Japan Fashion Now Symposium 2010 The Museum at the Fashion Intistute of Technology

This international interdisciplinary symposium will explore contemporary Japanese fashion—from  avant-garde to street and subcultural styles. Topics will include the historic roots of Japan’s fashion culture, the role of uniforms and uniformity, the Japanese “fashion revolution” of the 1980s, the geography of Tokyo fashion, the rise of the young male fashion consumer, and the significance of cuteness in Japanese girls’ culture. Held in conjunction with the exhibition Japan Fashion Now, on view through January 8, 2011. Speaker biographies       Registration Form

	Thursday, November 4
9:30–10:30 am	Check-in, registration, and coffee Haft Auditorium, Feldman Center, second floor
10:30 am–12:30 pm	Welcoming remarks Dr. Joyce F. Brown, president of FIT, Welcome Dr. Valerie Steele, Japan Fashion Now Dr. Toby Slade, Modernity in Japanese Fashion Hiroshi Narumi, The Construction of Japaneseness in Fashion Dr. Brian McVeigh, Fashion as Self-Consumption: Personalizing and Individualizing Student Uniforms in Japan
12:30–2 pm	Lunch break
2–5 pm	Patricia Mears, Formalism and Revolution: Rei Kawakubo and Yohji Yamamoto Miki Higasa in conversation with Patricia Mears Dr. Sharon Kinsella, Cute in Feminine Subcultural Fashion: The Strange Travels of Cute from Naive Subculture to Grotesque Parody
	Friday, November 5
9:30–10:30 am	Check-in, registration, and coffee Haft Auditorium, Feldman Center, second floor
10:30 am–12:30 pm	Dr. Laura Miller, Perverse Cuteness in JapaneseGirl Culture Dr. Yuniya Kawamura, Japanese Youths as Producers of Subcultures and Fashion Trends Masafumi Monden, The Importance of Looking Pleasant: Reading Japanese Men’s Fashion Magazines
12:30–2 pm	Lunch break
2–5 pm	Tiffany Godoy, Fashion City: Shopping in Tokyo Dr. Miwako Tezuka, Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody’s Fool and the Kids with Attitude h.NAOTO in conversation with Valerie Steele