In addition to teaching at RISD, Ibada Wadud teaches at Parsons and the New School in NYC. She is the founder and head of impact at LULAH, a lifestyle brand recognized by the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice for groundbreaking work with formerly incarcerated citizens. As a board member of the New York Fashion Workforce Development Coalition, Ibada advises the New York State Senate and US Senate on fashion policy pertaining to human rights and environmental justice.
Ibada works with Adidas on brand strategy and innovation and has been featured at the Columbia University Women in Sustainability Summit, WWD x Beauty Inc.’s Sustainability Forum, CFDA.com and Essence Festival’s Fashion House.
She has also managed corporate social responsibility at Kate Spade in New York and Rwanda and consulted for the United Nations Sustainable Textiles & Apparel Initiative. She studied at RISD and holds a master’s in human rights from Universidad Pablo de Olavide. She is fluent in Spanish and lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Courses
Fall 2023 Courses
TEXT 4830-01 - APPAREL FABRICS
LevelUndergraduate
UnitTextiles
Subject Textiles
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
TEXT 4830-01
APPAREL FABRICS
LevelUndergraduate
UnitTextiles
Subject Textiles
PeriodFall 2023
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: M | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PMInstructor(s): Ibada WadudLocation(s): College Building, Room 446Enrolled / Capacity: 12Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This senior level course is offered to those students interested in designing and making apparel fabrics and accessories. Students are encouraged to explore a variety of techniques including silkscreen and digital printing, weaving, knitting, sewing, and invented techniques, along with designing on paper for industrial and hand production. While students will initially develop their ideas through samples and drawings, they gain a thorough understanding of the relationship between fabric and the human form, and will eventually bring their work to final form as prototypes or finished designs on paper. Researching the field will generate topics for discussion in class.
