Exhibition and Symposium Celebrate Launch of New Graduate Fashion Programs at Parsons
To mark the establishment of new graduate programs in fashion at Parsons The New School for Design, the school is presenting an exhibition and symposium that explores the legacy of work wear in American fashion and its influence on contemporary constructions of New York as a fashion capital. This fall, Parsons will be launching two new programs, an MFA in Fashion Design and Society and an MA in Fashion Studies. Both programs are interdisciplinary in nature, placing fashion in a contemporary, global context that recognizes its significance as a cultural, social, and economic force. For more information, visit
http://www.newschool.edu/thinkparsons
Exhibition
Monday, February 8 — Friday, March 5, 2010
Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries
Sheila C. Johnson Design Center
Parsons The New School for Design
66 Fifth Avenue, New York
http://www.newschool.edu/sjdc
Illustrating the themes of WORKWEAR, this exhibition includes a film installation of
Donna Karan's
Seven Easy Pieces collection; Boilersuit by Savile Row tailors
Norton & Sons in collaboration with Turner Prize-winning artist
Jeremy Deller; Paul Fejos' silent-film classic, Lonesome (1928); a mascot installation by communication designers
Rebecca and Mike; a newly commissioned film by
Boudicca; and installations by
Shelley Fox, director of the MFA program.
Symposium
Saturday, February 13, 2010
9:30 a.m. — 6:00 p.m.
Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Auditorium
Sheila C. Johnson Design Center
66 Fifth Avenue, New York
RSVP:
tiradoj@newschool.edu
The symposium explores WORKWEAR from historical, cultural and sociological perspectives, including an unpublished photo essay by Walker Evans, as well as discussions with fashion historians, critics and designers including
Zowie Broach of Boudicca; writer and critic
Vince Aletti; museum scholar
Phillis Dillon; Courtland Institute lecturer
Rebecca Arnold; Parsons MA Fashion Studies Director
Heike Jenss; Central Saint Martins research fellow
Alistair O'Neill; Parsons Associate Chair of Photography
George Pitts; Fashion Film Festival Director
Marketa Uhlirova; London College of Fashion Media & Programmes Director
Nilgin Yusuf; costume historian
Peter Dervis; and City University of New York Fashion Studies Co-Director
Eugenia Paulicelli.
For more information visit
http://www.newschool.edu/workwear.
