Research Centre for Fashion Diversity & Social Change at School of Fashion, X University. Co-Directors @DrBenBarry & @cephinney. Located @FCADCatalyst.

Toronto, Ontario
Joined March 2017
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🎧 Ep.2: “Rhythm and Muse” is out now: "When hip-hop’s popularity skyrocketed in the 90s and early 2000s, designers and stylists embraced—and dressed—their tribes" bit.ly/3Mxk5cH
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A new edition of our newsletter is out now! Subscribe to the Fashion Studies newsletter for editorial updates, calls for submissions, past article features, and much more. Subscribe through the link in our bio! #OpenAccess #OpenAccessJournal #OpenAccessFashion #FashionStudies
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#BREAKING: Ryerson University to be renamed Toronto Metropolitan University after the Board of Governors approved the new name at a meeting on Tuesday, according to The Globe and Mail. Story to come
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I'm proud to be the host of a new podcast about the contributions of Black culture to American fashion. Grateful to @TommyHilfiger and @pineapplemedia for making this possible.
Discover unsung stories of Black Culture and fashion in our latest podcast, #TheInvisibleSeam. Get ready to tune in from April 20th on your favorite podcast streaming platform. Listen to the trailer now: tom.my/6016KF2nq #TommyHilfiger @ProfKimJ
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Introducing one of our authors Enrica Picarelli! Enrica Picarelli is an independent researcher exploring fashion digitalities in Africa and the diaspora. #OpenAccess #OpenAccessJournal #OpenAccessFashion #FashionStudies #FashionResearch #FashionJournal #FashionHistory #OA
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Congratulations to Co-Founder and Co-Editor @AMatthewsdavid on being awarded the YSGS Outstanding Contribution to Graduate Education award at this years 2022 Employee Awards Celebration! Thank you for all that you do in support of students. @RyersonU @RyersonGraduate @ryersonFSC
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REMINDER: Mass Exodus 2022 will be this Saturday, April 9th! Tickets for in person viewing are sold out, however a livestream is available to watch the show and the installation will be open from 12-5pm.
You can watch this year’s runway show IN PERSON at the Student Learning Center, 341 Yonge Street, Toronto, or STREAMING via massexodus.ca. The Installation will be open for IN PERSON viewing only.
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Save the date! Mass exodus 2022 will be on April 9th, all day at the SLC. Stay tuned for further details.
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Happy World Water Day! Together we can reduce fashion's industrial water pollution by looking to the values and teachings of water carriers, stewards and activists like Autumn Peltier. #worldwaterday #indigenousfashion #waterislife #redchairsessions @_RedWorks @AutumnPeltier1
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Acceptance to Fashion Studies is based on a rigorous peer review process by top scholarly and creative academics. Visit fashionstudies.ca/peer-revie… for more information about the five stages of our peer-review process! #OpenAccess #OpenAccessJournal #OpenAccessFashion #FashionStudies
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Check out the review of Diversity Now! 2021 with Nigel John featuring the virtual workshop hosted by Legin Knits. #OpenAccess #OpenAccessJournal #OpenAccessFashion #FashionStudies #FashionResearch #FashionJournal #FashionHistory #CreativeFashion #CriticalTheory #CulturalTheory
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Introducing one of our authors Dr. Cheryl Thompson! She is the author of Uncle: Race, Nostalgia, and the Politics of Loyalty (2021) and Beauty in a Box: Detangling the Roots of Canada’s Black Beauty Culture (2019). She is currently working on a new book. #OpenAccess #OA
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This #BlackHistoryMonth we invite you to watch Madison Moore’s 2019 Diversity Now! lecture “Sequins, Style & The End of Gender” through our site or through the @ryersonFSC YouTube channel: youtube.com/watch?v=CO-mOlIb… #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #fashionstudies #inclusivefashion
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In Volume 3, @alanna_mck explores how the critique of Kim Kardashian’s modern shapewear at the 2019 Met Gala reflects a long tradition of controlling women’s bodies through dress reform and medical intervention. Read it at doi.org/10.38055/FS030110 #OpenAccess #OpenAccessJournal
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Dr. Ben Barry and Dr. Alison Matthews David discuss some of their goals for Fashion Studies in their Letter from the Editor in Issue 1, Volume 1. #OpenAccess #OpenAccessJournal #OpenAccessFashion #FashionStudies #FashionResearch #FashionJournal #FashionHistory #CreativeFashion
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Fashion Studies is hiring a Graphic Designer! Applications are due on April 12, 2021 by 11:59 PM. For more details: ss.cf.ryerson.ca/jobsoncampu…. #jobposting #graphicdesigner #fashionresearch #fashionjournal #RUCareerBoost #fashionatryerson
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The Fashioning Resurgence team is hiring a Research Assistant! Applications are due February, 26, 2021. Full application details can be found at the following link: ryerson.ca/careers/research-…. #Hiring #ResearchAssistant #OAJournal #FashioningResurgence #IndigenousFashion
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I’m looking for a Research Assistant to support me and @ryersonFSC with the editing and publishing of the Fashioning Resurgence panel series @IFWtoronto for the open-access @_FashionStudies journal! ryerson.ca/careers/research-…
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This #BlackHistoryMonth we invite you to read @DrCherylT's article entitled "From Venus to ‘Black Venus’: Beyoncé’s I Have Three Hearts, Fashion, and the Limits of Visual Culture" found in Volume 3, Issue 1: doi.org/10.38055/FS030102 #BHM #fashionhistory #fashionstudies
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Thank you for 1000 followers!⁣ We are appreciative of our growing community & excited to offer a platform where open-access, multimedia fashion research can flourish & be shared with our audience into 2021 & beyond #fashionstudies #fashionjournal #openaccess #openaccessjournal
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