All Walks Beyond the Catwalk is an initiative founded by Caryn Franklin, Debra Bourne and Erin O’Connor working with influential catwalk designers, top industry creatives and fashion students and their colleges to challenge the fashion industry’s dependence on...
From 1619 to beyond, black craftspeople, both free and enslaved, worked to produce the valued architecture, handcrafts, and decorative arts of the American South. The Black Craftspeople Digital Archive seeks to enhance what we know about black craftspeople by...
Black Dress is an illustrated platform of achievement of Blacks in the fashion industry. The goal of the initial exhibit was to commemorate and celebrate the contributions of ten Black contemporary fashion designers.
My workshops cover the basics of working with performers of color. I talk about tools, products and problems that performers of color face in the industry. I also do demonstrations. I provide a packet on both hair and makeup that is filled with product...
Everyone wears clothing and participates in consumer culture in some way, yet outside of higher education there are few outlets for critical conversations that take a de-centralized approach to the subject and critically examine clothing as an embodiment of lived...
Perceived as the visual representation of Islam, hijab-wearing Muslim women are often harangued at work, at home and in public life yet are rarely afforded a platform of their own. In books and in the media we are spoken on behalf of often by men, non-hijabis, and...
We believe that design practices function as an instrument for social change, emancipation and self-empowerment. Through the act of design, Palestinian and international practitioners engage in complex politicized realities and empower design as a way to resist...
Documenting the Nameplate is a project celebrating nameplate jewelery culture. We host open-call events where attendees can have their nameplates photographed and share their stories for our forthcoming book. All participants receive a copy of their portrait. In...
Fashioning Reconciliation is a journey to share truths about the role of clothing in colonization and mobilize Indigenous resurgence with fashion design.
Not Your Momma’s History consults with and aids museums, historical sites, historical societies, private businesses, etc. in developing specialized programing about slavery and the African experience within 18th and 19th century America. Created by Cheyney...
At a time when many important collections of Palestinian cultural heritage were being destroyed, the Palestine Costume Archive was established in Canberra, Australia, to provide a secure environment for research, study + display of Palestinian costume.
This site-specific fashion project is informed by the geography, histories, cultures and people from Haines Junction, Yukon.
