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Tonya Blazio-Licorish

Part-time Assistant Professor

Email
blaziolt@newschool.edu

Office Location
N - 66 Fifth Avenue

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Tonya Blazio-Licorish

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Tonya Blazio-Licorish is an author, visual culture historian, archives editor, and educator with expertise in fashion, culture, and society. She holds an MA from NYU and explores these fields through an interdisciplinary lens, reconnecting archives with curated storytelling to sustain brand equity. 

 

Her book, “Black In Fashion, 100 Years of Style, Influence and Culture,” co-authored with WWD, examines Black creatives’ contributions to fashion evolution. 

 

Tonya lectures locally and internationally, teaches courses in Fashion, Costume, and Cultural History, Leadership, and Merchandising, and is the curator of the Fairchild Fashion Museum. 

 

Her byline appears in Women's Wear Daily (WWD), Footwear News (FN), Sourcing Journal (SJ), and Rivet.

Degrees Held

BA Fabric Styling - FITNYC; MA Visual Culture: Costume Studies, NYU

 

 

Recent Publications

WWD Black In Fashion: 100 Years of Style, Influence & Culture, 9/2024

 

Current Courses

Future Courses

  • Designing a Fashion Experience
    PSOF 5010 - Spring 2027

Past Courses

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