Students Dispute Pertinence of Fashion Week and its Cultural Impact

A model checks her phone while getting ready backstage at the Eckhaus Latta fashion show at The Ralph Pucci International Showroom in Manhattan, N.Y. on Sept. 14, 2015. Photo Courtesy of Tyler Stafford.

New York Fashion Week, the city’s foremost fashion showcase, has been criticised as frivolous and a parody of itself, but Parsons students argue that its designers work and…

Why The Documentary “In My Father’s House” Did Exactly What Movies Should Do

Che "rhymefest" smith (right) and Che's father (left) during their first encounter after being estranged for years.

Everyone has a safe haven. For many people, that feeling of comfort is found in movies. The feeling of completely and utterly immersing oneself into an alternative world…