The event that I attend is Emergency Action Against NYPD and MTA, which is on Friday, November 1, 2019, at 5:15 PM – 7:30. Location: McLaughlin Park，TILLARY St, Brooklyn, New York 1120.

As an international student, this experience is very impressive. I didn’t have many expectations before going there, although I think we are doing the right thing, I think what we have to do might just be showing up and walk a little.  This is my first time in the protest demonstration. I personally experienced the strong energy of the people of New York.

Such a protest demonstration is very fierce and interesting. I even thought about whether this would be less secure，but give an action, speak for yourself is great.  “ Take it to the street, and fuck the police! No justice! No peace! ” This is my most influential slogan. I heard everyone shouting, and I later shouted with them unconsciously.

I support their claims. Life is equal and everyone should be treated equally. All in all, I think the protest march can be because it is a good opportunity for more people to pay attention to it.

This event is a conversational lecture with Anna Sui and Paul Goldberger, The New School University’s Joseph Urban professor of design. This event is on Friday, October 4, 2019, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm and it’s located at U100 University Center.

The reason why I chose this event is that Anna Sui is a fashion designer I know and she is also our alumnus, also I’m curious about her personal story and how she made everything since I know she was born into a Chinese immigrant family in Detroit.

After participating in this event, I think it did meet my expectations, Because I actually didn’t expect too much before I go there, but I think it was quite helpful for me to be a fashion designer after. Many of her critical insights made me think a lot. I remember she shared how she gets all the inspirations for her fashion collections. She captures every detail of life. She will take inspiration from her trip to Greece with her nephews. She believes that inspiration is everywhere. You never know what will surprise you and you might even come up with some ideas when you go to the Duane Reade.

She thinks that the speed of fashion is too fast nowadays because it used to like a trend gradual arc but now is so much quicker. People start to not being patient for the six-month cycle, they wouldn’t want to wait six-month to get the clothes, they prefer to do see now buy now. She said when everything is too immediate, then it’s not meaning anything, it’s too throwaway.  I really agree with her point of view, and I think that’s also how fast fashion comes. The accelerated pace of fashion iteration and the reduced time and cost of buying clothes greatly shorten the life cycle of fashion and highlight the ecological damage caused by fast fashion. Therefore, maybe we should make a conscious effort to change it. 

I think this event is beneficial to me. She taught and inspired me a lot, and she let me know that the fashion industry seemed healthier in a time when there was no fast fashion. I think to reduce the ecological damage of fast fashion, consumers can also make a difference. Consumers can resort to recycling. The best way is not to be brainwashed by consumerism. Use our wallet and your actions to keep up the environmental pressure on fast fashion companies.

My experience of going to and MoRUS with Bill Dipaola is very good overall.  The museum of regenerative urban space (MoRUS) is a non-profit museum. It Chronicles the history of community gardens, shanties and grassroots environmental activism on New York City’s lower east side. I think this field trip is a very good experience, there was a lot of information about this area, and it helped me to know New York City better, especially the history of East Village. People put a lot of effort to make the environment of this community better and better. They never gave up and they showed us the amazing result if everyone is united to protect the environment. 

According to Bill Dipaola, the first thing I learned is that we should remember history. His passion and love for this environment of this community influenced me, even though sometimes he is not very organized and he speaks a little bit too fast for me. 

The gardens Bill took us to see were also very special. The maintenance of the park was not perfect, and many environmental protection facilities were not very impressive at first glance, however, when I learned that all the work was done by volunteers, I think people here are very conscious to protect the environment around them, which I think is so great.

He shared lots of his own experiences since he has always been part of many historical revolutionary activities. Before that field trip, I have never heard about things like biking formations, police involvement, and garden demolition. People should attach great importance to the radical struggles of cyclists in the past, which are often forgotten by people. 

These histories are very interesting to know and also remind me of everyone who has contributed to the community in the past, every neighbor and artist who lives here did their best to protect this place, which gives me the motivation to do something for the environment. Therefore, the parks that Bill showed us made me feel very it’s very meaningful because after knowing the history, everything seemed to be really hard-won. 

I also feel people should take more care of the environment around us and pay more attention to the city’s struggles with housing, public space, transportation because we can protect and create some amazing things.

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The FIT Museum’s exhibition is a great celebration of the FIT Museum exhibition: FIT Museum 50 years, FIT Museum was founded in 1969, was the name of FIT design laboratory and gallery, the FIT Museum has held more than 200 fashion shows in the past 50 years, each The exhibitions are all very different from each other.

