic? My thesis emerged [ read more ... ]
03, December 2015
MAFS Alum Launches New Sustainable Denim Brand
The season of giving is here, and many of us are taking to the usual stores to buy gifts for our loved ones. But, as this past week has proved, there are so many alternate routes to shop other than major department stores on Black Friday; for example Small Business Saturday and Giving Tuesday. Case in point: A newly launched denim brand [ read more ... ]
03, December 2015
Call for Papers
Looking to share your research via a journal or presentation? Check out these call for papers all with upcoming deadlines! Showing Off Design and Ostentation Deadline: Contact organizer Required materials: proposal, two-page abstract, one-page bibliography and a c.v. Contact Person: Ethan Robey, [ read more ... ]
29, October 2015
Newly Published Works by MAFS Professors, Students and Alumni
Heike Jenss Fashioning Memory: Vintage Style and Youth Culture Bloomsbury [caption id="attachment_987" align="alignnone" width="366"] Image courtesy of Bloomsbury[/caption] We’re proud to congratulate Heike Jenss on her newest published research. Jenss is an Assistant Professor in the MAFS program with a focus on fashion [ read more ... ]
22, September 2015
Meet Our New Students!
School is in full effect here at Parsons, and we're gearing up for a great academic year. We've accepted some amazing students and can't wait to get to know them more and be a part of the great work we know they will create. Below get to know six of our 29 1st year students, who share a love for Diana Vreeland quotes, comfortable and [ read more ... ]
