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The Museum at FIT’s Fashion Culture podcast provides new perspectives on the history, impact, and evolution of fashion.
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Wednesday Apr 17, 2019
Wednesday Apr 17, 2019
Dr. Bethan Bide presents “One Dress, Multiple Stories: Exploring Everyday Fashion Objects as Sites for Narrating Speculative Biographies” at The Museum at FIT's Fashion Unraveled Colloquium, held on Saturday, September 29, 2018. Inspired by the MFIT exhibition Fashion Unraveled and organized by MFIT and the Fashion Research Network, this one-day colloquium explored the concepts of memory, wear, and imperfection in fashion. Speakers focused on imperfect garments and the significance of dressing as a habitual, intimate, and ephemeral act.
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
Thursday Mar 28, 2019
Thursday Mar 28, 2019
As in Carrie, Fight Club, and Mean Girls, pink provides plot twists for the unwary. For Lisa in Coming to America and Elle in Legally Blonde, pink expresses self-knowledge, strength, maturity, and a rite of passage. Dr. Deborah Nadoolman Landis presents “Panavision in Pink: Deceptively Demure” at The Museum at FIT's 20th fashion symposium, Pink, held on Friday, October 19, 2018. This symposium explored the significance of the color pink in fashion, art, and culture.
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
Monday Mar 18, 2019
Monday Mar 18, 2019
Emma McClendon, associate curator of costume of The Museum at FIT, Elizabeth Way, assistant curator of costume, and Melissa Marra, associate curator of education, continue the discussion on the history of the museum and the exhibitions highlighted in Exhibitionism: 50 Years of The Museum at FIT.
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
Wednesday Feb 27, 2019
Wednesday Feb 27, 2019
Valerie Steele, director and chief curator of The Museum at FIT chats with Patricia Mears, deputy director, and Colleen Hill, curator of costume and accessories, about the history of the museum and the exhibitions highlighted in Exhibitionism: 50 Years of The Museum at FIT.
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
Thursday Feb 14, 2019
Thursday Feb 14, 2019
In conjunction with The Museum at FIT's past exhibition Black Fashion Designers, André Leon Talley sat down with fashion designers Mimi Plange and Tracy Reese for a lively discussion about how their family history and culture has impacted their work.
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
Wednesday Dec 19, 2018
Wednesday Dec 19, 2018
Tracy Reese and MFIT assistant curator Elizabeth Way engage in a lively discussion about Reese's career as a designer and creating colorful, feminine pieces for the modern woman.
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
Monday Nov 26, 2018
Monday Nov 26, 2018
On Tuesday, November 16, 2016, Eva Chen, head of fashion partnerships at Instagram along with Becca McCharen-Tran of Chromat and Tanya Taylor, discussed how Instagram became a critical fashion marketing channel, especially popular among professionals in the fashion industry.
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
Monday Nov 19, 2018
Monday Nov 19, 2018
On September 13, 2018, Dr. Valerie Steele, director and chief curator at The Museum at FIT, discussed her exhibition and book Pink: The History of a Punk, Pretty, Powerful Color.
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
Tuesday Oct 23, 2018
Tuesday Oct 23, 2018
On February 14, Jeffrey Banks, co-author of Norell: Master of American Fashion, Ellin Saltzman, former fashion director and senior vice president at firms such as Saks Fifth Avenue, Macy’s and Bergdorf Goodman, Stan Herman, designer and former president of the CFDA, and Ralph Rucci, couturier, artist and author, came together for a sparkling introduction to Norman Norell. This panel discussion was moderated by Patricia Mears, deputy director of The Museum at FIT.
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
Tuesday Oct 16, 2018
Tuesday Oct 16, 2018
Lucy Norris at The Museum at FIT's 16th fashion symposium, Proust’s Muse, held on Thursday, October 20, 2016. Researchers from the United States and Europe discussed the connections between fashion, patronage, literature, and the arts in turn of the century France.
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