Museum at FIT in January
JANUARY 
AT THE MUSEUM
A QUEER HISTORY OF FASHION - SYMPOSIUM VIDEOS NOW ONLINE
Did you miss our 13th annual symposium? We now have 5-minute videos of all our speakers on YouTube! Revisit some of our favorite moments from the 2-day symposium. Our YouTubeplaylist lists all speakers in order of appearance. The full-length video is available for checkout at the Gladys Marcus Library at FIT.
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 registerfor this Battery Park event!
SPECIAL EVENT: IN CONVERSATION: TIM GUNN AND VALERIE STEELE AT BROOKLYN MUSEUM
Thursday, January 30, 2014 | 7:00 pm
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor
Brooklyn Museum
Get a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the fashion world with Valerie Steele, Director of The Museum at FIT, and Tim Gunn, fashion mentor and co-host of television show Project Runway. For more information, visit the event page and register for this event at Brooklyn Museum!
// PUBLIC PROGRAMS
BRANDING A CITY: BARCELONA AND FASHION
Tuesday, February 11 | 6:00 pm
Fashion brands can project the character and values of a city, so much so that, in a sense, fashion can become a city's ambassador to the world. Please join media expert Gema Requena and a representative from Desigual for a lively discussion of how fashion can "brand" a locale, with particular attention paid to how fashion has bolstered the image of Barcelona, Spain, as a fashion-oriented metropolis. Register here.
TALK AND TOURS | TREND-OLOGY
Wednesday, February 19 | 10:30 am
Join Ariele Elia for a guided tour of the Trend-ology exhibition.Register here.
DRESSING DIVINELY: 1930S HOLLYWOOD COSTUME/COUTURE
Wednesday, February 26 | 6:00 pm
Join Scott F. Stoddart, dean of FIT's School of Liberal Arts and author of Analyzing Mad Men, as he examines the lives and the creations of Hollywood costume designers of the 1930s. Stoddart's analysis reveals the close connection between the elegance created on screen by designers such as Adrian, Edith Head, and Muriel King, and the desires of the American middle class. Register here.
TALK AND TOURS | ELEGANCE IN THE AGE OF CRISIS: FASHIONS OF THE 1930S
Monday, February 24 | 6:00 pm
Join G. Bruce Boyer for a guided tour of the exhibition Elegance in the Age of Crisis: Fashions of the 1930s. Register here.
GET SOCIAL
OBJECT OF THE MONTHOur most shared object last month was this brocadedevening dress by Callot Souers, which recalls the draping of an Indian sari and the glazed surface of Chinese lacquer. Check out our online collections to see more from the Callot sisters.
IVY STYLE IN JAPANPatricia Mears, Deputy Director of the Museum at FIT, recently traveled to Japan to mount the exhibition Ivy Style. You can now read all about her travels, and find out why Japan is her favorite fashion destination in the world! If you missed Ivy Style at MFIT in 2012, check out the online exhibition.
FEATURED PRESS |
FROM CLOSET TO CATWALK: QUEERING FASHION HISTORYBroad Recognition has coverage of Valerie Steele's talk at Yale on A Queer History of Fashion. Steele "establishes the non-linear fluidity of historical influences between the queer community, individuals, and fashion." 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. Visit our special exhibition website!
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 the exhibition page.
UPCOMING | BEYOND REBELLION: FASHIONING THE BIKER JACKET
Beyond Rebellion: Fashioning the Biker Jacket examines high fashion interpretations of the black leather motorcycle jacket. Organized by graduate students in FIT's Fashion and Textile Studies program, the exhibition explores the many forms this utilitarian garment has taken, from countercultural wardrobe staple to avant-garde statement piece. The exhibition features garments from labels such as Comme des Garçons, Jean Paul Gaultier, Rick Owens, and Gianni Versace, emphasizing the biker jacket's continuing influence on high fashion. The exhibition opens on March 4, 2014.
Read more on our website.
The actor is subjected to the unflinching gaze of five fierce female artists-and comes out shining.
Paul Hiebert talks with the Valerie Steele about the groundbreaking exhibition.
Catching up with the blogging ingenue, now 17 and almost off to college.
When tight jeans became a fashion trend, it meant trouble for the company that makes the paper for our money.
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