The Museum at FIT in November

THE LATEST NEWS PUBLIC PROGRAMSFashion Culture: Special Programs CURRENT EXHIBITIONSporting Life CURRENT EXHIBITION Daphne Guinness  UPCOMING EXHIBITION 'up river' - An Installation by Kingsley Parker  UPCOMING EXHIBITION The Great Designers: Part One  LINKS WE LIKEA world of fashion is on the web MUSEUM PUBLICATIONDaphne Guinness MUSEUM INFORMATION

THE LATEST NEWS ... What's Happening ...  ** Fashion Icons and Insiders** Our annual Fashion Symposium is this Thursday and Friday!!Speakers include Daphne Guinness, Glenda Bailey (of Harper's Bazaar), and Eric Wilson (of The New York Times), among many, many others. Walk-ins are welcome!! **You Have Only One Week** to see Sporting Life, an exhibition about the relationship between sports and fashion, as it closes Saturday, November 5th. ** Simon Doonan** is slated to speak on Thursday, November 8th. Details of that event, and our other fall Fashion Culture programs are listed below.

PUBLIC PROGRAMSFashion Culture: Special Programs Fashion Culture programs and events are free unless otherwise indicated, and are organized by The Museum at FIT to provide insightful and intriguing perspectives on the culture of fashion. Reservations are required. Space is limited. To RSVP for a program, Register Online Here Everyone loves Doonan! This not-to-be missed talk by the Creative Ambassador-at-Large for Barneys New York and CFDA Award-winning window designer is both a Fashion Culture event and an extension of the Fashion Icons and Insiders Symposium  Being an Icon ~ Simon Doonan  Tuesday, November 8, 6pm Wednesday, October 26, 10:30am (Jennifer Farley) Meet Stephan R. Rabimov, publisher and editor in chief of DEPESHA, a contemporary Russian expatriate culture magazine at the intersection of fashion, art, literature, and modernity. DEPESHA: Breaking the Stereotypes  Thursday, November 10, 6pm Fashion runway photographer Maria Chandoha Valentino discusses a career that has spanned more than two decades. Evolution of the Fashion Runways: A Photographer's ViewpointTuesday , November 17, 6pm

CURRENT EXHIBITIONSporting Life Left: Stephen Sprouse t-shirt and leggings, 1985, Gift of Stephen Sprouse, Inc. / Right: Raleigh/Giordana Sport man’s bicycling ensemble, 1985, Gift of Raleigh Cycle Co.  May 25 - November 5, 2011 Sporting Life explores the relationship between active sportswear and fashion from the mid-19th century through the present. Clothing for sporting activities has often influenced fashion—and vice versa. Sportswear manufacturers have been responsible for many innovations in performance apparel, even as they recognize that “fashionability” is an important factor. Indeed, much of today’s active sportswear is just as fashionable as it is functional. Visit the Special Exhibition Website

CURRENT EXHIBITION Daphne Guinness  Photo © René Hebermacher.  September 16, 2011 - January 7, 2012 Approximately 100 garments and accessories from the personal collection of Daphne Guinness are featured in this exhibition, along with clothes that she has designed herself, a selection of her vertiginous shoes, and her films, The Phenomenology of the Body and Mnemosyne. The exhibition is co-curated by Daphne Guinness and Valerie Steele. Read more here Daphne Guinness has been made possible in part through the generosity of LEVIEV Extraordinary Diamonds. Additional support was provided by M∙A∙C Cosmetics and The Couture Council.

UPCOMING EXHIBITION 'up river' - An Installation by Kingsley Parker  Kingsley Parker November 12 - December 10, 2011 Kingsley Parker, a multi-media artist, has been a full-time member of FIT’s Communication Design Department for the past 15 years and is the subject of this year's FIT Art and Design Faculty Exhibition 2011. 'up river' is, in many ways, a romance -- Professor Parker’s romance with the Hudson River which he has been intimately connected with since he and his family left Brooklyn to settle permanently in Hudson, NY. Commuting to New York along the river on an almost daily basis, Professor Parker -- whose body of work already reflected an interest in mapping and boats -- became enamored with the Hudson as an idea, as a resource, and as a thing of beauty. The sewn nautical chart is 61 linear feet long and is accompanied by small ‘vignettes’ (in 2 and 3 dimensions) depicting life, commerce, and activities on the river. The exhibition also includes prints and sculpture.

