Upcoming Exhibitions
 Thom Browne ensemble - Pheasant feather / wool suit with grey felted fur bowler hat - Autumn/Winter 2008-2009, USA - lent by Thom Browne. |
IMPACT: 50 Years of the CFDA Special Exhibitions Gallery February 10 - April 17, 2012 Conceived by CFDA President Diane von Furstenberg and curated by Patricia Mears, deputy director of The Museum at FIT, IMPACT: 50 Years of the CFDA will be an ode to the illustrious designs of the CFDA’s many members and will mark the organization’s fiftieth anniversary in 2012. The exhibition will include approximately 100 objects, both garments and accessories, by the CFDA’s most impactful creators of the last 50 years. Also included will be visual images and acknowledgement of the nearly 600 designers who have been members over the past five decades. Each living designer selected to participate in the exhibition is choosing a single object or ensemble that best represents his or her impact on the fashion world. A visually rich publication also entitled Impact, produced by the CFDA and published by Harry N. Abrams, is the companion book to the exhibition. |
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 Bob Dylan by Harry Gordon, paper, 1968, England, gift of Estelle Ellis. |
Youthquake! The 1960s Fashion Revolution Gallery FIT March 6 - April 7, 2012 Youthquake! The 1960s Fashion Revolution explores the dramatic impact of youth culture on fashion during the 1960s. More than thirty garments, accessories, videos, and other related media are featured, including fashions by Yves Saint Laurent, André Courrèges, and Giorgio di Sant’Angelo. The epicenter of youth-generated style was London, where young shoppers flocked to boutiques opened by energetic, equally young designers. On display is a slim-cut, brightly-colored man’s shirt by pioneering British designer John Stephen. A metallic copper mini-dress represents New York’s trendsetting Paraphernalia boutique, which sold work by both London designers and talented young Americans, including Betsey Johnson. The influence of music on 1960s fashion is represented by a paper dress stamped with Bob Dylan’s image and a pair of Wing Dings shoes featuring a Beatles motif. The paper dress also exemplifies the literal disposability of the era’s fashions. Regardless of which youth group was redefining fashion at the moment—the early 1960s Mods or the Hippies later in the decade—its styles were quickly appropriated by mass marketers and couturiers alike. By comparing designs ranging from cutting-edge boutique and mass-market labels to high fashion ready-to-wear and couture, the exhibition attests to the ascendance of youth as the driving force in fashion. Youthquake! The 1960s Fashion Revolution has been organized and curated by FIT graduate students of the Fashion and Textiles: History, Theory, Museum Practice program in conjunction with the Museum at FIT. |
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