Yuniya (Yuni) Kawamura is a fashion sociologist and professor in the Department of Social Sciences at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) at the New York State University. Her research focuses on the sociology of fashion and the relationship between fashion systems and cultural production. Kawamura is known for her work on the concept of “fashion-ology” and for her studies of Japanese fashion subcultures and their global circulation.
Yuniya (Yuni) Kawamura is a fashion sociologist and professor in the Department of Social Sciences at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) at the New York State University. Her research focuses on the sociology of fashion and the relationship between fashion systems and cultural production. Kawamura is known for her work on the concept of “fashion-ology” and for her studies of Japanese fashion subcultures and their global circulation.