Abigail Maria Glaum-Lathbury

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Abigail Glaum-Lathbury is the Sage Endowed Chair of Fashion Design and an artist and designer based in Chicago. Her work explores the discursive potential found in clothing and dressing, arguing for a rethinking and transformation of the fashion system. Her work has been shown at the MoMA and MAD Museum in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the Newport Art Museum, the Nevada Museum of Art and the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts in New York, and at Gallery F in Moss, Norway. Her work has been profiled in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Paris Review, the Huffington Post and Surface Magazine, among other publications.

Title	Department	Catalog	Term
Fashion Construction III	Fashion Design	3001 (003)	Fall 2026
Description As a project-based course, Fashion Construction III introduces the intermediate construction principles for pants and jackets. Tailoring, cut-and-sew knitwear, and creative draping techniques used on a variety of body types, and gender expressions are explored. The principles of proportion, balance, and fit as required for the achievement of well-made garments will also be studied. Pre req: minimum two Fashion construction classes: FASH 2001, FASH 2003, FASH 2020, FASH2022 or FASH2024		Class Number 2360 Credits 3