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Ben Barry, the New Dean at Parsons, Is All In on Inclusive Fashion [Video]

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Barry began his career when he launched a modeling agency at 14-years-old (yes, really) that focused on representing a diverse group of models. “From there, I began thinking about the importance that fashion has in our lives, and how it makes us feel about our bodies and our identities,” says Barry. Later, Barry became an assistant professor at the Toronto Metropolitan University in Canada, where he quickly rose the ranks to become an associate professor of equity, diversity, and inclusion. “Over eight years, I started to incorporate [programming around] fat fashion, disability fashion, Indigenous fashion, Black fashion,” says Barry. When the dean position became a possibility at Parsons, then, he wanted to continue that same mission. “I want to help institutionalize this approach to inclusion,” he says.

Barry’s arrival at Parsons couldn’t have come at a more opportune time. Fresh off the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement, which highlighted racial …

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