Amaris Kim (pictured above)
Strategic-design-and-management major, East Village
Walk us through your look today.
You guys caught me on a really bad day, honestly. It’s finals week. I have been barely sleeping, trying to finish this magazine project I have due tomorrow. So I’m running on an hour and 40 minutes of sleep and a bunch of yerba. I always wear this hat when I’m too lazy to style my hair.
So tell me about this magazine.
Basically, we have to create and print our own fashion magazine — all the styling, the photography, the art direction, the writing, and the layout. Mine’s called Type A, like the personality type, but also A for Amaris.
What’s your style generally?
It ranges anywhere from Y2K to 40-year-old man. I’m really close with my dad, so a lot of his preppy old-man energy’s imparted to me.
Amanda Zheng
Communication-design major, Jersey City, New Jersey
Caitilyn Yu
Fashion-design major, Kips Bay
Did you always want to study fashion?
Yes, since eighth or ninth grade. Neither of my parents knows how to sew, but my grandma is a seamstress, so my mom flew her to our home in L.A. so she could teach me pattern-making. She stayed with us for like three months.
Chiedza Kaseke
Fashion-design major, Lower East Side
Anna Masto
Integrated-design major, East Village
What’s the social scene like at Parsons?
People here can be a little frightening — sometimes it seems like everyone’s grown up at lightning pace. Everyone has a certain seriousness to them. But then you’ll have a quick chat and find out the person who was super-intimidating actually loves Disney Channel Original Movies.
Edan Wingfield
Photography major, Ridgewood
Celina Gao
Fine-arts major, Williamsburg
Tarshaa Krishnaraj
Fine-arts major, Kips Bay
Nia Betts
Screen-studies major, Chelsea
Arlo Drogin-Carter
Fine-arts major, Bushwick
How’s the semester going?
Just classes. But I sell a lot of work that I make, so schoolwork can feel like a personal project. My freshman year, I sold a final project to Rodger Stevens, my teacher. It was an embroidered lamb. Now, I’m printing the entire Powerpuff Girls intro onto a large piece of paper.
Isabella Corbin
Strategic-design-and-management major, East Village
Saoma Ozoria
Illustration major, Bushwick
Tyler Gonzales
Fashion-design major, Bushwick
How’d your first year go?
It’s been a little rough. I really like the school. But the teachers went on strike last semester, so I was basically living in New York with nothing to do for a month, which was frustrating. Like, I’m paying for school, but I’m not in it. Then there was a grease fire and a gas leak in my dorm, so we were relocated for about a week. To Chelsea. And I don’t like Chelsea.
Amina Ross
Artist and part-time faculty member, Flatbush
Sofia Mangold
Illustration major, Chinatown
Ahona Paul
Design-and-technology major, Bushwick
Jah levy
Design-history-and-practice major, Port Chester
Do people dress up for class?
Yes, especially the fashion-design kids. They really get into it. Sometimes it’s cool, but I feel like it’s more admirable when it doesn’t seem like you’re trying so hard. But yeah, a majority of people come to class like it’s the Met Gala.
Calder Anderson
Integrated-design major, East Village
Adam Eustace
Fashion-design major, East Village
Amanda Zheng
Communication-design major, Jersey City, New Jersey
Caitilyn Yu
Fashion-design major, Kips Bay
Did you always want to study fashion?
Yes, since eighth or ninth grade. Neither of my parents knows how to sew, but my grandma is a seamstress, so my mom flew her to our home in L.A. so she could teach me pattern-making. She stayed with us for like three months.
Chiedza Kaseke
Fashion-design major, Lower East Side
Anna Masto
Integrated-design major, East Village
What’s the social scene like at Parsons?
People here can be a little frightening — sometimes it seems like everyone’s grown up at lightning pace. Everyone has a certain seriousness to them. But then you’ll have a quick chat and find out the person who was super-intimidating actually loves Disney Channel Original Movies.
Edan Wingfield
Photography major, Ridgewood
Celina Gao
Fine-arts major, Williamsburg
Tarshaa Krishnaraj
Fine-arts major, Kips Bay
Nia Betts
Screen-studies major, Chelsea
Arlo Drogin-Carter
Fine-arts major, Bushwick
How’s the semester going?
Just classes. But I sell a lot of work that I make, so schoolwork can feel like a personal project. My freshman year, I sold a final project to Rodger Stevens, my teacher. It was an embroidered lamb. Now, I’m printing the entire Powerpuff Girls intro onto a large piece of paper.
Isabella Corbin
Strategic-design-and-management major, East Village
Saoma Ozoria
Illustration major, Bushwick
Tyler Gonzales
Fashion-design major, Bushwick
How’d your first year go?
It’s been a little rough. I really like the school. But the teachers went on strike last semester, so I was basically living in New York with nothing to do for a month, which was frustrating. Like, I’m paying for school, but I’m not in it. Then there was a grease fire and a gas leak in my dorm, so we were relocated for about a week. To Chelsea. And I don’t like Chelsea.
Amina Ross
Artist and part-time faculty member, Flatbush
Sofia Mangold
Illustration major, Chinatown
Ahona Paul
Design-and-technology major, Bushwick
Jah levy
Design-history-and-practice major, Port Chester
Do people dress up for class?
Yes, especially the fashion-design kids. They really get into it. Sometimes it’s cool, but I feel like it’s more admirable when it doesn’t seem like you’re trying so hard. But yeah, a majority of people come to class like it’s the Met Gala.
Calder Anderson
Integrated-design major, East Village
Adam Eustace
Fashion-design major, East Village
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