The Museum at FIT in April
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THE LATEST NEWS
PUBLIC PROGRAMS
Fashion Culture: Special Programs
CURRENT EXHIBITION
Youthquake! The 1960s Fashion Revolution
CURRENT EXHIBITION
IMPACT: 50 Years of the CFDA
CURRENT EXHIBITION
Fashion, A-Z: Highlights from the Collection of the Museum at FIT, Part One
UPCOMING EXHIBITION
Art & Design Graduating Student Exhibition 2012
UPCOMING EXHIBITION
Fashion, A-Z: Highlights from the Collection of the Museum at FIT, Part Two
LINKS WE LIKE
A world of fashion is on the web
MUSEUM PUBLICATION
IMPACT - 50 Years of the CFDA
MUSEUM INFORMATION
THE LATEST NEWS
Franca Sozzani.
... What's Happening ...
**Get Down Here Soon!** Two exhibitions close this month.Youthquake closes on April 7th and IMPACT: 50 Years of the CFDAcloses April 17th.
**CFDA Timeline** For the IMPACT exhibition, the CFDA created aspecial interactive timeline. The timeline can also be viewed as a slideshow or searched via the A-Z directory.
**Franca Sozzani at The Museum at FIT** We've just added this exciting new Fashion Culture event to our May calendar. You won't want to miss it! See below for more details.
**Do You Pin?** We do! We're now on Pinterest and hope you'll stop by to take a look at our inspirational boards! We've got loads of fashion history boards organized by centuries, decades and designers, as well as boards on fashion illustration, style icons, techniques, fashion photography, and much more.
**Valerie Steele discusses Is Fashion Art** Valerie is visiting St. Louis, MO April 13-14 to present a talk at the Fashion Lab and to be honored at the Craft Alliance's ARTrageous Baubles Ball.
**Online Collections** The Museum at FIT is re-vamping its Online Collections. In May, 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 an 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
Lecture: The CFDA at 50: The Presidents Speak ~ Stan Herman
The CFDA became a leader in benefiting education and fighting AIDS during Stan Herman’s 16-year presidency. Herman popularized the designer uniform, with a list of corporate clients that includes FedEx and JetBlue.
Tuesday, April 10, 6pm
Almodóvar and Fashion : Davidelfin and Paul Julian Smith
Join renowned Spanish designer Davidelfin and CUNY professor Paul Julian Smith as they discuss fashion in the films of Pedro Almodóvar.
Thursday, April 26, 6pm
Franca Sozzani at The Museum at FIT
Join legendary Franca Sozzani, the Editorial Director of Condé Nast Italy and editor-in-chief of Vogue Italia,l'Uomo Vogue, and Vogue Gioiello for a discussion about her impressive career.
Friday, May 4, 6pm
CURRENT EXHIBITION
Youthquake! The 1960s Fashion Revolution
Bob Dylan by Harry Gordon, paper, 1968, England, gift of Estelle Ellis.
Closes April 7, 2012
Youthquake! The 1960s Fashion Revolution explores the dramatic impact of youth culture on fashion during the 1960s. More than thirty garments, accessories, videos, and other related media are 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 attests 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.
Visit the exhibition website
CURRENT EXHIBITION
IMPACT: 50 Years of the CFDA
Thom Browne ensemble - Pheasant feather / wool suit with grey felted fur bowler hat - Autumn/Winter 2008-2009, USA - lent by Thom Browne .
Closes 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 the CFDA is an ode to the illustrious designs of the CFDA’s many members and marks the organization’s fiftieth anniversary in 2012. The exhibition includes approximately 100 objects, both garments and accessories, by the CFDA’s most impactful creators of the last 50 years. Also included are 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 has chosen 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, is the companion book to the exhibition.
Read more here
Visit the CFDA Timeline
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 fall 2012.
Read more here.
UPCOMING EXHIBITION
Art & Design Graduating Student Exhibition 2012
May 9 - 22, 2012
This show presents the work of more than 800 students receiving AAS and BFA degrees from the School of Art & Design and is on view throughout the main floors of the Marvin Feldman Center, the Fred P. Pomerantz Art and Design Center, the Shirley Goodman Resource Center, and the John E. Reeves Great Hall.
