The Evolution of Adaptive Fashion!

Wednesday, Oct 19, 2022 at 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT

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Wednesday, Oct 19, 2022 at 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT

Join us for a virtual panel discussion with three disability advocates about adaptive fashion, what they look for in designs, their hopes for the future of the fashion industry, and more. Our speakers represent a range of experiences and roles around adaptive fashion. Keah Brown is an author, actress, journalist and screenwriter, as well as the creator of the viral hashtag #DisabledAndCute. Xian Horn is an advocate, speaker, writer, and teacher and she founded the non-profit Give Beauty Wings as well as walking the runway at New York Fashion week for Zappos Adaptive. Maureen Young is an actor, opera singer, voice-over artist, playwright and journalist.

Moderated by Professor Carli Spina, Head of Research and Instructional Services, FIT Library.

The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) Library supports the academic and research needs of the FIT community. A well-selected collection of more than 197,000 volumes of print materials (and over 300,000 combined print, non-print, and electronic) supports the instructional programs in art and design, business and technology, liberal arts and our Graduate School. Collections also include specialized electronic and digital resources and materials not often found in conventional academic libraries, such as the fashion and trend forecasting services, sketch collections, clipping files, and fashion show DVDs. Our newspapers and periodicals include more than 400 current subscriptions and extensive back issue runs. Databases, provided by FIT, SUNYConnect, and the New York State Library, provide access to thousands of full-text journal articles, books, images, research reports and other resources.

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