About: Tanya

Tanya Wilson is a historical and cultural dress enthusiast currently pursuing a master’s degree through the Visual Culture: Costume Studies program at New York University. She is the co-founder of Avant Guise; an NYU costume club as well as an active member of the Costume Society of America.

Based out of New York City, she is a Product Development Manager at Marchon Eyewear with a variety of experience in costume design, wardrobe styling and fashion merchandising. Tanya has earned a B.S. in Retail & Marketing from Syracuse University and a Professional Certificate in Fashion Styling from the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Experiences traveling to parts of Africa and Europe generated further aspiration to become engulfed in world culture especially as it relates to adornment. As a Costume Studies scholar, Tanya hopes to connect fashion and culture in an anthropological sense. Her research interests include 19th century African American female dress as well as African Bridal Adornment and Gifting as it relates to socio-cultural aspects of dress.

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