Dedicated Display: 2014 Fashion: Now & Then: From Antiquity to Visionary Conference

This year’s Fashion: Now & Then: From Antiquity to Visionary Conference is right around the corner (October 23-25, 2014). The Adrian G. Marcuse Library has organized a display dedicated to this year’s theme, From Antiquity to Visionary. The conference this year will feature speakers from around the world including Brazil, Canada, Germany, and the United States. Topics will range from Corporate Social Responsibility to Fashion in Literature to Wearable Technology. Stop by the Library today to read about these topics and more!

Sustainable Fashion & Textiles: Design Journeys by Kate Fletcher

746.92 FLE

Functional Aesthetics: Visions in Fashionable Technology by Sabine Seymour

709.05 SEY

The Fabric of Cultures: Fashion, Identity, and Globalization Edited by Eugenia Paulicelli and Hazel Clark

391 PAU

Rebuilding Labor: Organizing and Organizers in the New Union Movement Edited by Ruth Milkman and Kim Voss

331.88 MIL

Visual Research Methods in Fashion by Julia Gaimster

746.9 GAI

We First: How Brands & Consumers Use Social Media to Build a Better World by Simon Mainwaring

658.8 MAI

Advanced Textiles for Health and Well-Being by Marie O’Mahony

677 OMA

New Retail by Raul A. Barreneche

725.21 BAR

We will also be hosting a book signing for the newest edition (6th) of Who’s Who in Fashion by Holly Price Alford on Thursday evening.

For more information on the conference please visit the Fashion: Now & Then Blog.

Click here to register for the conference.

There are scholarships available to off-set the conference registration fee. Please contact David Benjamin, LIM College Archivist, at David.Benjamin@limcollege.edu.

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