Image: Cover of Portrait of Sebastian Masuda by GION. Courtesy of Sebastian Masuda. FIT Professor Yuniya Kawamura will be in conversation with fashion and art creator Sebastian Masuda, internationally recognized as the leading figure in Japan’s kawaii (cute) subculture. Masuda understands kawaii not merely as an aesthetic, but as an explicit, nonviolent mode of rebellion […]
Image: Mimi Prober, produced by People’s Revolution for NYFW: The Shows. Photo: Randy Brooke. How is local production shaping design, material development, and new possibilities for regional fashion and textile production? Designers Mimi Prober, Melissa Ventosa Martin, founder of Old Stone Trade, and Karuna Scheinfeld, co-founder of Four Objects—along with New York Fashion Innovation Center […]
Image: Cover of Suitable courtesy of Oxford University Press. Two hundred and fifty years after the American Revolution, historian and costume designer Dr. Chloe Chapin traces the evolution of modern […]
