Summer Intern Takeover: Diversity, Inclusivity and Swimwear

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Written By Joshua T Williams
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Maggie Kanan discusses the intersection between body diversity and inclusivity in swimwear with Creative and Casting Director Gilleon Smith-Mercado. Maggie is a graduate student in the Fashion Management program at Parsons School of Design in New York City. Gilleon is represented by CAA.

Learn more: Maggie Kanan LinkedIn | Gilleon Smith-Mercado LinkedIn

Hosted by: Christopher Lacy, Assistant Professor, Parsons School of Design

Produced by: Joshua Williams, Assistant Professor, Parsons School of Design

Executive Producer:Fashion Consort

Follow the podcast on Instagram: @RetailRevolutionPodcast

Joshua T Williams

Joshua Williams is an award-winning creative director, writer and educator.  He has lectured and consulted worldwide, specializing in omni-channel retail and fashion branding, most recently at ISEM (Spain) and EAFIT (Colombia), and for brands such as Miguelina, JM, Andrew Marc and Anne Valerie Hash.  He is a full time professor and former fashion department chair at Berkeley College and teaches regularly at FIT, LIM and The New School.  He has developed curriculum and programming, including the fashion design program for Bergen Community College, that connects fashion business, design, media and technology.  His work has been seen in major fashion magazines and on the New York City stage. Joshua is a graduate of FIT’s Global Fashion Management (MPS) program, and has been the director and host of the Faces & Places in Fashion lecture series at FIT since 2010.

http://www.joshuatwilliams.com
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