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Q. Can clothing comfort a grieving person?
Q. Can design save lives?

 

Q. Can clothing comfort a grieving person?A: Anastasia Edwards-Morel, Fashion Design MFA ’19, created a garment that inflates and “embraces” a person, relieving stress from grief. 
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"What excites me is that we have not been doing fashion design well enough. As a true millennial, I want to change that."

Anastasia Edwards-MorelFashion Design MFA ’19
Q. Can design save lives?A: In a collaboration with Montefiore Hospital, faculty member Lauren Zodel created Baby Slips, a garment that helps prevent new mothers from dropping their babies.
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We got an email afterwards from the Patient Safety Director that said "We may have saved multiple babies lives having made this garment."

Lauren ZodelFashion Design faculty member

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