- Apr 24, 2024
- by Marisa LaFalce
- Social Impact + Justice, Sustainability + Society
Fashion students earn scholarships and build connections
Gabrielle Moore '25 and Leah Rosenkranz '24 were both named Fashion Scholarship Fund (FSF) Class of 2024 Scholars. As scholars, they receive education awards, mentoring opportunities and attended a two-day event in New York that included networking, Q+As with industry leaders and a formal gala.
Moore, a junior majoring in fashion design, was named a Virgil Abloh Scholar. The Abloh Post-Modern Fund was established by the late Virgil Abloh to foster equity and inclusion within
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- Human Centered Design
- Jill Stuart Gallery, Human Ecology Building
Feel the Years: An Interactive Exhibition on Aging Simulation
The Exhibition
Feel the Years is an interactive exhibition designed to help students and community members better understand the experience of growing older. Through immersive, research-informed activities, the project invites participants to reflect on aging not as a decline, but as a natural and meaningful stage of life.
The Experience
You will have the chance to wear aging simulation suits or other simulation devices and complete everyday tasks that mimic common physical and sensory changes
- Dec 4, 2023
- by Marisa LaFalce
- Sustainability + Society, Technology + Human Thriving
3D garment simulation software reduces customer returns
Have you ever bought new clothes online and purchased more than one size, color or style knowing that you will only keep the items that fit you best?
This behavior is called bracketing, and it comes at a major environmental cost because more items must be shipped and returns often end up in the landfill. Do-yeon Kong, a PhD student in apparel design, with a background in computer science, is using 3D imaging to reduce
Minor in Fashion Studies
Learn how apparel reflects and affects society, and explore the traditional and innovative techniques used in design.
Lauryn Grubbs
Grubbs's current research focuses on the (mis)representation of Black women at the intersection of fashion, beauty, and media. This agenda explores the use of stereotypical imagery to represent Black women throughout visual culture, and the impact that the representations have on Black women’s self-presentation, identity formation, and societal perception. Lauryn connects her research to her creative and entrepreneurial ventures, by taking a Black feminist approach to decolonize the gaze and diversify authorship of images of