LIM College
Maxwell Hall & Adrian G. Marcuse Library
216 East 45th Street
THURSDAY, October 23, 2014
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception
Book signing with Holly Price Alford, author of Who’s Who in Fashion, 6th edition
Schedule Day 2
FRIDAY, October 24, 2014
LIM College, Townhouse, 12 East 53rd Street
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Breakfast
10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Introduction
10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Keynote Speaker
Zach Davis, co-founder of Stylitics
11:15 a.m. -12:15 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions A & B
Session A: Fourth floor
How to Sell Fashion Online?: Business Model Innovation in Fashion Retailing – An Evolutionary PerspectiveAnsgar Buschmann, Post-Doc at the Chair for Organization, HR and Innovation, University of Muenster, GermanyCan Luxury Do Social?: An Exploratory Study of Use of Social Media Platforms for Customer Service by Luxury Fashion Brands
Gretchen Harnick, Assistant Professor, Parsons, the New School for DesignVisionary Young Men: The Subversion of Gender through Fashion Consumption
Ben Barry, Assistant Professor, Ryerson University, CanadaDylan Martin, MA Fashion Candidate, Ryerson University, CanadaSession B: Fashionopolis
Multiple Perspectives in CSR Best Practices in the Fashion BusinessGayathri Banavara, Lecturer of Marketing, Management & Finance, LIM CollegeFrom Handicraft to High Street: The Paradigm Shift of African Fashion
Thomaï Serdari, Director of Research Collections and Adjunct Professor, New York UniversitySustainability in Action: The Case of Kering
Nicole Kirpalani, Associate Chair of Marketing, Management, & Finance, Associate Professor, LIM College12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m
Concurrent Sessions C & D
Session C: Fourth floor
Women’s Wear Daily Digital Archive: From Inaccessible to RevelatoryAlexandra Bernet, Digital Archivist, Condé NastPeg Knight, Senior Product Manager, ProQuestDan Nishimoto, Digital Assets Analyst, Condé NastTracking Fashion in the Newspaper Archive: Effective Data Retrieval
Margaret Fain, Reference/Instruction Librarian, Coastal Carolina University
Finding Needles in a Fashionable Haystack: Using N-gram Search on the Vogue ArchiveLindsay King, Public Services Librarian, Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library, Yale UniversitySession D: Fashionopolis
Augmented Reality in Fashion: Database & Rhetorics in the Experience EconomyKenneth Kambara, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Management & Finance, LIM CollegeDownloadable You: Wearable Technology, Embodiment, and the Future of Digital Human Interface
Elizabeth Wissinger, Associate Professor of Sociology, BMCC/City University of New YorkTrademark Infringement and the Prickly Ambivalence of Post-Parodic Fashion
Charles Colman, Acting Assistant Professor, New York University School of Law2:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m
Break
2:45 p.m - 3:45 p.m
Concurrent Sessions E & F
Session E: Fourth floor
How About a Kiss?: Advice Literature for Women and Girls, from Schlesigner Library CollectionsDiana Carey, Reference Librarian, Visual Resources, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe InstituteSusan Earle, Manuscript Cataloger, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe InstituteFashion and Style in Young Adult Reality Novels: Looking at Themes from Recent Publications
Suz Massen, Chief of Public Services, Frick Art Reference Library, The Frick Collection
Look for the Union Label TimelineJai Khalsa, Collections Assistant IV, Carl A. Kroch Library, Cornell UniversitySession F: Fashionopols
One Garment, Many Narratives: Perspectives on the Image and Museum Fashion Collection Online DatabaseJill Morena, Assistant Curator for Costumes and Personal Effects, Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at AustinAndre Studios 1930-1941: A New Frontier in Fashion Information Delivery and Digital Collaboration
Jessica Cline, Senior Librarian, Mid-Manhattan Library, New York Public LibraryWearable Ethnology: A Discussion of Clothing and Costume, Images of Cultural Anthropology from the American Museum of Natural History Library’s Digital Special Collections
