Student Experience
We鈥檙e so excited to see how you鈥檒l shape the future of fashion.
We celebrate you, who are re-designing the fashion system andbuilding the emerging field of fashion studies.
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Gender and Queer Studies
Alysia Myette鈥檚 MRP, 鈥淔luid: A Critical Examination of Queer Artists and their Clothing Choices鈥�, combines the perspective of six local practicing queer artists in Toronto in one short film. The research for this project is influenced by a critical framework informed by Judith Butler, Michel Foucault and Maarit M盲kel盲. Using these perspectives, and documentary practice, Myette鈥檚 MRP takes a critical look at the intersections of identity and fashion in the queer creative community.
Modest Fashion
Romana Mirza鈥檚 MRP, 鈥淲omen鈥檚 Undercover: Exploring the Intersectional Identities of Muslim Women through Modest Fashion鈥� examines Muslim women鈥檚 intersectional identities by studying their fashion consumption practices. The goal of this work is to uncover new insights about the relationship between women, modesty and their Western identities, to advance diversity in women鈥檚 fashion, as well as to understand how digital storytelling can be utilized to disseminate fashion studies research.
Fashioning Decolonization
Presley Mills鈥檚 MRP, 鈥淔ashioning Decolonization: Telling Stories of Canadian Indigenous Women Through Fashion Hacking鈥� resulted into a Collaborative Installation showing the work of six indigenous women who took part in a fashion hacking workshop to explore their personal interpretation of decolonization. The clothing displayed tells unique indigenous perspectives and how fashion can be a personal act
Fashion History
Elizabeth Emily Mackey鈥檚 MRP, 鈥淐rowned Sisters: Object Analysis of Court Dress During Queen Alexandra and Empress Marie Feodorovna鈥檚 Influential Reigns鈥� is a reawakening of her first love in history, Russian and English culture at the turn of the twentieth century. Utilizing object-based research, she compared two gowns, one belonging to Queen Alexandra, currently stored at the Royal Ontario Museum , and another gown which met Russian court gown standards, stored at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. In comparing these two gowns Mackey uncovered the ways in which wealth and power were expressed through clothing in a court hierarchy setting.
Fashion Scenography
Parker O鈥機onnor鈥檚 MRP, 鈥淒isplaying Fashion: The Scenography of Fashion in Retail and Museums鈥� is an installation challenging the convergence of fashion retail and exhibition space. In the 2019 experience economy, both museums and retailers are increasingly becoming similar in their design in attempts of attracting consumers. Is it okay that both of these spaces are becoming indistinguishable? What are the implications of these similarities in design?
Quantitative Analysis of Fast Fashion
Emilie Chan鈥檚 MRP, 鈥淯nderstanding Online Fast Fashion Evaluative Cues鈥� aims to understand the value of evaluative cues by Generation Y and Z consumers when shopping online for fast fashion. Chan primarily used quantitative data and analysis.
Social Media Influence
Laurence Fortin-C么t茅鈥檚 MRP, 鈥湷扇舜笃� Narrative: A Study on the use of Narrative in Fashion Design鈥� examines the construction of narratives in fashion design. The intent is to explore how narratives emerge and how they impact the process of creation and making of fashion artefacts. Fortin-C么t茅 has slowly carved her way into the fashion industry, starting as a content creator on Instagram, building her reputation and credibility in the Toronto fashion scene. She is currently an Assistant Fashion Director at Hudson鈥檚 Bay Company.