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2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Keynotes, Special Sessions, and Workshops


Graduate Programs in Textiles and Apparel and TAPAC: A Panel Discussion of Issues, Trends, and Opportunities 

Nancy J. Hodges, Bruce Cameron, Young-A Lee, Song-yi Youn and Carol Warfield

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Using Archetypes in Design Sprints to Inspire Product Development

Millie Yates, Sandra Tullio Pow, Cesar Marquez-Chin, Kirsten Schaefer, Megan Strickfaden and Kanishka Kumar

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Consumer Behavior


The Revival of Made-to-Order Luxury: Exploring Consumer Attitudes

Sanjukta Pookulangara and Kelcie Slaton

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Why Do Cosmopolitans Go Green? Investigating the Role of Self-Expressiona and Need-for-uniqueness

Jonghan Hyun and Swagata Chakraborty

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Why Do Cosmopolitans Go Green? Investigating the Role of Self-Expression and Need-for-uniqueness

Jonghan Hyun and Swagata Chakraborty

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Bridging Resale and Reduction: Investigating How Acceptance of Pre-Owned Fashion Deters New Purchases

Sujun Liu and Chuanlan Liu

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Understanding Consumer Responses to Virtual Reality Fashion Shows Through the S-O-R Framework 

Xiaohan Lin, Yingjiao Xu and Chanmi Hwang

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Does Anthropomorphic Language Make Virtual Influencers More Relatable?: The Interplay of Anthropomorphic Cues and Identity Disclosure on Emotional Contagion

Rachel Easther Lim and Hyejune PARK

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Pushed by Publicity, Guided by Influencers, and Driven by Consciousness: How Young Consumers Transition to Sustainable Fashion

Md. Rafiqul Islam Rana and Hanna Lee

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Identifying and Characterizing Potential Hemp Fashion Consumers: A Supervised and Unsupervised Statistical Learning Approach

Yanbo Zhang, Chuanlan Chuanlan Liu, Sibei Xia and Bruce Cameron

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Exploring User Intentions Toward Smart Health-Sync Apparel for Diabetes and Mobility Support Using Technology Acceptance Model Approach

SM Rakifull Alam, FARHANA MOMOTAZ, Juyoung Lee and Caroline Kobia

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Brand Creativity Under Threat: Focusing on AI-Caused Intellectual Property Conflicts  

Md Rokibul Hasan and Song-yi Youn

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Exploring the U.S. Market for Locally Made Textile and Apparel Products: Retailer and Consumer Insights  

Md Rokibul Hasan and Debanjan Das

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Deciphering ‘Dupe’: Cross-Cultural Interpretation between Western and Korean Consumers

Youngdeok Lee and Sejin Ha

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Factors Impacting Saudi Women's Adoption of Non-Traditional Dress for Public Settings During a Time of Cultural Transition 

Rawan Alghamdi and Ann Marie Marie Fiore

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

More Than Just Hair: Exploring Motivations, Benefits, and Challenges of Natural vs. Synthetic Hair

Sukyung Seo and Bridgett Clinton-Scott

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Green Purchase Intention and Green Brand Loyalty: Unveiling the Impact of Sustainability Awareness, Peer Discussion, and Status Consciousness

Khirul Basar Mim, Tunmin (Catherine) Jai and Ragul Senthil

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

“Less is More”: A Systematic Literature Review on Capsule Wardrobes and Minimalist Fashion

Rakesh Salian, Ann Marie Marie Fiore and Howie Qu

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Beyond Beauty: How Model Attractiveness and Perceived Similarity Influence Purchase Intention

Hsiu-Ju Yang

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

The Impact of AI Usage on Perceived Originality, Trust and Purcase Intention: A Serial Mediation Analysis

Songmee Kim, Ashley Chenn and Erin Cho

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Understanding Gen Z Females' Perception of Sustainable Apparel Quality

Saba Mohammadzadeh and Jihyun Kim

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Enhancing Young Consumers’ Trust and Engagement in M-Commerce Through Brand Value Perceptions of Secondhand Luxury Goods

Changhyun (Lyon) Nam, Seung-Hee Lee and Evita Ilushenko

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Classification of AI Recommendation Systems in Fashion Retail: From the Perspective of Consumer Decision-Making

Yimo Cai, Hanna Lee and Yingjiao Xu

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Luxury Brand Returns Fraud and the 'Unsuspecting Consumer': Exploring the Spillover Effects of Fraudulent Returns for Consumers and Retailers

Cadye Murphy and Nancy J. Hodges

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

From Soil to Salesfloor: Exploring the Potential for Retailer Integration into the Fibershed Soil-to-Soil Framework

Uma Swamy, Jin Su and Nancy J. Hodges

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Just a Click Away: Exploring the Role of Instagram Influencers in Impulse Buying Among Generational Cohorts in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates

Hadal Hammour and Nancy J. Hodges

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

A Perceived Value-Based Model of 3D-Printed Product and Technology Adoption

Anik Barua and Veena Chattaraman

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

How Are AI and gen AI Being Used in Brand Communications and Loyalty Programs?

