Culture and Race at Parsons

Valentino's Spring 2016 collection faced much backlash for appropriating African culture while using a cast of predominately white models. The brand used the Maasai people of Kenya in their ad campaign. Collage by Allie Griffin

Kaitlin Kimbro, a junior in fashion design at Parsons, was listening to a peer present a trend report on “natural hair” in her Fashion Industry course in Spring…

The Name Game

Name: Mollie San Liu photo credit: Julia Himmel

On the first day of classes, Parsons professors often ask their new students if they have a preferred name, as they go down the attendance list. As American…