Fashion education is rooted in white, nondisabled, cisgender, thin worldview

Fashion schools have traditionally been as elitist as some of the luxury fashion houses. But Bendrak Barry, the new dean of Parsons, which is consistently voted the top fashion school in the US, is out to change all that. I interviewed him about his plans a few months ahead of his entering the august institution and he is ablaze with the responsibility of the role but also the opportunity it provides for radical and overdue change. Click here for the interview…

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