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![Africa's Fashion Diaspora](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog3051202/afd_no_logo_4v7eym_300x300.jpg)
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Africa's Fashion Diaspora
5 days ago
5 days ago
The Museum at FIT's Associate Curator of Costume Elizabeth Way sits down with Digital Media Manager Tamsen Young to discuss Africa’s Fashion Diaspora. From past exhibitions to featured designers and objects, Way shares her inspiration and process for curating the exhibition. Together, they delve into the central themes of Africa’s Fashion Diaspora and introduce listeners to the exhibition’s world of diasporic crossings.
Africa’s Fashion Diaspora is on view from September 18 - December 29, 2024.
The Museum at FIT (MFIT) is the only museum dedicated exclusively to the art of fashion in New York City. https://www.fitnyc.edu/museum
Image: Mme. Willie Posey, two-piece rayon set in zebra and leopard print, c. 1970, USA, museum purchase
![Stylist Misa Hylton in Conversation with FIT's Elena Romero | Fashion Culture](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog3051202/fc-podcast-2024-misa-hylton-logo-1mb_w3jrfv_300x300.jpg)
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Leading celebrity stylist Misa Hylton joined FIT professor Elena Romero in conversation on November 17, 2022. Hylton is acclaimed for creating iconic looks such as the purple pastie-and-pantsuit ensemble worn by Lil’ Kim at MTV’s 1999 Video Music Awards and Beyoncé’s leather MCM bustier and trench coat worn in the 2018 “Apesh*t” music video. Hylton’s past clients include Mary J. Blige, 50 Cent, Missy Elliott, Faith Evans, and Kimora Lee Simmons. She is the founder of the Misa Hylton Fashion Academy, which offers education for creatives looking to build a successful career in the fashion world.
Watch the full video with captions on YouTube.
The Museum at FIT (MFIT) is the only museum dedicated exclusively to the art of fashion in New York City. https://www.fitnyc.edu/museum
Image courtesy of Misa Hylton.
![Stella Jean in Conversation with Dr. Valerie Steele | Fashion Culture](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog3051202/mfit-podcast-stella-jean-no-logo_vs5sze_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Stella Jean in Conversation with Dr. Valerie Steele | Fashion Culture
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Watch the full video with captions on YouTube.
The Museum at FIT (MFIT) is the only museum dedicated exclusively to the art of fashion in New York City. https://www.fitnyc.edu/museum
![Radio Cherry Bombe: A conversation about Food & Fashion with Kerry Diamond](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog3051202/fc-podcast-mfit-cherry-bombe-graphic_exj897_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Radio Cherry Bombe: A conversation about Food & Fashion with Kerry Diamond
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
In a special collaboration with Radio Cherry Bombe, host Kerry Diamond interviews Melissa Marra-Alvarez and Elizabeth Way, curators of The Museum at FIT exhibition Food & Fashion. Together, they discuss Elsa Schiaparelli’s lobster dress, Rachel Antonoff’s pasta puffer, this summer’s grocery girl trend, and more. This episode first launched on Radio Cherry Bombe’s podcast on September 18, 2023.
View transcript (PDF) | Learn more about Radio Cherry Bombe
The Museum at FIT (MFIT) is the only museum dedicated exclusively to the art of fashion in New York City. https://www.fitnyc.edu/museum
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![Gabriela Hearst in conversation with Valerie Steele | Fashion Culture](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog3051202/fashion-culture-hearst-2021-graphic-8bit_hiit34_300x300.png)
Friday Sep 01, 2023
Gabriela Hearst in conversation with Valerie Steele | Fashion Culture
Friday Sep 01, 2023
Friday Sep 01, 2023
Recorded in 2021, Uruguayan-born fashion designer Gabriela Hearst takes a stroll down memory lane with Dr. Valerie Steele as they discuss how growing up on the family ranch influenced Hearst’s designs as well as how she rolled out not one but three collections during the pandemic.
She is the winner of the 2016/2017 International Woolmark Prize for Womenswear, the 2020 CFDA American Womenswear Designer of the Year Award, and the recipient of the 2023 Couture Council Award for Artistry of Fashion.
(Recorded October 4, 2021)
Watch the full video with captions on YouTube.