Stacy Schiff, Visual Resources Librarian, American Museum of Natural History Research Library, American Museum of Natural History3:45 p.m - 4:00 p.m
Break
4:00 p.m - 5:00 p.m
Concurrent Sessions G and H
Session G: Fourth floorStyling: How Art and Film Depictions of Cleopatra VII and Queen Elizabeth I Exuded GreatnessLisa Lenoir, Assistant Professor of Fashion Communication, Stephens CollegeFashion Bloggers Alter the Power of Traditional Fashion Gatekeepers: How Two Professions are Changing the Dynamic of Fashion Week
Yuwa Vosper-Woghiren, PhD Candidate, Louisiana State UniversityThe Future of Fashion Neuromarketing: Where Fashion Consumer Research, Technology, and Neuroscience Intersect
Catherine Weiss, Professor, Lasell College
Ready-Made: A Brief History of Paper Patterns in the United States
Amber Paranick, Reference Librarian, Serial & Government Publications Division, Library of CongressSession H: Fashionopolis
Evolution and Technological Advancement of the Silhouette: Aesthetics to Artistry in FilmBernie Murray, Associate Professor, Ryerson University, CanadaClothes Make the Man: Dandyism, Cross-Dressing and the Genderqueer Expression in Silent and Early Sound Film
Rachel King, Media Librarian, LIU BrooklynOur Shelves Stealthily Dressed: Building a Fashion Collection, on the Quiet
Kristof Avramsson, Science and Engineering Librarian, Carleton University Library, Carleton University, Canada5:00 p.m - 6:00 p.m
Session I
Session I: Fourth floor
Make it Work: Fashion Forecasting and the Library Instruction ClassMaria Rothenberg, Librarian-Reference and Instructional Services, Gladys Marcus Library, Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY Forecasting the Forecasts: The Evolution of Trend Forecasting for Fashion Business
Nancy Ostroff, Associate Professor & Assistant Chair, Fashion Merchandising Management Department, Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY Marian Weston, Adjunct Assistant Professor & Reference Librarian, Gladys Marcus Library Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY
DECODING COLOR + TREND FOR FALL 14Merrill Greene, Creative Director and Trend Forecaster6:00 p.m.
Reception
Schedule Day 3SATURDAY, October 25th, 2014LIM College Townhouse, 12 East 53rd Street
9:00 a.m. -10:00 a.m.
Closing Breakfast
10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m
Introduction and Presentation of Ron Knoth Scholarship
10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Ron Knoth Lecturer
Steve Shapiro, president of Schwartz & Benjamin Footwear
11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Break
11:15 a.m. -12:15 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions J & K
Session J: Fourth floorFrom Parties, Pinafores, and Pumps to PhDs: Mining The Costume Institute Records at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives for Future StudyCelia Hartmann, Senior Associate for Archival Processing, Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives, Metropolitan Museum of ArtArielle Dorlester, Assistant for Archival Processing, Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Current Training Practices in Fashion StudiesChloe Chapin, Assistant Professor, Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY Material Culture and Object Analysis in the Fashion Curriculum
Diane Maglio, Professor, Berkeley CollegeSession K: Fashionopolis
Sheer Audacity – The Innovation of Pantyhose 1959-1969Deirdre Farabaugh, M.A./M.L.I.S. Costume Studies/Library Science, New York UniversityCotton: The Effects of Technology Past and Present on the Future of the Cotton Industry
LeeAnn Turgeon-Rutkovsky, Adjunct Professor, LIM CollegeFemme Power Origins
Janice Everett, Adjunct Professor, LIM College12:15 p.m.—12:30 p.m.
Closing Remarks12:30 p.m.
Museum Tours*
Museum at FIT – Exposed: A History of Lingerie & Dance and Fashion (two exhibitions) – unguided
The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Fashion in Art (general tour) – guidedBrooklyn Museum – Killer Heels: The Art of the High-Heeled Shoe – guided*The museum tours required pre-registration. You must have signed up for the tour when registering for the conference. Tours will depart from Townhouse at 12:30 p.m.