Katie Ibsen, MA
My name is Katie, I'm a Fashion Scholar📚, Content Creator 📸, & Vintage Fashion Lover 👗 I create content about life as an ADHDer, the social role of fashion, and access to scholarship through digital humanities projects.
📖 MA Dissertation Read Along
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A fun side quest with SHOES! 👠👟👞
Mending Matters: The Art & History of Caring for Clothes
My First Solo Curated Exhibition!
Review of: Food & Fashion, curated by Melissa Marra-Alvarez and Elizabeth Way, The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), New York, 13 September–26 November 2023
My feature on the Parsons School of Design website
Popular YouTube Videos
Does Wearing Vintage Clothing Make You Racist?
I try to answer the question: Does Wearing Vintage Make You Racist?
Best note taking strategies for students with ADHD Okay, sooo.... I have ADHD.
Busting corset myths with Bioarchaeology. Have you ever wondered what corsets and archaeology could ever have...
COLLEGE ESSAYS THAT GOT ME REJECTED!
Comparing my rejected & accepted UC PIQs + college essay advice. Ever wonder what a bad college essay sounds like...
Wearing Vintage Clothes in New York!
What it's like to dress vintage in a big city like NYC
ADHD Procrastination Induced Essay Crisis
(I missed my final deadline 😭😰). Follow along with an ADHD fueled essay crisis...
Help Me With My Research!
Defining Fashion is a digital humanities project that hopes to show how the word "Fashion" is understood beyond the walls of academia with the goal of challenging eurocentrism and highlighting the importance of public scholarship in research! Click the button below to share your definition and contribute your voice to help shape the future of Fashion Education!
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Fashion Research Books
All the books I recommend if you want to learn more about fashion studies
Doing Research in Fashion and Dress
Doing Research in Fashion and Dress: An Introduction to Qualitative Methods by Yuniya Kawamura
Thinking Through Fashion: A Guide to Key Theorists by Agnes Rocamora & Anneke Smelik
Fashioning Memory: Vintage Style and Youth Culture by Heike Jenss
by Roland Barthes
Subculture: The Meaning of Style
by Dick Hebdige
ADHD Recommendations, Resources & Templates
Notice: ADHD folks are prone to impulse spending Because of this, I want you to know that you don’t NEED any of these items If you want to try one of them out, I recommend waiting 24 hours before making your purchase so you can be sure it’s something you actually want!
ADHD Friendly 2024 Notion Dashboard
My “Keep it Simple Stupid” planning philosophy incorporates FOUR core focuses to keep you focused!
Sony WH-1000XM4 Wireless Noise Canceling Headphones
The headphones I swear by for helping my ADHD focus & concentration
TIME TIMER MOD with Dry Erase Board
60-Minute Visual Countdown Timer with Magnetic Whiteboard — for Notes, Chores, Classroom and Office Reminders, Visual Schedules, for Kids and Adults (Blue) : Office Products
For the fidget-lover who writes. Use this to roll around with your feet while you type!
My all-time favorite notebook for the "everything journal"
Skip the self-help books written by neurotypicals & pick this up instead!
A Radical Guide for Women with ADHD
Start exploring how your identity impacts ADHD & vice versa
Vintage Inspired Mechanical Keyboard
My favorite keyboard that gives my every day study space a vintage flair
Simplicity Vintage Fashion Sewing 12 Month Planner
Paper planner with a vintage twist
The rollers I use to get my vintage curls!
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