Museum at FIT in December
DECEMBER 
AT THE MUSEUM
TREND-OLOGY IS NOW OPEN
Fashion trends change every season, with shifts in print, color, material, embellishment, and silhouette. Using approximately 100 objects from the museum's permanent collection,Trend-ologyexamines the vast array of sources from which trends emerge.
Join the conversation on Twitter with hashtag #trendology! Read more on our website.
HOLIDAY HOURS
Please note that the Museum will be closing early, at 5pm, on theTuesday, Dec 24 and Tuesday, Dec 31. We will also be closed on Dec 25 and Jan 1. For a full listing of our schedule, please visit our website.
A QUEER HISTORY OF FASHION SYMPOSIUM - VIDEOS AND PRESS
Our 13th annual symposium was both inspiring and fun! Over two days, 22 speakers including Fran Lebowitz, Reina Lewis, and Hal Rubenstein addressed LGBTQ identity throughout history. Check out some of the 5-minute videos we've posted to Youtube. More still to come!!
SPECIAL EVENT: TREND-OLOGY: FASHION TRENDS FROM PAISLEY TO HIP-HOP
Tuesday, January 21, 2014 | 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Asphalt Green Battery Park City
Join curators Ariele Elia and Emma McClendon as they offer a behind-the-scenes look at Trend-ology. Hear about 18th-century court dress, the rise of the couturier in 19th-century Paris, hip hop fashion, and more recent developments related to blogging, fast fashion and social-media networking. Learn more and register for this Battery Park event!
UPCOMING EXHIBITION: ELEGANCE IN AN AGE OF CRISIS: FASHIONS OF THE 1930S
Opening February 7, 2014, Elegance in an Age of Crisis: Fashions of the 1930s celebrates some of the most innovative and beautifully designed men's and women's fashions made in the 20th century. A forthcoming publication will accompany the exhibition, edited by exhibition curator Patricia Mears and published by Yale University Press.
Wedding dress, ecru silk, 1937, France, gift of Clifford Michel,75.139.1
GET SOCIAL
IMAGE OF THE MONTHLast month our most shared image was this voluminous folded top from the Givenchyspring/summer 2008 haute couture collection. To see more pieces from the house of Givenchy, check out ouronline collections.
FEATURED INTERVIEW | FRAN LEBOWITZ AND VALERIE STEELEValerie Steele: "What kind of etiquette advice would you give the audience?" Fran Lebowitz: "You know, I can't see them." Tack Mag has the full transcript online from the symposium for A Queer History of Fashion. This one is not to be missed!
FEATURED PRESS |
AFTER A QUEER FASHIONThis insightful review inPublic Books explores queer expression in not one, but two of our exhibitions: A Queer History of Fashionand RetroSpective. Links to more press on queer fashion can be found on our website.
// EXHIBITIONS
CURRENT | TREND-OLOGY
Trend-ology examines the vast array of sources from which fashion trends have developed over the past 250 years. Trends have emerged from high fashion runways and urban street style, but they have also derived from art, music, novels, and socio-political movements. Particular trends change every season, yet the phenomenon of the trend has come to define the modern fashion system itself. Runs through April 30, 2014. Read more on our website.
CURRENT | A QUEER HISTORY OF FASHION
Closes January 4, 2014! Don't miss your chance to see this groundbreaking exhibition! A Queer History of Fashion: From the Closet to the Catwalk seeks to explore the "gayness" or "queerness" of fashion by drawing attention to the historic presence of gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender, and other "queer" people in the fashion system. Curated by Fred Dennis and Valerie Steele, the exhibition features approximately 100 ensembles spanning more than a century of fashion.
Visit our online exhibition and Facebook page!
CURRENT | DREAMS LIVED, DREAMS SHATTERED
Dreams Lived, Dreams Shattered - MLK, JFK 50 Years Later is presented by the students and faculty of the MFA Illustration program at FIT. In this exhibition, students and faculty reflect on the 50th anniversary of two historic events in American history. Closes December 7th, 2013.
UPCOMING | ELEGANCE IN AN AGE OF CRISIS: FASHIONS OF THE 1930S
Despite a dire financial and political environment, the 1930s was a period of great stylistic achievement and technical innovation in design. In contrast to the preceding Edwardian era — in which stiff, structured clothes dominated high fashion — 1930s garments were softer, minimally ornamented, elegantly proportioned, and reflected the streamlined art moderne aesthetic. Opening February 7, 2014, Elegance in an Age of Crisis reveals the grand transformation that took place in women's and men's fashion.
Read more on our Upcoming Exhibitions page.
A WORLD OF FASHION ON THE WEB
Some fashion objects simply cannot be displayed.
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