The Museum at FIT in January

JANUARY EVENTS NEWSLETTER  THE LATEST NEWS PUBLIC PROGRAMS Fashion Culture: Special Programs CURRENT EXHIBITION Fashion, A-Z: Highlights from the Collection of the Museum at FIT, Part One  UPCOMING EXHIBITION Death to Pie Charts: Media Design Club at FIT UPCOMING EXHIBITIONIMPACT: 50 Years of Fashion from the CFDA UPCOMING EXHIBITION Youthquake! The 1960s Fashion Revolution LINKS WE LIKE A world of fashion is on the web MUSEUM PUBLICATIONDaphne Guinness MUSEUM INFORMATION

THE LATEST NEWS ... What's Happening ... ** Spring programs have sprung** MFIT's Fashion Culture programming is now on the calendar! See below for events in February but also be sure to check our website for the full spring line-up. **Reel Fashion** February's programming includes a collaborative fashion film series presented by the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) and The Museum at FIT (MFIT), in collaboration with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and with the support of the European television network ARTE. Visit our website, or see below, for more details. **Online Collections** The Museum at FIT is re-vamping its Online Collections. Later this spring, you'll be able to explore many new objects, browse hundreds of new photos, and enjoy a brand new look! We'll keep you posted in this newsletter when a exact launch date is known.

PUBLIC PROGRAMS Fashion 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 Talk and Tour : Fashion A–Z: Highlights from the Collection of The Museum at FIT  Follow exhibition co-curator Colleen Hill through the first of two consecutive exhibitions celebrating the museum’s collection of 20th and 21st-century fashion. Wednesday, February 15, 10:30am Reel Fashion: four documentary films on fashion. Director Loïc Prigent will personally introduce his three films (Feb 21, 22, & 23) and will participate in Q&A sessions following the screenings. To register for films at the FIAF venue, please visit their website at fiaf.org (fees may apply).  Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton (2007) ~ Director: Loïc Prigent Tuesday, February 21, 6pm, MFIT The Day Before: Fendi by Karl Lagerfeld (2009) ~ Director: Loïc Prigent Wednesday, February 22, 7pm, FIAF The Day Before: Proenza Schouler (2009) ~ Director: Loïc Prigent Thursday, February 23, 6pm, MFIT Et ELLE crea la femme (And ELLE Created Woman) (2006) ~ Director: David Teboul Wednesday, February 27, 7pm, FIAF Talk and Tour : Impact: 50 Years of the CFDA  Deputy director Patricia Mears will guide you through nearly 100 garments and accessories by CFDA members that were chosen for the extraordinary impact they have had on the development of American fashion during the last 50 years. Wednesday, February 29, 10:30am

CURRENT EXHIBITION Fashion, A-Z: Highlights from the Collection of the Museum at FIT, Part One  Thierry Mugler ensemble - Metallic silver lilac lamé, lilac satin - Circa 1987, France, Museum purchase.  November 29, 2011 - May 8, 2012 Fashion, A-Z: Highlights from the Collection of the Museum at FIT, Part One is the first of two exhibitions that highlight modern and contemporary pieces from the Museum’s permanent collection. More than fifty garments and accessories are featured by designers from Alaïa to Zoran, including work by Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, Christian Dior, and Miuccia Prada. Full portraits of all exhibition objects from the two exhibitions will be included in a companion publication by TASCHEN, forthcoming spring 2012.  Read more here.

UPCOMING EXHIBITION Death to Pie Charts: Media Design Club at FIT Margaux Le Pierres, Student Animation Project (2011), Digital Junky for Motion Infograph Project  January 28 - February 11, 2012 Death to Pie Charts examines the recent trends in the fields of information graphics, highlighting a selection of the best information graphics done by the members of the Media Design Club at FIT. This exhibition showcases information graphics in a variety of formats including animation, interactive, print, and physical constructions. Watch Digital Junky by Margaux Le Pierres, one of the many digital projects that will be shown in Death to Pie Charts . Digital Junky won FIT professor C. J. Yeh's Time-based Design Scholarship Competition 2011.

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONIMPACT: 50 Years of Fashion from the CFDA Thom Browne ensemble - Pheasant feather / wool suit with grey felted fur bowler hat - Autumn/Winter 2008-2009, USA - lent by Thom Browne . February 10 - April 17, 2012 Conceived by CFDA President Diane von Furstenberg and curated by Patricia Mears, deputy director of The Museum at FIT, IMPACT: 50 Years of Fashion from the CFDA will be an ode to the illustrious designs of the CFDA’s many members and will mark the organization’s fiftieth anniversary in 2012. The exhibition will include approximately 100 objects, both garments and accessories, by the CFDA’s most impactful creators of the last 50 years. Also included will be visual images and acknowledgement of the nearly 600 designers who have been members over the past five decades. Each living designer selected to participate in the exhibition is choosing a single object or ensemble that best represents his or her impact on the fashion world. A visually rich publication also entitled Impact, produced by the CFDA and published by Harry N. Abrams, will be the companion book to the exhibition. Read more here

UPCOMING EXHIBITION Youthquake! The 1960s Fashion Revolution Bob Dylan by Harry Gordon, paper, 1968, England, gift of Estelle Ellis.  March 6 - April 7, 2012 Youthquake! The 1960s Fashion Revolution will explore the dramatic impact of youth culture on fashion during the 1960s. More than thirty garments, accessories, videos, and other related media will be featured, including fashions by Yves Saint Laurent, André Courrèges, and Giorgio di Sant’Angelo. The epicenter of youth-generated style was London, where young shoppers flocked to boutiques opened by energetic, equally young designers. By comparing designs ranging from cutting-edge boutique and mass-market labels to high fashion ready-to-wear and couture, the exhibition will attest to the ascendance of youth as the driving force in fashion. This exhibition has been organized and curated by FIT graduate students of the Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practiceprogram. Read more here

LINKS WE LIKE A world of fashion is on the web A true fashion icon! Fashion Icon, an exhibit on display at Lyon's Fabric Museum (Musée des Tissus), features elaborate dresses made for the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus from the 12th to the 19th century. It's a Coco cat fight! The New York Times discusses the competing authors of three new books about Coco Chanel Yeohlee's Practical Magic MFIT's Couture Council take a field trip to Yeohlee's studio. Valerie Steele describes a "romance between the designer and fabric" and that these clothes that should be "worn to death." Happy Birthday Tina Leser The FIDM Museum celebrated the designer's birthday with a charming blog post. The Valentino virtual 3D museum One of the most anticipated media projects attempted by a design house goes live. And you thought Manolo's were expensive! Maison Roger Vivier acquires the world's most expensive shoe....their own! $26, 444 The Angry Birds dress ruffles some feathers The wife of a Rovio executive wore an Angry Birds dress to an event at the Finish Presidential Palace, taking branding to a whole new level. Vivienne Westwood has set her sights on the rainforest, with £1 million pounds! Never shy of making her political views known, Vivienne Westwood has reportedly invested an unbelievable £1 million into the rainforest charity Cool Earth.

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 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 at212-217-4558