Fashion Culture programs are organized by The Museum at FIT to provide new perspectives
on the culture of fashion.
All programs will premiere on YouTube at 6 PM on the designated day.
Please scroll down to register for the programs below.
All our online programs are offered FREE of cost to the public.
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Robert Fairer and John Matheson in conversation with Tanya Melendez-Escalante
Alexander McQueen’s spectacular shows were full of extraordinary moments and people.
Author and photographer Robert Fairer will discuss his stunning, high-energy photographs
of McQueen’s runway shows. Fairer, who was Vogue's backstage fashion photographer for more than a decade, was an integral part of
the whirl of activity behind the scenes. In Alexander McQueen: Unseen, Fairer's images, which capture both the glamour and the grit, represent a new genre
of fashion photography and are a treasure trove of inspiration.
Robert Fairer joins writer and consultant John Matheson (of Instagram's @McQueen_Vault)
in a talk moderated by MFIT’s senior curator of education Tanya Melendez-Escalante.
Ninomiya, photograph courtesy Comme des Garçons.
Friday, April 30, 2021
10 am - noon EDT
Online Program
This virtual event will be The Museum at FIT’s 24th academic symposium. Ravishing: The Rose in Fashion explores how the beauty, mythology, and symbolism of the rose have long influenced fashionable dress. Rose: it's a flower, a color, and a scent. It's in fairy tales and design. This flower has become integral to art and culture.
Speakers include Amy de la Haye, professor at London College of Fashion and cocurator of the exhibition; Jonathan Faiers, professor of Fashion Thinking at Winchester School of Art; Colleen Hill, curator at MFIT and cocurator of the exhibition; Mairi MacKenzie, research fellow at Glasgow School of Art; and Elizabeth Way, assistant curator at MFIT. The symposium is organized in conjunction with the book and exhibition Ravishing: The Rose in Fashion, which will open in 2021.
Join us for Q&A during the YouTube premieres of these pre-recorded events.