The Story of Lafayette 148: Fashion & the Chinatown Garment Indsutry
Examine Lafayette 148’s design and production processes and trace the story of the building’s evolution from a Chinatown garment business into an internationally acclaimed brand with philanthropic interests.
Lafayette 148’s key personnel Tom Hoi, Debra Clark and Harvey Lok delve into the history of Lafayette 148. Margaret Chin, an expert on New York City’s late 20th century garment industry and CUNY’s Associate Professor of Sociology, moderates.
About Margaret Chin
Courtesy Margaret Chin
Margaret Chin was born in New York City, and is the daughter of a former garment worker and restaurant waiter. It is fitting that her research interests focus on new immigrants, working poor families, race and ethnicity and Asian Americans.
She is currently working on a number of projects, including work on the 1.5 and second generation Asian Americans who lost or changed jobs during the recent recession. Additionally, she is working on an article on how new immigrant groups use the ethnic media to learn how to live their everyday lives in the U.S., and is also examining the differences and similarities among Brooklyn’s Chinatowns, Flushing’s Asiantown and Manhattan’s Chinatown.
Chin is the author of Sewing Women: Immigrants and the New York City Garment Industry. She received her bachelor’s in applied mathematics from Harvard University and her master’s and Ph.D. in sociology from Columbia University.
When: Sat., Nov. 9, 2013 at 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Where: Museum of Chinese in America
215 Centre St.
212-619-4785
Price: $10; $5 seniors, students and members
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Examine Lafayette 148’s design and production processes and trace the story of the building’s evolution from a Chinatown garment business into an internationally acclaimed brand with philanthropic interests.
Lafayette 148’s key personnel Tom Hoi, Debra Clark and Harvey Lok delve into the history of Lafayette 148. Margaret Chin, an expert on New York City’s late 20th century garment industry and CUNY’s Associate Professor of Sociology, moderates.
About Margaret Chin
Courtesy Margaret Chin
Margaret Chin was born in New York City, and is the daughter of a former garment worker and restaurant waiter. It is fitting that her research interests focus on new immigrants, working poor families, race and ethnicity and Asian Americans.
She is currently working on a number of projects, including work on the 1.5 and second generation Asian Americans who lost or changed jobs during the recent recession. Additionally, she is working on an article on how new immigrant groups use the ethnic media to learn how to live their everyday lives in the U.S., and is also examining the differences and similarities among Brooklyn’s Chinatowns, Flushing’s Asiantown and Manhattan’s Chinatown.
Chin is the author of Sewing Women: Immigrants and the New York City Garment Industry. She received her bachelor’s in applied mathematics from Harvard University and her master’s and Ph.D. in sociology from Columbia University.
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When: Sat., Nov. 9, 2013 at 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm