MFA in Fashion Design and Society
at Parsons The New School for Design, New York
fall/winter 2010/11

"It all starts with the body" says Donna Karan

...in the discussion with Dr. Valerie Steele, fashion theorist and director of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, on occasion of the launch of the graduate program MFA in Fashion Design and Society at Parsons The New School for Design, New York.

The interdisciplinary 'Fashion Design and Society' program focuses on the 'system fashion' which is made of material resources, human capital, and artistic vision and is perceived as a cultural product. The program is supported by Parsons alumna Donna Karan who says: "What fashion is right now to me, is social consciousness".

Parsons invites to meet the students to talk about their work and discuss areas of study on 11 November 2010 www.newschool.edu/parsons/subpage.aspx?id=56528.

Video: From the launch of the new graduate programs 'Fashion and Society', etc. at Parsons The New School for Design; posted in Feb 2010. Discussion with alumna Donna Karan, whose support initiated the MFA in Fashion Design and Society. Moderator is Dr. Valerie Steele, fashion theorist and director of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

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