Fashion Culture: Sybilla in Conversation with Valerie Steele
Sybilla at her Madrid studio. Photograph by Félix Valiente. Friday, October 16, 6 pm John E. Reeves Great Hall Spanish fashion designer Sybilla joins Museum at FIT Director Valerie Steele for a...
View ArticleFashion Symposium: Fashion Underground: The World of Susanne Bartsch
Susanne Bartsch. Photograph by Steven Menendez. Thursday and Friday, October 22 and 23 Haft Auditorium The Museum at FIT’s 15th annual fashion symposium, Fashion Underground: The World of Susanne...
View ArticleFashion Culture: Stella Jean in Conversation With Ariele Elia and Elizabeth Way
Stella Jean ensemble, Cotton, wool, nylon, fall 2015, Milan, 2015.4.2, gift of Stella Jean. Monday, November 2, 7 pm Katie Murphy Amphitheatre Milan’s rising fashion star Stella Jean joins Museum at...
View ArticleExhibition: Tony Capparelli: The Art of Sport
November 3–December 12, 2015 Gallery FIT, The Museum at FIT The Fashion Institute of Technology’s School of Art and Design presents Tony Capparelli: The Art of Sport, an exhibition by FIT Adjunct...
View ArticleFashion Culture Film Screening: Paris Is Burning with Director Jennie...
Paris Is Burning publicity still, 1990. Photograph by Michel Comte. Tuesday, November 10, 6:30 pm — SOLD OUT Pomerantz Center, Film and Media Screening Room D207 Director Jennie Livingston will present...
View ArticleStaff and Faculty Members Participate in Panel at CUNY Graduate Center
On November 13, Emma McClendon, assistant curator at The Museum at FIT, participated in a panel titled “From Fiber to Fashion, Style to Sustainability: New Visions for Denim,” with Francois Girbaud,...
View Article$10,000 Raised for Gladys Marcus Library
The Gladys Marcus Library at FIT has been given $10,000, thanks to the more than 6,000 people who attended the 2015 Designers & Books Fair, held October 2-4 in the John E. Reeves Great Hall. Held...
View ArticleExhibition: Fairy Tale Fashion
January 15–April 16, 2016 Special Exhibitions Gallery, The Museum at FIT The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (MFIT) presents Fairy Tale Fashion, a unique and imaginative exhibition that...
View ArticleCreative Technology Student Exhibition: #Type
January 26–February 6 Gallery FIT, The Museum at FIT The art of designing and using type as a means of communication can still elevate or destroy the aesthetics and function of a design—regardless of...
View ArticleExhibition: The Women of Harper’s Bazaar, 1936-1958
March 1–April 2 Gallery FIT, The Museum at FIT #WomenofBazaar Model Bijou Barrington on location in Arizona. Photography by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, color proof, featured in Harper’s Bazaar, January 1942....
View ArticleFashion Culture Book Signing: Fashion Lives: Fashion Icons With Fern Mallis
Photo by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. Tuesday, March 1, 6 pm Katie Murphy Amphitheatre Fern Mallis, creator of New York Fashion Week, will present her new book, Fashion Lives: Fashion Icons with Fern...
View ArticleFashion Culture Book Signing: Hijacking the Runway
Tuesday, March 8, 6 pm Katie Murphy Amphitheatre Wall Street Journal fashion reporter Teri Agins presents her new book, Hijacking the Runway: How Celebrities Are Stealing the Spotlight from Fashion...
View ArticleFashion Culture Panel Discussion: 21st-Century Denim
Junya Watanabe dress, repurposed denim, spring 2002, Japan, museum purchase. Photograph by William Palmer. Thursday, March 10, 6 pm Katie Murphy Amphitheatre Join Kara Nicholas, archivist at the...
View ArticleBook Signing: Diana Vreeland: The Modern Woman
Monday, March 7, 6:30 pm Katie Murphy Amphitheatre Join Alexander Vreeland, grandson of the legendary fashion editor Diana Vreeland, for a conversation with student curators of The Museum at FIT’s...
View ArticleFashion Culture Lecture: Fairy Tale Imagery
Alexander McQueen evening gown, silk, velvet, and bugle beads, fall 2007, In memory of Elizabeth Howe, Salem 1692 collection, England, museum purchase. Thursday, March 31, 6 pm John E. Reeves Great...
View ArticleFashion Culture Panel Discussion: Collaboration in Fashion
Chromat Spring/Summer 2016 collection, featuring model Alek Wek, by Andy Boyle. Wednesday, March 30, 6 pm Katie Murphy Amphitheatre Join fashion industry leaders Charlotte Cowles, senior features...
View ArticleFashion Culture Book Signing: Romaine Brooks: A Life
Thursday, April 7, 6 pm Katie Murphy Amphitheatre Art historian Cassandra Langer introduces her biography of expatriate American painter Romaine Brooks (1874–1970), titled Romaine Brooks: A Life....
View ArticleFashion Culture Book Signing: This Year’s Model: Fashion, Media, and the...
Tuesday, April 12, 6 pm Katie Murphy Amphitheatre Elizabeth Wissinger presents her book, This Year’s Model: Fashion, Media, and the Making of Glamour, an illustrated history of modeling and an...
View ArticleFashion Culture: Rag & Bone in Conversation With Emma McClendon
David Neville and Marcus Wainwright. Photo courtesy of rag & bone. Wednesday, April 13, 6 pm Katie Murphy Amphitheatre Join New York-based designers Marcus Wainwright and David Neville of rag &...
View ArticleFashion Culture Book Signing: True Style: The History & Principles of Classic...
Tuesday, April 19, 6 pm Katie Murphy Amphitheatre G. Bruce Boyer, men’s fashion editor and author of True Style: The History & Principles of Classic Menswear, will discuss contemporary men’s...
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