Wednesday, November 9
11:30am | Lunch in sculpture garden
12:30pm | Lecture in Whiteman Lecture Hall
1:30pm | author book signing, Fashioning Japanese Subcultures
LUNCHEON TICKETS
Tickets are required to attend the luncheon. Reservations close Monday, November 7.
$22 ACI member luncheon ticket
$30 non-member luncheon ticket
A luncheon ticket is not required to attend the presentation. The presentation is open to the public and included with museum general admission.
Western fashion has been widely appreciated and consumed in Japan for decades, but since the mid-1990s Japanese youths have been playing a crucial role in forming their own unique fashion communities and producing creative styles which have had a major impact on global fashion. Geographically and stylistically defined, subcultures such as Lolita in Harajuku and Gyaru and Gyaru-o in Shibuya, reflect the affiliation and identities of their members, and have often blurred the boundary between professionals and amateurs for models, photographers, merchandisers and designers. In the past decade, these youth subcultures have gradually disappeared from the streets of Tokyo as they shift their presence to the social medial platforms, such as Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. The face-to-face physical interaction that used to be the norm in establishing a subcultural community and strengthening their bond is now occurring in the digital space.
PRE-PURCHASE YOUR BOOK NOW!
Book signing to follow lecture. Pre-purchase your copy of Fashioning Japanese Subcultures from The Museum Store here, limited copies will be available the day-of the presentation.
DINE WITH US AL FRESCO
Join us for a spring lunch in the garden. Lunch will be served al fresco, including a fresh salad, dessert pastries, and iced beverages. With health and safety in mind, lunch will be prepackaged. Lunch is optional, you do not need to attend the luncheon to attend the author presentation.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Yuniya Kawamura is a professor of sociology at the Fashion Institute of Technology/State University of NY, and an invited faculty member/lecturer in the Graduate School of Design at the Polytechnic University of Milan. She is the author of Fashioning Japanese Subcultures (2012) which is the first theoretical and analytical study on Japan's contemporary youth subcultures and their stylistic expressions. She has also published The Japanese Revolution in Paris Fashion (2004) and Fashion-ology (2005, 2018) among other publications in fashion studies. She is a board member of the International Fashion Research Group at the Bologna University and is also an editorial board member of several academic journals, such as The Fashion Theory and The International Journal of Fashion Studies. Her area of expertise includes fashion theory, Japanese street fashion and high fashion, youth subcultures and indigenous needlework techniques. She earned her PhD in sociology from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) at Columbia University in NY.
Image credit: courtesy of Yuniya Kawamura