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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 at Parsons School of Design. The collection consists of a recording from "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 production of the series.

Dates

  • 2016

Creator

Extent

5.27 Gigabytes (33 files (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 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 with fashion designer Charles Harbison, photographer Dario Calmese, journalist Jeremy Lewis, and Parsons School of Design lecturer Kim Jenkins; and moderated by journalist Julee Wilson. The panel, 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 enterity of the event series, including "Fashion and Race," "Fashion and Jazz," and "Fashion and Women in Tech." 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 images of 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

“Fashion and Race” was a panel discussion held as part of the Fashion and Diversity event series, and the “Black History Month at Parsons” event series, at The New School, and held in the the Bob and Sheila Hoerle Lecture Hall in the University Center at 63 5th Avenue, at 6pm on February 12th, 2016. The event series was organized by three second-year students in the Master of Arts in Fashion Studies: Rikki Byrd, Carly-Ann Fergus, and Jasmine Young, who introduced the panel. This discussion consisted of four panelists: fashion designer Charles Harbison, photographer Dario Calmese, journalist Jeremy Lewis, and Parsons School of Design lecturer Kim Jenkins; and was moderated by journalist Julee Wilson. The panel takes the form of a group interview conducted by Wilson, followed by questions from the audience. Despite the broad name of the panel, it is only concerned with the relationship of African Americans to the fashion industry in the United States.

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; 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.

Title
Guide to the Fashion and Diversity event series collection
Status
In Process
Author
Jack Wells and New School Archives staff
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin