Joy Marie Douglas is Fashion Designer, Photographer, and Artist from Los Angeles, California. Joy earned her Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts at Parsons the New School for Design where she majored in Fashion Design. Joy also studied fashion design and photography at the University of the Arts London's , Central Saint Martins.

Joy often experiments with different mediums such as photography, film, printmaking, and illustration, which she works to incorporate into her fashion design practice. She often works with controversial themes by introducing political commentary and social justice within her design process. As a designer, Joy is always striving to push the limits on materials, fabrication, and experimentation while concentrating heavily on sustainable budget practices. The social, political, and environmental impacts of fashion are topics that Joy has focused heavily on within her personal research and design career.

Joy's work has been written about in Vogue USA ,Vogue Italia, I-D MAGAZINE, AND OTHER PUBLICATIONs. SHE HAS ALSO BEEN featured by the Council of Fashion Designers America.

AARP FASHION DISRUPTER AWARD
MAY 2017

AARP’s CEO, Jo Ann Jenkins has been leading a new initiative that seeks to change attitudes about how people view growing older in every aspect of their lives. Thus, Disrupt Aging means that we challenge and upend traditional notions of what it means to age by exploring fresh ideas and new approaches. New ideas and fresh thinking about fashion are especially important as the number of people over age 50—and the share of fashion consumers over age 50—grows at a rapid pace. One of the key ways to break down stereotypes and to solve design problems that have not been addressed is to work directly with real users in underserved communities. The user-centric element of this competition is a critical component. We want to encourage the development of fashion design to meet the needs of older people through innovation in both the design process and actual garment outcomes.

CFDA FASHION FUTURE GRADUATES
APRIL 2017

Exhibiting Fashion graduates is envisioned to strengthen the transition for graduates entering the fashion system. Five leading design colleges and universities have been invited to participate: Fashion Institute of Technology, Parsons School of Design, Pratt Institute, Rhode Island School of Design and Academy of Art University.
https://cfda.com/programs/designers/fashion-future-graduate-showcase/future-graduate/joy-douglas

SOCIAL INNOVATION AWARD FINALIST
PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN
MAY 2017

PARSONS BENEFIT SHOWCASE
MAY 2017

Work will be showcased that the 2017 Parsons Benefit.

SYSTEMS AND SOCIETY FEATURED STUDENT
PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN
MAY 2017

Students with extraordinary strength in their senior thesis collections will be featured for in a video that documents their story, process and vision behind their work. The video will exemplify the new directions that Parsons BFA program is advancing what fashion design means today. This video will be used for recruitment purposes for the school, admissions, etc.