A. Rose Downs and Caroline Kopot

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Motivated but Mindful: Satisfaction, Risk, and the Path to Purchase in Livestream Shopping for Luxury Consumers

A. Rose Downs, Song-yi Youn and Caroline Kopot

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Enhancing Fashion Brand Experience in the Metaverse: An Extended TAM Approach with Gen Z Consumers

Xuan Nhat Linh Ho, Ui-Jeen Yu, Yoon Jin Ma and Kaitlin Bergfield

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Material vs. Experiential Luxury Self-Gifting: Unveiling Psychological Mechanisms and Brand Equity Among Millennials and Generation Z

Sanghee Kim, Hyo Jung (Julie) Chang, Robert Paul Jones and Tunmin (Catherine) Jai

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

'I Still Feel Luxurious!' When Live Stream Selling of Luxury Brands Strengthens the Brand Equity

Fara Az Zahra Rahman, Caroline Kopot and Angga Ranggana Putra

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

How Does Live Commerce on Social Media Influence Consumer Happiness? Examining the Roles of Mindfulness and Flow Experience

Eunjung Shin and Hyojung Cho

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Morality and Psychosocial Factors Behind Fraudulent Return Practices

Angga Ranggana Putra, Song-yi Youn, Ishtehar Sharif Swazan and Caroline Kopot

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Exploring Consumer Perceptions of Augmented Reality in Fashion: A Social Media Analysis on TikTok

Md Abu Bakar, Ziyi Yang and Ting Chi

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Heritage Worn Proudly: Exploring Chinese Gen Z’s Embrace of Han Ethnic Clothing in Tourism

Ziyi Yang and Ting Chi

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

What Drives Premium Pricing in Second-Hand Furniture? A Mean-Ends Theory Exploration

Ragul Senthil, Jennifer Yeeun Huh and Stacy Lee

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Encouraging the Adoption of Preferred Laundry Behaviors to Reduce the Environmental Impact: Developing a Conceptual Framework

Kavita Singh and Elena E Karpova

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

From Virtual to The Real World: Employing Digital Nudges and Immersive Shopping Experience to Promote the Adoption of Eco Clothing

Narmin Nasibli, Elena E Karpova and Jin Su

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Is It All About Me or the Community? Comparing Self- and Other-Oriented Motives for Locally-Produced Skincare Among Heavy vs. Light Consumers

Inhwa Kim, Michelle L Childs, Heejin Lim and Christoper Sneed

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Revisiting Fashion Product Reviews: AI-Driven Analysis of the Pre-Purchase vs. Post-Purchase Divide

Hyunjeong (Lacy) Rhee and Li Zhao

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Exploring the Impact of Textual Paralanguage in AI Customer Agent: Emotional Pathways and Service Outcomes

Xiaohan Lin, Yingjiao Xu and Yusi Ding

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

How Consumer Values Drive Purchase Towards Plant-Based Leather Products: Attitudes as a Key Mediator in the Value-Attitude-Behavior Framework

Heekyeong Jo and Gwia Kim

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Creative Design: Graduate


Reimagining the Chiton: Advancing Zero-Waste Knitwear through Historical Inspiration and Digital Innovation 

Rui Zhao, Yanbo Zhang, Sibei Xia and Chuanlan Liu

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Modular Gambit: A Reconfigurable Chess-Inspired Dress Exploring Playful User Agency

Hae Jin Gam and Lasya Aji Silpa

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Victorian Punk: Reimagining Couture Traditions Through Sustainable Design Techniques

Irina Pavlova

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

The Crosscurrent Racing Suit: A Solution for Professional Stand-Up Paddleboard Racers Participating in the 80-Mile Crossing for Cystic Fibrosis

Jenna Passke

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Hands That Speak – A Tale of Silent Stories

Manikya Sai Tejaswini Vallabhajosyula and Jeremy M . Bernardoni

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Architectural Bloom: Villa Palladio in Fabric Form

Manikya Sai Tejaswini Vallabhajosyula, Chanjuan Chen and Jeremy M . Bernardoni

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future

Pulse in Yarn: A Tuft-Knit Diary of Daily Heart Rhythms

Seoyoung Choi and Jeyeon Jo

2025-12-18 2025 • Gateway to a Brighter Future