Globally Connected @ FIT: Sashiko and Cultural Sustainability for the Japanese People

Atsushi Futatsuya. Engage with sashiko, a traditional Japanese embroidery type, in this conversation with Atsushi Futatsuya, sashiko artisan and founder of Upcycle Stitches. Sashiko (Japanese for "little stabs") is an old Japanese mending technique that originated from a very poor community in Japan. Fast forward to today, the technique has been adopted by big brands, […]

Globalization of Korean Hallyu and Cool Japan: Past, Present, and Future

Conference Center, Seminar Room 9 227 West 27th Street, New York, NY, United States

Please join Vincent Quan, associate professor and assistant chair of Fashion Business Management, and Yuniya (Yuni) Kawamura, professor of Social Sciences–Sociology, for this discussion on the reach of Korean and Japanese culture. Asian fashion and pop culture have been sweeping the world for over 50 years. In the 1970s, Japanese designers arrived in Paris and […]