Fashion and Physique Symposium: Reina Lewis "Modest Body Politics: Faith, Fashion, and Ethnicity"
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- Title
- Fashion and Physique Symposium: Reina Lewis "Modest Body Politics: Faith, Fashion, and Ethnicity"
- Date
- 2018-02-23
- Description
- Reina Lewis presents "Modest Body Politics: Faith, Fashion, and Ethnicity" at The Museum at FIT's 19th fashion symposium, Fashion and Physique, held on Friday, February 23, 2018.
- The one-day symposium featured lectures and panels on topics such as the emergence of the plus-size fashion industry in the early twentieth century, the impact of popular culture on how we assess the female body, and fashion accessibility for the disabled in the technological age.
- Reina Lewis is professor of cultural studies at London College of Fashion, UAL. Her books include "Muslim Fashion: Contemporary Style Cultures" and "Modest Fashion: Styling Bodies, Mediating Faith."
- Subject
- Hijab (Islamic clothing)
- Islamic clothing and dress
- Fashion
- Religious aspects
- Clothing and dress
- Body image
- Plus-size women’s clothing industry
- Human body in popular culture
- Human body--Social aspects
- Design--Human factors
- Self-help devices for people with disabilities
- Rights
- In Copyright
- This video was produced by the Fashion Institute of Technology ("FIT") and is the property of FIT. FIT expressly prohibits the copying, displaying, or uploading to a website of any portion of this video, except for the purposes of fair use as defined in the copyright laws, without express written permission from FIT. This video has been made available online by the Fashion Institute of Technology Gladys Marcus Library strictly for research and educational purposes. If you are the copyright holder for content in this video and have any objections to this work being made available online, please notify us immediately at [email protected].
- Identifier
- FIT Repository ID: aod_000427
Citation
Fashion Institute of Technology. (2018, February 23). Fashion and Physique Symposium: Reina Lewis "Modest Body Politics: Faith, Fashion, and Ethnicity" [Video]. Archive on Demand. https://archiveondemand.fitnyc.edu/item/23231
Fashion Institute of Technology. "Fashion and Physique Symposium: Reina Lewis "Modest Body Politics: Faith, Fashion, and Ethnicity"." Archive on Demand, 23 Feb. 2018, https://archiveondemand.fitnyc.edu/item/23231
Fashion Institute of Technology, "Fashion and Physique Symposium: Reina Lewis "Modest Body Politics: Faith, Fashion, and Ethnicity"," Archive on Demand, February 23, 2018, video, https://archiveondemand.fitnyc.edu/item/23231