My Mind Is up in the Hair
Mai Nanao
Fashion Design (School of Art and Design)
About this Item
- Title
- My Mind Is up in the Hair
- Contributor Names
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Nanao, Mai (Creator, Designer)
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Ferrara, Sandra (Thesis advisor)
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Ciniglio, Lorenzo (Photographer)
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Cadet, Ernst (Photographer)
- Date
- 2024
- Summary/Artist's Statement
- This collection explores various traditional African hairstyles as fashion elements. Hair holds significance for everyone. It can symbolize confidence, creativity, and depth. Many contemporary hairstyles, such as braids, cornrows, and dreadlocks, originate from Africa, where the styles can have great significance and, in some indigenous communities, are linked to protection and expressions of identity, status, and style.
- Course/Degree Information
- Program/Degree: Fashion Design BFA
- Concentration: Knitwear
- Professor: Sandra Ferrara
- Academic Semester: Spring 2024
- Critics Award Winner
- In Exhibition
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2024 Future of Fashion
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2024 Graduating Student Exhibition - Fashion Design BFA: Critic Award Winners
- Related Materials
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Extraordinary Collection: Sweater and Skirt
- Rights
- In Copyright
- The copyright for this work is held by its author/creator(s). Usage of this material beyond what is permitted by copyright law must first be cleared with the rights-holder(s). This work has been made available online by the Fashion Institute of Technology Gladys Marcus Library strictly for research and educational purposes. If you are the copyright holder for this work and have any objections to this work being made available online, please notify us immediately at [email protected].
- Identifier
- FIT Repository ID: fof_2024_0052
Citation
Nanao, M. (2024). My Mind Is up in the Hair. FIT Institutional Repository. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/216286
Nanao, Mai. My Mind Is Up in the Hair. 2024. FIT Digital Repository, https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/216286
Nanao, Mai. "My Mind Is Up in the Hair." FIT Digital Repository, 2024. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/216286