The most exciting theme of the exhibition is the fairy tale exhibition held in 2016. From the fairy tale exhibition, there is a Comme des Garcons red Robin Hood inspired ensemble, from the spring/summer 2015 series, which is amazing. I remember seeing it at the Vogue fashion show, I was completely fascinated by this piece. The whole series, Comme des Garcons, is a dark and twisted fairy tale in the spring and summer of 2015. The key word for this series is James. A revenge game of the world, roses and blood. The way to show this piece is a mannequin with arms open, and I even got a sign of liberation from the posture, almost releasing her power. It reminds me of the last scene when Carrie released her power.

The mannequin next to the Comme des Garcons show is a red cloak, made in England from the end of the 18th century. Comparing these two parts is almost like seeing how fashion becomes a translation tool, and designers get inspiration from ordinary objects and turn them into art.

Inspirations from the Gallery:

My material:  Q-tips

Q-Tip shell final display:

Q-Tip shell

The original inspiration is from the art pieces I saw at the exhibition, because I think it is very interesting that these rough looking necklaces are made out of soft materials, and that is why I want to use fragile materials to create the same style.

The function of this necklace is decorative,  you can wear it anytime, anywhere you want, because it shows your aesthetic, and this necklace is very inclusive it is not designed for specific gender.

The materials I repurposed is using Q-Tips that I found in my bathroom, I bought them long time ago, and I always overlook at it and forgot about it. After seeing the exhibition, I really started to look at things I always forget about.

I learn about to be more careful about my daily life, to look at things I do not look at normally or overlooked.

What I learned about the materials is people should be thinking outside of box when it comes to materials.

The most enjoyable part of the project is to expand my imagination, and not restricted by the materials.

The challenging part is to make the Q-Tips be more stable.

The part I am satisfied with is when everyone in class came to my table and try to wear it

I learned about how I would think more outside of the box.

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Summarize and elaborate on your comparison of one of the artifacts with one artwork outside of the exhibition in one paragraph. Your independent research should add to this paragraph.

The creator this Night in the City necklace is Joyce J.Scott, the artist is American, he made this art work during 1990.  this necklace is made by glass and metal beads, PVC, photo and laminated print, synthetic suede, nickel silver on thread, wires and monofilament.

The second art piece I choose is the two standing nude figures that is made by French artist Auguste Rodin, during 1911, in Phidias, California. The media of the figure

First we’ve sorted out the material that we brought and then we’ve talked about our views on jewellery. Many times jewellery may have some function, some meaning or some memory. However, our group believes that not all the jewelleries need to have a function. Jewellery is like the last thing to finish up your outfit. You can use your own space to wear them and give them different lives.

Jewellery is a very diverse concept since it lies in the eyes of the beholder. Different ethnicities have different interpretations of beauty. Beauty is a kind of feeling. Different people will have different feelings towards different colleagues from different perspectives in different times. Therefore, different definitions of beauty are also produced.

For me, in a word, jewellery is the comprehensive feature of artworks that can arouse people’s experience, arouse emotions and give people positive energy in time or space.

Inspiration image for Bridge 1:

https://fishinkblog.com/2011/04/26/nora-fok-designer-of-jewellery-beasties-and-knitted-nature/

My idea is to use some cheap and unnoticeable materials to create a uniqu jewellery piece.

Androgyny

Inspirations from The Future of Sex by Dutch photographers Anuschka Blommers and Niels Schumm:

Patterns:

Details:

Shotting on me:

Self-expression with Time project:

WRITTEN REFLECTION

Project title: Androgyny

1. What was the original proposal idea and how does it relate to your seminar research paper?

The original proposal idea is to express my opinion of future of sex, For my seminar research paper  I wrote about Gucci, and the brand’s take on sustainability. For me Gucci is very androgyny, and for the aesthetic of this project, Alessandro Michele’s works at Gucci really inspires me.

2. What is the intended function of your design, and what is the intention of the transformation?

The function of my design to make a statement of liberation, it is a statement of how we should be more inclusive about gender and sex. The transformation of sex, and break the stereotypical standards for genders. The transformation is to break the gender role.

3. What materials were used? Where did they come from, and what was repurposed?

I use cotton, and elastic, I bought them from Mood Fabric, I repurposed the fabric that I bought in many ways. I manipulated the fabric, I folded the fabrics in many ways.

4. How did your project change over time?

I changed the design of the top. The original design was a tight shirt with pearls. However, I changed it into a pleated tube top to match my skirt, because when I was making my pleated skirt, I found different folding and sewing methods can create different pleat style.

5. What did you learn about fashion/design, sewing & construction, and about yourself during this process?

I learned how to do pleats, I thought it is very easy, but it is actually very difficult. I did a mens underwear, so I learned the construction of an underwear.  During my process I feel like I love making statements and sending my voice out to the world, what I made is not fitted, and it does not have a literal function. I feel like this projects enlightened me and it is a very good beginning for me.

6. What would you do to improve the project?

I would like to work on my constructions more, I feel I can not make what I want to make.