Jessamyn Hatcher teaches fashion studies and the humanities in the Global Liberal Studies program at New York University. She is working on a book called Deep Wearing: Materiality, Affect, and the Politics of Fashion, as well as a biography of Hortense Mitchell. She is the co-editor of an upcoming volume about fashion and globalization, and is also the co-editor of a book on gender theory called No More Separate Spheres!: A Next Wave American Studies Reader (Duke University Press). As the creator and director of the The Human-Textile Wellness Initiative, Jessamyn has developed a research laboratory and as a wellness clinic for people-clothing relationships. 

Melanie Falick is the publishing director of STC Craft/Melanie Falick Books, an imprint of Stewart, Tabori & Chang and Abrams Books. The former editor-in-chief of Interweave Knits magazine, she is the author of five books (with over 400,000) copies in print, including  Weekend Knitting, Knitting in America, and Kids Knitting. 

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MAKESHIFT: Shifting Thoughts on Design, Fashion, Craft, and DIY

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
(Talk begins at 7:00 pm)

The Standard, East Village
25 Cooper Square, New York City

For our first panel, MAKESHIFT will be partnering with Standard Talks, hosted at the Standard East Hotel. For more information on the Standard Talks series, visit: The Standard Culture.

This panel discussion allows speakers to share their experiences with the intersection of craft and fashion, and to reflect on what we can learn from DIY integration with fashion, as well as music, product design, city planning, and education.

Panelists include Cathy Bailey–Owner/Designer, HEATH Ceramics; Rosanne Cash–Singer/Songwriter; Natalie Chanin–Author/Designer, Alabama Chanin; and Maria Cornejo–Designer, Zero + Maria Cornejo. The panel will be moderated by Andrew Wagner–DIY Design Editor, Columnist, Director–Krrb  with Jessamyn Hatcher– Professor Global Studies–NYU.

150 guests

RSVP
talks@standardhotel.com
(Open to the Public)