The Museum at FIT (MFIT) is the only museum dedicated exclusively to the art of fashion in New York City. https://www.fitnyc.edu/museum
![Fashion is Spinach: The Life and Work of Elizabeth Hawes | Fashion Culture](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog3051202/fc-podcast-hawes-sized_diwby7_300x300.jpg)
Monday Jul 31, 2023
Fashion is Spinach: The Life and Work of Elizabeth Hawes | Fashion Culture
Monday Jul 31, 2023
Monday Jul 31, 2023
Elizabeth Hawes is known for her timeless fashion designs and her written critique of the fashion system, such as in her 1940 book Fashion is Spinach. In this conversation moderated by author and podcaster April Calahan, professors and fashion historians Lourdes Font (FIT) and Francesca Granata (The New School) discuss the importance of Hawes in American fashion. She was an American designer, author, labor organizer, and social critic whose ideas many praise to be decades before her time. Over the course of her career, Hawes questioned the division between menswear and womenswear, advocated for what we call today “slow fashion", designed elegant yet practical pieces, and sought to reform working conditions in the fashion industry.
(Recorded March 7, 2023)
Watch the full video with captions on YouTube.
The Museum at FIT (MFIT) is the only museum dedicated exclusively to the art of fashion in New York City. https://www.fitnyc.edu/museum
![Zandra Rhodes: 50 Fabulous Years in Fashion | Fashion Culture](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog3051202/Zandra_Rhodes_50_Years_in_Fashion_Podcast_Image_pjv7vp_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
Zandra Rhodes: 50 Fabulous Years in Fashion | Fashion Culture
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
Watch the full video with captions on YouTube.
The Museum at FIT (MFIT) is the only museum dedicated exclusively to the art of fashion in New York City. https://www.fitnyc.edu/museum
![Fashion Metropolis Berlin | Fashion Culture](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog3051202/berlin-social-graphic_copy6am1c_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
Fashion Metropolis Berlin | Fashion Culture
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
Berlin was a fashion capital in the 1920s, with hundreds of thriving clothing manufacturers, most of them Jewish, before it was destroyed by the Nazis. Author Uwe Westphal shares this history in a discussion with FIT historian Keren Ben-Horin and journalist Jennifer Altmann, whose grandfather ran one of Berlin’s fashion houses. Organized in collaboration with the Museum at Eldridge Street.
Watch the full video with captions on YouTube.
The Museum at FIT (MFIT) is the only museum dedicated exclusively to the art of fashion in New York City. https://www.fitnyc.edu/museum
![Lauren Fay in Conversation with Ronald van der Kemp | Fashion Culture](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog3051202/rvdk-social-graphic_copy5zozh_300x300.jpg)
Monday Mar 01, 2021
Lauren Fay in Conversation with Ronald van der Kemp | Fashion Culture
Monday Mar 01, 2021
Monday Mar 01, 2021
Couture designer Ronald van der Kemp and The New Fashion Initiative founder Lauren B. Fay discuss van der Kemp's career and his devotion to craftsmanship, upcycling and reducing waste in fashion.
Ronald van der Kemp is a Dutch fashion designer and founder of demi-couture fashion house RVDK, his namesake label, which shows at Paris Couture week and uses exclusively upcycled fabric. Lauren Fay has spent her career committed to improving sustainability, transparency and accountability in the fashion industry. The New Fashion Initiative (TNFI) was born out of a need to create a more collaborative and interdisciplinary approach to fashion and brings together brands, nonprofits and academics to educate future industry leaders.
Watch the full video with captions on YouTube.
The Museum at FIT (MFIT) is the only museum dedicated exclusively to the art of fashion in New York City. https://www.fitnyc.edu/museum
![Jeffrey Gibson and Korina Emmerich in Conversation | Fashion Culture](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog3051202/jeffrey-korina-social-graphic_300x300.jpg)
Monday Feb 01, 2021
Jeffrey Gibson and Korina Emmerich in Conversation | Fashion Culture
Monday Feb 01, 2021
Monday Feb 01, 2021
On November 5, 2022, Regan de Loggans (Mississippi Choctaw) moderated a conversation with Jeffrey Gibson and Korina Emmerich. Each discussed their experience working as Native Americans in creative industries, weaving in current issues of diversity and sustainability. Gibson is an award-winning Choctaw-Cherokee artist, whose work combines traditional Native American elements with contemporary references. Emmerich is the founder of EMME, a fashion brand, which reflects her indigenous heritage stemming from the Coast Salish territory, Puyallup tribe.
Watch the full video with captions on YouTube.
The Museum at FIT (MFIT) is the only museum dedicated exclusively to the art of fashion in New York City. https://www.fitnyc.edu/museum