Fashion Plus: Design and Body Diversity | Parsons School of Design

Parsons School of Design (http://www.newschool.edu/parsons) presents Fashion Plus || Design and Body Diversity. Parsons School of Fashion's Dean, Burak Cakmak, host an open conversation about design and body diversity. (http://www.newschool.edu/parsons/bfa-fashion-design) Moderator: Bethany Heitman, Executive Editor of In Style Panelists: - Becca McCharen, CHROMAT, for her efforts toward body diversity and her technological approaches to design/making. - Lauren Downing Peters, PhD student, Stockholm University, Parsons MA Fashion Studies alumna, for her work on "Plus Size" fashion for her PhD and MA. - Hara Estroff Marano, author of Style is Not a Size. - Huguette Hubard, VP of Design at Lane Bryant. - Elizabeth Taylor, plus size model. Each panelist will introduce their perspective for 5-10 minutes, then the moderator Bethany Heitman will ask questions and open the floor for a Q&A session. Location: The Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall Thursday, November 3, 2016 at 5:45 pm to 7:00 pm