PRUDENCE MEKONGUETHE TOWN CRIER COLLECTION The Town Crier collection is inspired by American essayist, civil rights activist and poet James Baldwin and how through the relevance of his work in the current racial climate, he can be considered a parallel to a West African Town Crier. https://massexodus.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2021/05/Prudence-Mekongue-Asset-1-The-James-Baldwin-Dress-Video-Prudence-Mekongue-Ekwele.mp4 Video of The James Baldwin Dress Material:…
DEA JUSUFYUSE APPAREL For my Capstone project, I focused on the creation of a homemade unisex graphic t-shirt brand called YUSE APPAREL. My project followed the brand from the conception up until the first month of selling in order to track the brand’s reception, reach and growth as a part of the capstone. I documented…
KAITLYN MESSOMMAKING MY OWN ACQUAINTANCE Making My Own Acquaintance is about finding self-love through self-portraiture. The project covers 6 months of creative exploration, confronting topics of body image, idealization and the feminine beauty ideal in a series of self-portraits. Documenting my artistic frustrations, shortcomings and eventual breakthroughs in the process, Making My Own Acquaintance positions…
NICOLE MELAMEDTHE LUXURY PARADOX There is no single definition for the word “luxury;” the definition itself has been debated by theorists for decades, all of whom have agreed that the term is highly subjective. However, we do know that the general public likes luxury and that people work hard in order to attain prestigious items.…
MEAGHAN MATTHEWSDOGGY STYLE With a playful approach, Doggy Style explores the prominence of dogs in fashion, status, identity and society throughout their rich history. Currently a digital book, Doggy Style highlights the codependent relationships owners share with their dogs in relation to identity and status throughout history, presenting fashion as a form of expression and…
VICTORIA MARTINSSTRANDS Hair is an incredibly powerful tool of communication, one that is deeply personal, complex, and unique to every individual and their identity. Comprised of two parts, Strands is a publication that critically analyzes the relationship between hair and identity, while drawing upon history in order to navigate and understand contemporary ideas about hair,…
ROY LUOTOYS Fashion’s relationship to the body is that of interactive wearing—clothing is oriented to the human form not unlike the gestures that emerge through play where toys are moulds for life. Toys, like fashion, can orient or disorient the bodies for which it is or is not designed for in levels of gendering and…
BRIANNAH DANIEL IDEALIST IDENTITY: AN EXPLORATION OF RACE AND GENDER This capstone highlights the history of racialized misogyny that Black women have endured as a result of their intersectional identities and acknowledging beauty, strength and individuality through theoretical and anecdotal discourse. Diving into public perception and the way that Black women are represented and misrepresented…
PAULINE GRACE TIONGSONDEAR ME, My capstone idea revolves around my experience of choosing to assimilate my culture when I was younger. Being one of the few persons of colour in my town, I felt like compared to everyone around me, to fit in, I had to cut ties with my Filipino culture. This was a…
TIANNA REDHEADTHE HEALTHTI PODCAST The HealthTi Podcast is a series that focuses on the Gen Z and Millennial perspectives on self-care and wellness. Through the podcast, we look deeper into the role that intersectionality plays in one’s outlook, experience, and approach to self-care. Through discussion, we deliberate on how those elements can shift the way…
