Justin Dougan-LeBlanc On Understanding Communication And Movement Through The Art Of Fashion
Aug 4, 2026 · 1 hr 29 min · 11 segments
In this week’s episode I sat down with Justin Dougan-LeBlanc. Justin is an artist working across sculpture, installation, and wearable forms. Using sculptural garments and textile-based structures…
In this week’s episode I sat down with Justin Dougan-LeBlanc. Justin is an artist working across sculpture, installation, and wearable forms. Using sculptural garments and textile-based structures, his work explores how communication, gesture, and spatial environments shape the body and organize movement through space. We discuss fashion, both the industry’s and the art form’s, relationship with disabled bodies, his experience on Project Runway, what it means to have his work be included as a part of fashion’s history and so much more. This episode was edited and produced by Ben Curwin. Join Always Looking Up on Substack: https://jilliancurwin645746.substack.com Join The Patreon: https://patreon.com/AlwaysLookingUp Follow Justin: Instagram: @jleblancdesign Website: https://www.justindouganleblanc.com Follow Me: Instagram: @jill\_ilana , @alwayslookingup.podcast TikTok: @jillian\_ilana Website: https://www.jillianilana.com Email: [alwayslookingup227@gmail.com](mailto:alwayslookingup227@gmail.com) Read With Me: Goodreads The StoryGraph Support the organizers, detainees and their families at Delaney Hall (all links from @feminist): Donate To Family Support Funds: linktr.ee/SupportOurFamilies Donate to the Commissary Fund: [givebutter.com/commissaryfund](givebutter.com/commissaryfund) Call your representative: https://5calls.org Learn More: [indivisible.org/campaigns/dismantling-detention](indivisible.org/campaigns/dismantling-detention) Support Minneapolis: Stand With Minnesota: https://www.standwithminnesota.com MN NOICE: https://mnnoice.com Community Aid Network MN: https://www.canmn.org Support Those Impacted By The Cutting Of SNAP Benefits: Feeding America: https://www.feedingamerica.org World Central Kitchen: https://wck.org No Kid Hungry: https://www.nokidhungry.org List Of NYC Food Pantries: https://www.nyc.gov/site/dycd/services/food\_pantries.page Support Immigrant Communities (all links came from @chnge): The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (@chirla\_org): https://www.chirla.org/donatenow/ Immigrant Defenders Law Center (@immdef\_lawcenter): https://www.immdef.org Inland Coalition 4 Imm Justice (@ic4ij): https://secure.actblue.com/donate/jornaleros
In this week’s episode I sat down with Justin Dougan-LeBlanc. Justin is an artist working across sculpture, installation, and wearable forms. Using sculptural garments and textile-based structures…
