Saturday May 2, Katie Murphy Amphitheatre, entrance through 7th Ave at 27th St. Fashion Institute of Technology. Please email us at fashiontextile@fitnyc.edu with any questions. 

If you can't make the event we can send you a recording. 

1:00pm  Welcoming Remarks: Dr. Hilary Davidson, Chair, MA Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory and Museum Practice 

1:05   Guest Speaker Panel with Felicia Yao and Martina Cox

1:30   Light Break 

1:40 Posthuman Plumage and Feminine Masquerade: Schiaparelli’s The Agony and the Ecstasy (Haute         Couture Spring-Summer 2026) - Abigail Adams 

2:10 The Sylph: Etherealizing The Female Form - Thomasina Sanders

2:40 The Sweet Subversion of 2010s Tumblr Feminism - Andy Salzer

3:10 Refreshment Break 

3:30 Surface Vision: Looking at Eyes, Race, and Cosmetic Aesthetics - Vivian Yip 

4:00 Women’s Cross-Dressing in Tang (618–907) China: Hybridity, Gender and Fashion - Xiaoye Du 

4:30 The Mannequin as a Mirror: the Feminine Body, Desire, and Consumer Culture in the Twentieth-Century - Chloe Johnson 

5:00 Closing Remarks  - Dr. Hilary Davidson