UPCOMING EXHIBITION The Great Designers: Part One  Thierry Mugler evening gown - Metallic silver lilac lamé, lilac satin - Circa 1987, France, Museum purchase.  November 29, 2011 - May 8, 2012 The Great Designers: Part One is the first of two upcoming exhibitions that will highlight masterpieces from the Museum’s permanent collection. More than fifty garments and accessories will be featured by designers from Alaïa to Zoran, including work by Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, Christian Dior, and Miuccia Prada. Full portraits of all exhibition objects can be found in the more than 500 full-color photographs included in a major Museum publication available from Taschen in spring 2012 (title still to be determined).

LINKS WE LIKEA world of fashion is on the web From Rags to Riches  Suzy Menkes of The New York Times ruffles a few feathers by claiming that the motive of fashion in museums is to make a few dollars. JPG: The man of the hour  Humberto Leon interviews Jean Paul Gaultier Press, press and more press  Our Daphne Guinness exhibition has had tons of visitors, and some of them wanted to write about us!  Eco Warning: synthetics and the washing machine  A recent study finds synthetic fibers released during washing machine cycles could contribute to microplastic pollution showing up on shorelines worldwide.  The Impossible Collection of Fashion  Valerie Steele's new book about the most iconic dresses of the twentieth century is utterly fabulous but impossibly priced. Oh boy, Iris Apfel has a few things to say! Fashionista re-printed a few humdingers from Iris Apfel's interview with The Telegraph. 10 Fashion Museums to Visit Before You Die  We are proud to have made #4 on this list!

MUSEUM PUBLICATIONDaphne Guinness Book Cover “She is one of the—if not the—most stylish women living,” says designer and film director Tom Ford, speaking of Daphne Guinness, the subject and co-author of this extraordinary book. From her platinum-and-black striped hair to her towering 10-inch heels, her to-die-for couture collection and amazing diamond jewelry, Daphne Guinness embodies the rarified, personal style of a true fashion icon. A designer, editor, model, muse, and stylist, Ms. Guinness is renowned for the way she uses fashion to transform herself. As her friend, the art historian John Richardson puts it: “She is the object of her own creativity. Her persona is her own masterpiece.” Karl Lagerfeld of Chanel, Valentino, Azzedine Alaïa, and the late Alexander McQueen are among the many great fashion designers whose spectacular garments form part of Daphne Guinness's personal collection of haute couture. But Ms. Guinness is far more than a great couture client, she is also an inspiration to designers because of her fearless personal style. In an extended interview with Valerie Steele, Daphne Guinness explains the origins and characteristics of her style. She also discusses her friendships and collaborations with other creative fashion personalities from the late Isabella Blow to the photographer Steven Klein and the jeweler Shaun Leane. Sumptuously illustrated with both high-fashion photographs and paparazzi shots, the book is a spectacular showcase for the world of Daphne Guinness. Available Oct 17, 2011 from Yale University Press

MUSEUM INFORMATION The Museum at FIT is dedicated to advancing knowledge of fashion through exhibitions, programs and publications. The Museum is open to the public free of charge, Tuesday - Friday, Noon - 8pm, and Saturday 10 am - 5pm. Located on the Southwest corner of Seventh Avenue at 27th Street in New York City, the museum can be reached by subway: 1, C, E, F, M, N, or R, and by bus: M20 and M23. Penn Station is close by at 31st Street for the Long Island Railroad, New Jersey Transit, and Amtrak. For more information, be sure to visit our website at www.fitnyc.edu/museum or phone our information line at 212-217-4558

The exhibitions and programs of The Museum at FIT are supported in part by the generosity of the members of the Couture Council

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