About Faith Cooper
Faith Cooper is a fashion historian, writer, and digital humanities practitioner whose work centers on the cultural politics of dress, memory, and identity across Asian and Asian diasporic communities. She is a PhD Student in the history department at the National University of Singapore.
Faith is the founder of the Asian Fashion Archive, a digital humanities project that documents and celebrates the often-overlooked fashion histories of Asian and Asian diasporic communities. Her work has been published in Fashion Theory, International Journal of Fashion Studies, and featured by WWD, Elle Korea, and the podcast Dressed: The History of Fashion. She has also contributed to the Fashion and Race Database, Fashion & Market, and The Museum at FIT.
In addition to her academic writing and curatorial practice, Faith supports public-facing scholarship through digital initiatives with the Costume Society of America, the International Journal of Fashion Studies, and the University of Amsterdam's China Africa Fashion Power project.
She holds two master’s degrees: one in Fashion and Textile Studies from the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) and another in Brand and Fashion Management from Fu Jen Catholic University in Taipei, where she studied as a U.S. Fulbright Student and received the Critical Language Enhancement Award for Mandarin Chinese. She also earned her bachelor’s degree in Art History and Museum Professions from FIT, with a minor in Asian Studies.
With a decade of experience across museums, media, and education, including roles at the Smithsonian, Vogue, and the Committee of 100, Faith is committed to making marginalized histories more inclusive and advocating for more nuanced understandings of fashion and cultural heritage.
She has served on committees and advisory boards for organizations, such as Apex for Youth, FIT, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and has volunteered with cultural and educational programs in New York City and Taipei, mentoring youth, supporting museum accessibility, and contributing to public-facing cultural education.