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The Couture Council

The Couture Council of The Museum at FIT honored Narciso Rodriguez with its 2018 Couture Council Award for Artistry of Fashion on Wednesday, September 5, 2018, at a luncheon at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center in New York City. Learn more about Narciso Rodriguez.

Great Designers Event Featuring Fashions By Lee Alexander McQueen

About:

The Couture Council is an elite membership group that supports The Museum at FIT. The Couture Council helps make it possible for the museum to mount world-class exhibitions that educate and inspire, to build and conserve its extraordinary permanent collection, and to organize free public programs that serve FIT’s 10,000 students as well as the general public. 

The Couture Council, working in conjunction with the museum, organizes activities and events to raise the institution’s profile and provide financial support for the museum’s initiatives. The most important of these events is the Couture Council’s award ceremony and benefit luncheon. Designers who have received the Couture Council Award for Artistry of Fashion include Karl Lagerfeld, Valentino, and the late Oscar de la Renta.
Illustration by Narciso Rodriguez
Illustration by Narciso Rodriguez
See photos of Couture Council events on Flickr.

Join the Couture Council:

Members of the Couture Council are invited to all of the museum’s opening receptions and other special member-only fashion events. 

The Couture Council is pleased to offer the following new membership levels:

  • Couture Membership - $1000
  • Fashion Icon Membership - $2500
  • Fashionista Membership - $350
  • Fashion Professional Membership - $350
Learn about the Couture Council's membership levels and benefits. 
Join or renew online via our secure website using your credit card.


Board of Directors

Chair
Kamie Lightburn
President
Julie Macklowe
Secretary
Carole Divet Harting
Treasurer
Jeffery Fowler



Past Chairman

 Yaz Hernández
  Liz Peek



Board Members

 Angela Dotson
 Joele Frank
 Violet Gross
 Audrey Gruss
 Sharon Jacob
 Eleanora Kennedy
 Lisa Klein
 Michèle Gerber Klein
 Stephanie Loeffler 
 Julie Macklowe
 Lara Meiland-Shaw
 Melissa Mithoff
 Elizabeth Musmanno
 Laura Nicklas
 Amelia Ogunlesi
 Karen Phillips
 Kathy Prounis
 Kathy Reilly
 Darcy Rigas
 Lois Robbins
 Emilie Rubinfeld
Peter G. Scotese
Jean Shafiroff
Sutton Stracke
Nicole Weiss

 

Valerie Steele, Director MFIT

 

Couture Council Members SEPTEMBER 2018

Mona Aboelnaga
Gwendolyn Adolph
Tom Ajamie
Loreen Arbus
William and Elisabeth Armstrong
Virginia N. Barbato
Caroline Berti
Paige Boller
Jane L. Bradbury
Sarah Bromley
Noreen Buckfire
Alyson Cafiero
Lindsay Caprioni
Liza-Mae Carlin
Maroulla Carr
Deborah Chatman
Katy Chen
David Chines
Anne Clairmont
Suzanne Chute
Robyn & Tony Coles
Christina R. Davis
Kate Davis
Mary E. Davis 
Marisol Deluna
Karen Eckhoff
Pamela Egan
Darice Fadeyi


Kristen Farell
Marcy Feldman
Maria Fishel
Martha Kramer Fox
Ann Gallo
Melissa Gottesman
Annette Green
Manuela Zissler Grenert
Victoria Guranowski
Kaya Hall
Celia Hegyi
Kate V. Hemphill
Danielle Hirsch
Barbara Garjian Hiscoe
Justin Holder
Dr. Evelyn Blose Holman
Heidi Holterbosch
Leslie B. Hull
Sharon Coplan Hurowitz
Caroline Hyman
John Jones
Robyn Joseph
Claire Simier Karsevar
Erica Kasel
Ron Keenan
Gordon Kendall
Adnan Ege Kutay 
Laura Layfer



Lauren Levison
Anaje Lewis
Carole Lewis
Yvonne Lynam
Caroline Mackenzie
Shirley Madhere-Weil
Lisa Malitz
Nadira Mangar
Meredith Marks
Jacqueline Martin
Paolo Martorano
Asante Mills
Iva Mills
Adrienne Montes
Charlotte Moss
Clemence von Mueffling
Barbara J. Parsky
Cristiane Peixoto
Marissa Penberg
Sarah Sulzberger Perpich
Elizabeth Petersen
Katherine Phelps
Donna Poyiadjis
Barbara Putnam
Pedro Juan Ramirez
Ines Ramon
Lauren and Randall Shy
Lauren Rantz






Hannah Rokes 
Georgia Rothenberg
Sydney Sadick
Nicole Salmasi
Pam B. Schafler
Barbara Cirkva Schumacher
Patricia Selden
Patricia Shatz 
Alicynne Sher
Marie Smart
Cally Stavropoulos
Randall Ian Stempler
Debbie Stevenson
Kelly Sullivan
Esther Tadjiev
Allyson Tang
Nora Tezanos
Salvatore Tramuto
Rebecca Vanyo
Lauren S. Veronis
Olga Votis
Ashley Weaver
Ashley Wein
Carol Weisman
Graham Wetzbanger
Nina Whitman
Sarah Wolfe
Yliana Yepez
Frank Zambrelli
Garine Zerounian
 

Highlights from Previous Special Events
  • Invitation to the annual Couture Council Artistry of Fashion benefit luncheon. Past awardees: Ralph Rucci (2006), Alber Elbaz of Lanvin (2007), Isabel Toledo (2008), Dries Van Noten (2009), Karl Lagerfeld (2010), Valentino (2011), Oscar de la Renta (2012), Michael Kors (2013), Carolina Herrera (2014), Manolo Blahnik (2015),  Albert Kriemler (2016), and Thom Browne (2017).
  • 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, Prabal Gurung, J. Mendel, Francisco Costa of Calvin Klein, Reem Acra, Bibhu Mohapatra, Lafayette 148 and NYC Ballet Costume Shop.
  • Store events with Calvin Klein, Verdura, Tiffany, Reed Krakoff, the FD Gallery, and Mish New York.
  • Lectures with Michael Kors, Zac Posen and Ruben and Isabel Toledo at the Doubles Club.
  • Cocktails and Conversation with Peter Copping of Oscar de la Renta at the Core Club.
  • Cocktails and Conversation with designers Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez of Proenza Schouler and Dr. Valerie Steele, Director, The Museum at FIT at the Proenza Schouler Boutique.
  • Tea and Conversation with renowned hat designer Patricia Underwood.
  • NYC Ballet Costume Shop Tour.
  • Cocktails and Couture with Bibhu Mohapatra at the Core Club.
  • Cartier Mansion Tour.
  • Cocktails and Conversation with Jason Wu.
  • Great Designers event featuring fashions by Lee Alexander McQueen.
Proenza Schouler with Valerie Steele
Photo by Brian Ach/Getty Images for The Museum at FIT

 

 

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