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Phil Dith’s A ‘Busy Person’s Guide to Starting a Clothing Brand and Business’ April 2023

Posted on October 20, 2023

Seneca Canadian Fashion Diversity Project Talk, April 2023. Compiled by: Rose de Paulsen  Phil Dith, fashion entrepreneur, is the creator and owner of enitial, a Toronto-based Asian-inspired clothing label, has shared with us his experience building a business for those with a fast-paced lifestyle.  Inspired by FUBU, a popular Black owned fashion brand from the…

An Exhibition of the Practice-Led Research of Seneca Fashion Professor Philip Sparks “Missed Fit” (Nov. 2022-Jan. 2023)

Posted on June 27, 2023June 29, 2023

From November 2022 to January 2023 the Seneca Canadian Fashion Diversity Project at the Seneca School of Fashion mounted an exhibition of the fascinating and innovative practice-led research of Seneca fashion professor, Philip Sparks. These garments are part of a larger corpus of research by professor Sparks that includes performative engagements, body measurements, and creation…

Redefining the “Standard”

Posted on March 15, 2023March 15, 2023

By SCFDP student researcher: Anna Ludmirsky  Life as a young person usually shapes and molds you into a projection of your future self, which usually begins with environment and role models. Specifically speaking on self-body image, as we grew older and began to consume media in a sponge-like manner, our subconscious self-loathing was gradually set…

Mara Buda’s Historical Recreation

Posted on March 15, 2023

A Neoclassical Recreation for a One of a Kind Doll A practice-led historical recreation project by Seneca Fashion Resource Centre student researcher Mara Buda. The purpose of this research project is for the fashion history student to experience and learn fashion history through the doing. Fashion is a fundamentally tactile and maker-driven medium, garments are designed,…

Angela Lin’s Experience of Toronto Fashion Week Spring 2023 at Fashion Art Toronto

Posted on December 19, 2022December 19, 2022

By: Angela Lin (3rd Year Fashion Business Management student) The movie The Devil Wears Prada does not exaggerate the pace of life in the fashion industry; in reality, it is a highly frenetic place in which everyone is always RUNNING! During the 2022 edition of Toronto Fashion Week, which was organized by Fashion Art Toronto,…

Zoran Dobric: Kohaze & Cross-Cultural Collaboration

Posted on November 7, 2022November 8, 2022

Author: Professor Zoran Dobric  Figure 1: Aoyama Kohaze. Various styles of kohaze. https://kohaze.net/toha_en/ Accessed on August 18, 2019.  Image description: Various embossed kohaze samples in brass and gold finishes.  Figure 2: Zoran Dobric, “Kohaze Dress”, 2019, Silk satin, silk crepe, brass kohaze and cotton embroidery thread. Photo by: Aleksandar Antonijevic.  Image description: A model wearing…

Bübl x David Dixon

Posted on November 3, 2022November 24, 2022

Fashion for a Greater Purpose  By: Rose de Paulsen In 1995, David Dixon graduated from Ryerson University and began creating contemporary evening wear that marries elegance with functionality. Since conception, his garments have been sold across Canada and in select boutiques globally. Dixon’s artistry has always transcended language to tell stories in visually provocative ways….

Bonnets Get a Bad Wrap

Posted on October 21, 2022November 24, 2022

By Rose de Paulsen A personal pastime of mine is watching costume analysis on YouTube. From the likes of Mina Le, Kaz Rowe, Karolina Żebrowska to Micarah Tewers, historical costume political commentary and garment creation feeds the inner historical costumer in me instilled from my experience at York University Theatre program. I remember in early 2020…

Textiles Abroad! Seneca Students Learn of Andean Culture

Posted on October 12, 2022November 24, 2022

By: Rose de Paulsen In the heart of the Andes mountains sits Cusco, a city that holds a rich historical culture and an endless number of self-discoveries. It is a place I had the honour of going to in May through Seneca Abroad. I had previously never been on a plane and had never expected…

All Dolled Up

Posted on October 5, 2022October 5, 2022

by Dale Peers While we might immediately think of dolls as a child’s plaything they have a firm place in fashion too.  They have been used to educate, illustrate and inspire! The fashion doll was used to disseminate the latest fashion styles to potential clients with both life sized and smaller fashion dolls created.  These…

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