Speaking
Podcasts & Social Media
"Asian Fashion with Faith Cooper"
Redressing Fashion
March 2024
In the first interview of Redressing Fashion, Laura interviews Faith Cooper about her research on Asian fashion and her work behind the digital project, Asian Fashion Archive. They talk about cultural identity in fashion, some of Faith’s favorite aspects about Asian fashion, and how to redress fashion from Asian perspectives. (LISTEN HERE)
June 2022
Faith Cooper is back to discuss her work on the Asian Fashion Archive, her digital resource project that is committed to highlighting Asian fashion, culture, and history. (LISTEN HERE)
June 2022
Faith Cooper joins Dressed to illuminate the life of model and jewelry designer Tina Chow, one of fashion history's great style icons. (LISTEN HERE)
November 2021
Kimberly Jenkins and Faith Cooper, Founder of the Asian Fashion Archive, dive into what it takes to build and sustain an online digital humanities project that expands the narrative of fashion history. FRD's Saturday Coffee Chats aim to demystify the behind-the-scenes process of what it takes to challenge dominant narratives in fashion, as well as have discussions about why Fashion and Race are critical to the work we do and the world around us. (WATCH HERE)
July 2020
Faith Cooper, co-curator of Eleanor Lambert: Empress of Seventh Avenue, presents a video walk-through of the exhibition highlighting Lambert's extensive career. (WATCH HERE)
Conferences & Symposia
"The Layers of Taiwanese Identity in Fashion"
Global Taiwan: Through the Perspective of Fashion Cultures, FJCU
June 2024
Held at Fu Jen Catholic University, the "Global Taiwan: Through the Perspective of Fashion Cultures," conference transcends borders and elucidates the rich cultural tapestry of Taiwan in the realm of global fashion.
"Asian Fashion Archive"
Archiving Fashion Conference: Mapping Fashion Collections, FIT
November 2023
The "Archiving Fashion Conference: Mapping Fashion Collections" at the Fashion Institute of Technology features scholars to discuss the present and future of archiving fashion, textiles, and related material. (WATCH HERE)
"Asian Fashion Archive"
The Association of Dress Historians
May 2022
"Representation at the Intersection of Fashion and Education"
Fashion Institute of Technology
June 2024
"A Fashionable Fetish: Examining the Qipao in the Eyes of the West"
The Sartorial Society Series
February 2021
Presentation for The Sartorial Society Series, a digital seminar program, which aims to showcase the most exciting and innovative research in the historical study of dress, fashion, and bodily adornment
"Exhibitionism: The Fashion Museum as an Educational Resource"
Digital Multilogue on Fashion Education International Conference
September 2020
"Mao Mania: The Fashionable Fantasy of the Cultural Revolution"
SUNY's New York Conference on Asian Studies
October 2019
Conference presentation at SUNY's 2019 New York Conference on Asian Studies: Movement
"Mao Mania: The Fashionable Fantasy of the Cultural Revolution"
Drexel University
May 2019
Paper Presentation at Drexel University Pennoni Honors College's 2019 Fashion, Style & Popular Culture Conference
"Punks of the 1970s: Creating an Image and Identity"
Fashion Institute of Technology
May 2019
Paper presentation at FIT's Fashion and Textile Studies Research Symposium: Clothing as Craft: People, Process, Product
"Mao Mania: The Fashionable Fantasy of the Cultural Revolution"
Pop Culture Association
April 2019
Paper presentation at the 2019 Pop Culture Association Conference in Washington, DC
"Céleste Mogador: The Fashionable Rise of the Demimonde"
Costume Society of America
October 2018
Paper presentation at the 2018 Costume Society of America Southeastern Region & Mid-Atlantic Joint Symposium: Costume Across the Curriculum & Into the Community
*Awarded Jim Liles Award
"Healing Tina: Exploring the Power of Tina Chow’s Jewelry"
Costume Society of America
September 2018
Paper presented at the 2018 Costume Society of America Midwest Regional Symposium: Fashion From Head to Toe
*Awarded Student Travel Award
"How to Get Them Through the Door: Reaching College Students in a College Museum Setting"
NYC Museum Educators Roundtable
May 2016
Presentation at the 2016 NYC Museum Educators Roundtable Annual Conference: Intersections