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The Couture Council

Couture Council To Honor Oscar de la Renta

The Couture Council of The Museum at FIT will honor Oscar de la Renta with their 2012 Couture Council Award for Artistry of Fashion on Wednesday September 12, 2012 at a benefit luncheon at David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, New York City. Read more here.


Mission Statement:


The Couture Council is a membership group dedicated to supporting The Museum at FIT, a specialized museum of fashion.  The Couture Council helps make it possible for the Museum to mount world-class exhibitions of fashion, to acquire important objects for its permanent collection, and to organize public programs, such as the annual fashion symposium.  The Couture Council accomplishes these goals through collecting membership dues and by organizing fundraising events such as the annual Couture Council Awards Luncheon, which presents a chosen designer with the Couture Council Award for Artistry of Fashion.

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evening dress by Rucci
Oscar de la Renta by Peter Bregg

Membership:

Download Membership form here

A  Couture Council Annual Membership is $1,000 per individual or couple, or $350 for Young Associates (under the age of 35). Membership is tax deductible to the extent provided by law. Please make checks payable to the Educational Foundation for the Fashion Industries. Mail checks to The Museum at FIT, attention: Couture Council, Seventh Avenue at 27th Street, Director's Office, Room E304, New York City 10001-5992.

Benefits:


Members of the Couture Council receive invitations to at least five special events a year, including behind-the-scenes tours of the Museum's collection and exhibitions, opening receptions, and visits to the ateliers of fashion designers in New York. Couture Council members are also the first to receive notice of the annual Couture Council Awards Ceremony and benefit luncheon.

In addition, you will receive the following special membership benefits:

  • Complementary admittance for two to all paid Museum educational programs, including the annual fashion symposium, which includes an invitation to meet the speakers at a cocktail reception a the home of Valerie Steele, Director and Chief Curator, The Museum at FIT
  • Acknowledgments in FIT's annual report, in the exhibition galleries and brochures, and on the FIT website
  • Exclusive opportunities to meet other patrons of the fashion arts


Board of Directors

Chair
Elizabeth T. Peek
     
President
Yaz Hernández 
     
Secretary
Celia Hegyi 
     
Treasurer
Ann Goldrach 

Board Members
 Joele Frank  Celia Hegyi
 Charlotte Moss
 Laura Lofaro Freeman  Eleanora Kennedy  Peter G. Scotese
 Michèle Gerber Klein  Alexander Lebenthal  Jean Shafiroff
 Anne Goldrach  Kamie Lightburn
 Jieun Wax
 Michelle Violy Harper  Doris P. Meister  Sarah G. Wolfe


Members of the Couture Council 2010-2011

Valerie Steele, Director MFIT
Farhana Ahmed
Michael Angelo
Georgianna Appignani
Elizabeth M. Armstrong
Gale H. Arnold
Gretchen Bataille
Fabiola Beracasa
Cece Black
Kimberly Kassel and Mr. Peter Block
Robin Burns
Alyson Cafiero
Andrea Cairone
Danielle Augusta Cannon
Bonnie Cantor
Lindsay Carprioni
Susan Casden
Deborah Chatman
Angela Chen
Maureen Clancy
Suzi K. Cordish
Olivia Corwin
Kendra Daniel
Christina R. Davis
Ria Davis
Heidi Dillon
Dana Dramov
John Dunn
Carla L. Edwards
Frank Exposito
Fe Saracino Fendi
Linda Fischbach
Caren Forbes
Joele Frank
Amanda S. Fuhrman
Michèle Gerber Klein
Anne S. Goldrach
Carl Goldstein
Jody Grass
Michelle Lin Greenip
Agnes Gund
Susan Gutfreund
Raymond Hakimi
Renee Harbers
Michelle Harper
Celia Hegyi
Yaz Hernández
Marlene Hess
Kim Hicks
Evelyn Blose Holman
Joan Hornig
Katy Howard
Chiu-Ti Jansen
Pamela J. Joyner
Gemma Kahng
Mariana Kaufman
Rod Keenan
Eleanora Kennedy
Pat Kerr
Marci Kessler
Karen Klopp
Princess Khaliya Aga Khan
Monique Knowlton
Anne Koch
Kristina Kovalenko
Linda Lloyd Lambert
Laura Layfer
Alexandra Lebenthal
Hadley Lehrman
Lauren B. Leichtman
Elizabeth and Reynold Levy
Kamie Lightburn
Judy Lockhart
Nancy Jane Loewy
Laura Lofaro Freeman
Michael and Karen Lynch
Christine Mace
Julie L. Macklowe
Tarik Malak
Lisa Malitz
Sarah Mandato
Gwen Marder
Doris P. Meister
Caroline Rennolds Milbank
Charlotte Moss
Marina Mugrace
Rita Nakouzi
Lorry Newhouse
Alexandra Pappas
Barbara J. Parsky
Elizabeth T. Peek
Katie Peek
Heidi Pelczar
Christa Percopo
Lisa Perry
Rosemary Ponzo
Nancy Raquet
Marcus V. Ribeiro
Helen Rockefeller Armide
Alexa Rodulfo
Felix and Elizabeth Rohatyn
Anita Roselle
Marjorie G. Rosen
Vivian Ruggiero
Julie Sabatino
Austin L. Scarlett
Pam B. Schafler
Pamela Grunder Scheiffer
Caroline Scheinfeld
Jane Scheinfeld
June Schorr
B.Z. Schwartz
Peter Scotese
Patricia Selden
Jean Shafiroff
Marcia Sherrill
Patricia Shiah
Seren Shvo
Michelle Smith
Elaine Sourlis
Austin Spivey
Joan S. Steinberg
Randall Ian Stempler
Elaine Stone
Selly Straight
Sarah Sulzberger Perpich
Christine Suppes
Susan Tabak
Lizzie Tisch
Barbara Tober
Ruben and Isabel Toledo
Jesus Torres
Nancy Vignola
Clair Watson
Jieun Wax
Pam Crowe Weisberg
Sarah Wolfe
Terry Wood-Lavine
Beverly Yunich
Alexis Zambrano

Highlights from Previous Special Events
  • Invitation to the annual Couture Council Artistry of Fashion benefit luncheon. Ralph Rucci (2006), Alber Elbaz of Lanvin (2007), Isabel Toledo (2008), and Dries Van Noten (2009). Venues have included Brasserie 8 ½, The Rainbow Room, and Cipriani.
  • Private visits to the ateliers of fashion designers such as Isabel Toledo and her husband, fashion illustrator Ruben Toledo, Ralph Rucci, Zac Posen, Angel Sanchez, Chadwick Bell, and Prabal Gurung.