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Fashion and Diversity event series

 Collection
Identifier: PC-02-20-01

Abstract

The Fashion and Diversity event series at The New School was organized in 2016 by three students in the Master of Arts in Fashion Studies program at Parsons School of Design, The New School's art and design college. The collection consists of a recording of "Fashion and Race," one of the events in the series, as well as the contents of a Google Drive folder containing documents related to the series planning and production.

Dates

  • 2016

Creator

Extent

5.27 Gigabytes (33 files in docx, pdf, jpg formats)

Language of Materials

English

Scope and Contents

The Fashion and Diversity event series collection consists of a recording of one event in a series held in 2016, organized by three second-year students in the Master of Arts in Fashion Studies program, Rikki Byrd, Carly-Ann Fergus, and Jasmine Young, as well as the contents of a Google Drive folder containing documents related to the production of the series.

The recording is of "Fashion and Race," a panel discussion held in the the Bob and Sheila Hoerle Lecture Hall in the New School's University Center at 63 Fifth Avenue, at 6pm on February 12th, 2016. Panelists consist of designer Charles Harbison, photographer Dario Calmese, journalist Jeremy Lewis, and Parsons School of Design professor Kim Jenkins; and moderated by journalist Julee Wilson. The panel takes the form of a group interview conducted by Wilson, followed by questions from the audience. The public program, which was also promoted as part of the “Black History Month at Parsons” event series, is entirely concerned with the relationship of African Americans to the fashion industry in the United States.

The accompanying documents span the entirety of the event series, including "Fashion and Race," "Fashion and Jazz," and "Fashion and Women in Tech," although The New School Archives only has one recording, for "Fashion and Race." The documents relate to the planning and promotion of the events, including fliers, a guest list, and the original proposal for the events.

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research use. Please contact archivist@newschool.edu for appointment.

Conditions Governing Use

To publish material from this collection, permission must be obtained in writing from the New School Archives and Special Collections. Please contact: archivist@newschool.edu.

Historical Note

Parsons School of Design, a division of The New School university, announced the establishment of a graduate program in Fashion Studies in 2009, with professor Heike Jenss as its inaugural director. Situated within Parsons's School of Art and Design History and Theory, then led by Hazel Clark, the MA Fashion Studies program was intended to be an interdisciplinary approach to understanding fashion using the methodologies of fashion history, design studies, anthropology, and cultural studies. The program launched in the Fall semester of 2010, with the first class graduating in May 2012.

Bibliography

Fashion Studies (MA). Accessed October 18, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20100912035417/http://www.newschool.edu/parsons/ma-fashion-studies

The New School Communications and External Affairs, "Parsons Launches Graduate Fashion Programs," February 5, 2009. Accessed through Internet Archive, October 18, 2023: https://web.archive.org/web/20101218125858mp_/http://newschool.edu/pressroom/pressreleases/2010/ParsonsFashionGradPrograms.aspx

The New School Communications and External Affairs, "High Line Co-Founder Robert Hammond Addresses New School Graduates," May 18, 2012. Accessed through the Internet Archive, October 18, 2023: https://web.archive.org/web/20120622082445/http://www.newschool.edu/pressroom/pressreleases/2012/Commencement2012Release.htm

Immediate Source of Acquisition

At the request of the event organizers, New School Archives digital archivist transferred the event recording from the Digital Asset Library managed by The New School Marketing and Communications office in 2020; the event organizers shared a link to the Google Drive files and the New School Archives digital archivist downloaded the files to the Archives' server in 2024.

Title
Guide to the Fashion and Diversity event series collection
Status
Completed
Author
Jack Wells and New School Archives and Special Collections Staff
Date
March 4 2025
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin