Looking back at the development of fashion in the past century, one would notice there were three apparent taboos of fashion design – “No seasonal differentiation”, “No age differentiation”, and “No gender differentiation”. Through the analytical lens of Text and Image Studies and against the backdrop of the current Fourth Industrial Revolution, this talk explores the impact of various fashion markets such as “fast fashion”, “slow fashion”, and “street fashion”, its influence on consumers’ fashion style and the use of clothes as a medium for self-expression.

Conducted by: Dr. I Lo-fen

Associate Professor of Chinese Division, NTU

Dr. I Lo-fen is a Professor at National Taiwan University. Currently teaching at Nanyang Technological University. Columnist at Lianhe Zaobao. Founder and Honorary Chairman of Singapore registered Text and Image Studies Society. Author of Through the Ages: Encountering Text and Image Studies, Bringing You Through the Journey of Su Dongpo, Gorgeous Nanyang: Arts, Advertisement, Crossover Singapore and more than 30 other academic articles and books.

Conducted in Mandarin. Interested participants please register here. After registering, the confirmation email will be sent to all registered participants nearer to the event date.