About Kaia.
Kaia is a fashion researcher and writer, with a Master’s degree in Fashion Studies from Parsons School of Design, and a Bachelor’s degree in Translation from Nankai University. Kaia’s research focuses on decentralizing and decolonizing fashion, as well as challenging dichotomies and binary oppositions in fashion and cultural studies, with a special interest in China fashion and culture. Her works are dedicated to exploring the intricacies of Chinese fashion and the fashion choices of Chinese people, delving into cultural differences and market dynamics.
Education
2021-2023
Parsons School of Design,
The New School
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GPA: 3.97/4
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Core Courses: Fashion Criticism, Fashion Journalism, Fashion Writing, Fashion Studies: Key Concepts, Fashion History & Mediation, Interpreting Fashion, Fashion Cultures, Materiality of Fashion
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Graduation Thesis: “Counter Orientalism: Fashion in Altermodern China – Can China Fashion Escape the Orientalistic Discourse in An Altermodern Context?”
2016-2020
Nankai University
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GPA: 3.80/4
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TEM-8, TEM-4
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Core Courses: English Writing, Intercultural Communication Theories and Practice, Consecutive Interpreting Practice, Simultaneous Interpretation, Selected Readings of Business English, Principles of Marketing