HANNA LEARYFASHION COMMUNICATIONGENDER FLUIDITY IN 80’S NEW WAVE MUSIC The idea of gender-bending became a term synonymous to a large percentage of New Wave artists that emerged during the 1980s. Discarding traditional gender ideals, many artists toyed with a combination of both masculine and feminine characteristics. Artists like Grace Jones, Annie Lennox, and Culture Club…
ERYN LALONDEFASHION COMMUNICATIONSARTORIAL STANDARDS My capstone is focusing on menswear and how millennial men’s personal style is affected, especially through workplace and environment. I am interviewing men about their wardrobe choices and what factors have affected their personal styles throughout their lives. I am also doing a photo series to accompany each person which is…
LIZ KOSTICFASHION COMMUNICATIONBODY+ Body+ is an organization catered towards women’s body positivity. In print and digital form, we want to create the discussion surrounding various topics around our identities through our bodies and our journeys to self love, self worth and confidence. Body+ helps women of all ages fell empowered in themselves and reject the…
JENNIFER KOFASHION COMMUNICATIONANIMATED BRANDING SERIES FOR HOUBIGANT PARFUMS This project is branding experiment intended to use the medium of fashion films to market a luxury perfume brand. The chosen brand is Parfums Houbigant Paris, where a limited collection of four perfume bottles is release annually, each hand painted by the creative director. A series of…
MAGDALENA KINCAID FASHION COMMUNICATIONFIT Fit is a user-friendly mobile app targeted at trans women. Fit is there to help these women as they transition into a new body, and into a new world of fashion. With styling tips, advice forums, alteration guides, and conversation charts, among other things, Fit is there to help these women…
CATHERINE KHANSRYRIFASHION COMMUNICATIONBLACK FEMININITY IN R&B AND HIP-HOP MUSIC My capstone project is a series of fashion music videos showing different Black femininities through fashion and R&B / Hip-Hop music. My goal is to create an integrated augmented reality video photo book and each image will present one clip. Images will be taken from the…
JOANNA KADWELLFASHION COMMUNICATIONDESIGN DEFIES DISABILITY A brand that provides alteration and tailoring services to people with physical disabilities. A design guide for brands and designers to understand the differently abled consumer and an awareness campaign supporting getting rid of the stigma around disability. BACK TO PROFILES
CINDY JUNFASHION COMMUNICATIONHEROINNE Times of political unrest quickly turn to fashion and self-presentation as a tool of communicating resistance. During the French Revolution it was the sans-culottes. During the Vietnam War protests it was growing out long hair. Andy today, it is the feminist T-shirt. With the current political turmoil over the treatment of women…
MADELEINE JONESFASHION COMMUNICATIONDUMPSTER ZINE My capstone topic is focused on how punk music effects the self-expression of women. The research question for my capstone is; how does being affiliated with the pun music scene dictate how these women perform gender and express their identity? This project will research the experience of women who identify with…
SEHEE DANIELLE JEEFASHION COMMUNICATIONNOT YOUR Recognition of media stereotypes of Eastern Asian women and propositioning alternative ways of representation. BACK TO PROFILES