During crises, humans rally in spectacular ways – to imagine a future path outside the shadow of the present circumstances.

Over the last year and a half, as the whole world was thrown up in the air + un-settled, the CCA Fashion community came together to share, empathize + support each other. We are only just starting to emerge from extraordinarily challenging physical + psychic conditions. But we emerge considerably changed. This time has revealed deep fissures in our social fabric + a clear need for fresh global visions.

The 2020/21 Senior Thesis Year was a remote and isolating experience. Additional effort had to be made just to connect, communicate + craft. I cannot emphasize enough the strength + courage of our graduating class of 2021. This generation of CCA fashion designers have fortitude, resilience + a multi-dimensional awareness that will serve them well. They turned inward by necessity, survived + now present their outwardly-facing ambitions to help us to imagine a world in which we can sustain ourselves + all our ecologies.

Enjoy the fresh visions of CCA’s 2021 graduating fashion designers

Professor Lynda Grose, Chair, Fashion Design