Spotlight on Grads: Studying Subcultures | Conversations on Dress | Costume Society of America

Costume Society of America is highlighting our emerging scholars. In this presentation, we hear about the budding research and designs from graduate students studying subcultures: Summer Lee from Fashion Institute of Technology, Rebecca Rranza of Parsons School of Design, and Kyra Streck of Iowa State. Subculture enthusiast Danny Fuentes is our guest moderator. Summer Lee received a BA in Communications and Media from the City University of New York in 2019. She has held curatorial internships with the Historic House Trust of New York City and Girl Museum, and is a contributing writer for the FIT Fashion History Timeline. After graduating with her MA in Fashion and Textile Studies, Summer will pursue a curatorial career working with contemporary and historic dress. She looks forward to presenting her thesis research at the CSA National Symposium this May. Rebecca Rranza is a Fashion Studies graduate student at Parsons School of Design in NYC. She holds a degree in History from Michigan State University where she completed work on fashion and feminism history. Her recent research is centered around New York City Nightlife Fashions in the 1990s. She has written on "It-Girls", fashion in the 1990s, and clubbing. Kyra Streck is a first-year Master’s student at Iowa State University studying Apparel, Merchandising, and Design. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design and Management from Cornell University. She is a recipient of the Agatha Huepenbecker Burnet Endowed