The exhibition features work in seventeen areas of study - Accessories Design, Advertising Design, Communication Design, Computer Animation & Interactive Media, Fabric Styling, Fashion Design, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Illustration, Interior Design, Jewelry Design, Menswear, Packaging Design, Photography, Textile/Surface Design, Toy Design, and Visual Presentation & Exhibition Design.
The art selected is the culmination of each student’s unique experience in the Fashion Institute of Technology’s diverse, challenging, and demanding undergraduate Art & Design programs. Featuring juried, award winning, and thesis projects, this presentation is the manifestation of several years of research, experimentation, critical thinking, and artistic proficiency.
The Graduating Student Exhibition advances the College’s applied philosophy that integrates practice in industry with theory and teaching inside the studio.
UPCOMING EXHIBITION
Fashion, A-Z: Highlights from the Collection of the Museum at FIT, Part Two
Alexander McQueen, dress in silk satin and chiffon with photo digital print, spring 2010, England, museum purchase.
May 23 - November 10, 2012
Fashion, A-Z: Highlights from the Collection of the Museum at FIT, Part Two is the second of two exhibitions that highlight modern and contemporary pieces from the Museum’s permanent collection. More than sixty garments and accessories are featured by designers from Adrian to Zoran, including work by Charles James, Ralph Lauren, and Diane von Furstenberg. Full portraits of all exhibition objects from the two exhibitions will be included in a companion publication by TASCHEN, forthcoming fall 2012.
Read more here.
LINKS WE LIKE
A world of fashion is on the web
Mr. Fish
Throughout the run of Youthquake, MFIT's Facebook page has been lent a helping hand from graduate student Anna Yanofsky with her posts related to the exhibition. This video on men's fashions by Mr. Fish is a hoot.
At auction
Start saving your pennies!! Daphne Guinness is selling off some of her wardrobe for the Isabella Blow Foundation. Mark it: June 27th.
The Reductionist
FIT's Hue Magazine interviews Francisco Costa of Calvin Klein, just one of several articles in the Spring 2012 issue.
The Lively Morgue
This new site by the New York Times publishes selections from the newspaper's physical photography archive, like this shot of one of the 1960's biggest fashion fads: the paper dress!
Betsey Johnson Interview
Betsey Johnson was one of the main forces behind the Youthquake Fashion Revolution of the 1960s. She granted MFIT an exclusive interview full of her recollections of the time. Her fun, energetic memories make for an excellent read!
Isabel Toledo Writes a Book
The New Yorker's Judith Thurman talks about Ms Toledo's new memoir.
CHANEL's Little Black Jacket
The making of Karl Lagerfeld's latest book (with Carine Roitfeld) is captured in this short video.
Everything You Know About Corsets Is False
What Valerie Steele taught us about the corset is covered in this piece by the online magazine Jezebel.com
MUSEUM PUBLICATION
IMPACT - 50 Years of the CFDA
Book Cover
IMPACT is the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, exploring the influence of the careers of America’s most influential designers over the last five decades. Anchored by Patricia Mears’s illuminating essay on the history of the CFDA, this book incorporates over 300 personal Impact statements from the most important names in American fashion, including Marc Jacobs, Alexander Wang, Ralph Lauren, Proenza Schouler, and Donna Karan. Illustrated with many never-before-seen images, this is the ultimate American fashion who’s who and a celebration of this important fashion organization. Accompanied by elegant images of these career-changing moments, this book is the definitive word on the voice of American fashion.
About the authors
Cathy Horyn is an American fashion journalist who works as a critic for the New York Times, where she also keeps a highly noted and provocative blog called On The Runway. Diane von Furstenberg is an internationally renowned designer and current president of the CFDA. Patricia Mears is deputy director at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology and is the curator of the 2012 IMPACTexhibit that accompanies the publication of the book.
Available from
Abrams
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,
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