Robin Tag

Pratt Institute plans to honor Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Robin Givhan during this spring’s Pratt Shows: Fashion. Scheduled for May 10 at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn, the event will salute Givhan, The Washington Post’s senior critic-at-large, by presenting her with Pratt’s Fashion Visionary Award. With work that encompasses politics, race and the humanities, Givhan has been celebrated for her groundbreaking fashion criticism. That three-fold perspective appealed to Pratt. “Honoring her now is very important as fashion education is undergoing a metamorphosis in response to, and in dialogue with, politics,” race and the humanities, based on Jennifer Minniti, chair of Pratt Fashion and inaugural Jane B. Nord Professor of Fashion Design. After launching her profession on the Detroit Free Press, Givhan has also written...