2016-12-22

Fashion Plus — Design and Body Diversity || Parsons School of Design


source: The New School    2016年11月19日
Parsons School of Design (http://www.newschool.edu/parsons) presents Fashion Plus || Design and Body Diversity. Parsons School of Fashion's Dean, Burak Cakmak, host an open conversation about design and body diversity. (http://www.newschool.edu/parsons/bfa-...)
Moderator:
Bethany Heitman, Executive Editor of In Style
Panelists:
- Becca McCharen, CHROMAT, for her efforts toward body diversity and her technological approaches to design/making.
- Lauren Downing Peters, PhD student, Stockholm University, Parsons MA Fashion Studies alumna, for her work on "Plus Size" fashion for her PhD and MA.
- Hara Estroff Marano, author of Style is Not a Size.
- Huguette Hubard, VP of Design at Lane Bryant.
- Elizabeth Taylor, plus size model.
Each panelist will introduce their perspective for 5-10 minutes, then the moderator Bethany Heitman will ask questions and open the floor for a Q&A session.
Location: The Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall
Thursday, November 3, 2016 at 5:45 pm to 7:00 pm