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Fashion Conversations
Talk and Tours
Workshops
Fashion Symposium
Cancellations
Locations
Internships
Fashion Culture Special Educational Programs
Fashion Culture programs are organized by The Museum at FIT to provide insightful and intriguing perspectives on the culture of fashion. Programs are FREE, unless otherwise indicated. Reservations are required for all events, as space is limited. To RSVP a program, call 212.217.4585 or email museuminfo@fitnyc.edu.
New this season, Fashion Conversations are informal, freewheeling interviews with Museum at FIT (MFIT) director Dr. Valerie Steele and special guests.
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Glenda Bailey in conversation with Valerie Steele Thursday, November 19, 6-8 pm Katie Murphy Amphitheatre, Fred P. Pomerantz Art and Design Center, first floor Glenda Bailey, the award winning editor in chief of Harper’s Bazaar, joins us for a conversation about her career in fashion publishing. Bailey took charge at Harper’s Bazaar in 2001 and has reinvented the magazine on her own terms. Its sales have risen ever since. |
Talk and Tours
Join museum curators for the popular Talk and Tour series. Tours begin in the museum lobby. Reservations required.
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American Beauty Tuesday, November 10, 11 am-noon--SOLD OUT Monday, November 16, 6-7 pm--SOLD OUT Special Exhibitions Gallery Join exhibition curator Patricia Mears for an illuminating tour of the MFIT special exhibition American Beauty. This exhibition highlights innovation and creativity in the fashion design traditions of the United States, and features the work of designers such as Claire McCardell, Halston, and Rodarte. |
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American Style Friday and Saturday, December 4 and 5, 9 am-5 pm Morris W. and Fannie B. Haft Auditorium, Marvin Feldman Center, second floor In conjunction with the exhibition American Beauty, the museum’s eighth annual fashion symposium will feature designers, authors, and curators from the United States, Latin America, and Canada who will discuss the many facets of American fashion and style. The work of important designers will be comprehensively addressed, as will other aspects of American style such as counterculture movements, like hip-hop, and the impact of American style abroad. Registration, schedule and speaker information here. Free to all students everywhere, thanks to the Coby Foundation. Also free to FIT faculty and staff. |
| Cross-Pollination: Fashion & Politics Online event Students from FIT and the Mexican school CENTRO will share their diverse skills and perspectives in order to help each other arrive at interpretations of the MFIT exhibition Fashion & Politics. The results of this online collaboration will be published on MFIT’s website in the Fashion Culture section. Organized in collaboration with the Mexican Cultural Institute of New York. |
The Museum at FIT and the college reserve the right to cancel a program at any time.
Locations
Unless otherwise indicated, check-in for all Talk and Tours is in the lobby of The Museum at FIT, in the Shirley Goodman Resource Center located at the southwest corner of Seventh Avenue and 27th Street. The Katie Murphy Amphitheatre is located in the Fred P. Pomerantz Art and Design Center on the northwest corner of Seventh Avenue and 27th Street.
The Museum at FIT offers internships to Graduate Students only.
Internship Information
