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Gabriela Hearst sitting at a table at the Couture Council luncheon

Gabriela Hearst Honored at Couture Council Luncheon

September 11, 2023 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Events, Featured, Museum, Students, Top Stories

On September 6, at the David Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, The Museum at FIT (MFIT) held its annual Couture […]

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Elizabeth Hawes reclining

Revisiting the Life and Work of Elizabeth Hawes

March 17, 2023 Alex Joseph College & Campus, Museum, School of Graduate Studies, Top Stories

What does “Fashion Is Spinach” mean? For Elizabeth Hawes, the American fashion designer, celebrated author, activist, and social critic, it […]

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‘Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous’ Opens at The Museum at FIT

February 13, 2023 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Events, Featured, Museum

On Tuesday, February 7, The Museum at FIT (MFIT) held the opening reception for Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years […]

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Valerie Steele, Maria Grazia Chirui holding her award, Dr. Joyce Brown, and Samira Nasr

Couture Council Honors Dior’s Maria Grazia Chiuri at Annual Luncheon

September 12, 2022 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Events, Featured, FIT + Industry, Museum

On Wednesday, September 7, the Couture Council of The Museum at FIT (MFIT) honored Maria Grazia Chiuri, creative director of […]

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Couture Council Presents Artistry of Fashion Award to Wes Gordon

September 27, 2021 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Museum, Top Stories

On Wednesday, September 22, the Couture Council of The Museum at FIT hosted its annual luncheon, honoring Wes Gordon, creative […]

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installation view from Julia y Renata

Curating Her Own Career: Tanya Melendez-Escalante’s Exhibition in Mexico

February 4, 2021 Alexandra Mann Alumni, College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Museum, Top Stories

As senior curator of education and public programs at The Museum at FIT (MFIT), Tanya Melendez-Escalante, also a graduate of […]

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Marvel Storyboards

MFIT x Marvel x Teen Vogue

January 3, 2021 FIT Newsroom Featured, FIT + Industry, Museum, Newsroom Homepage Featured Story, Video

Have you checked out Marvel’s digital series Storyboards? In the series, Marvel chief creative officer Joe Quesada interviews different people […]

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Valerie Steele at home in front of her bookcases

MFIT’s Steele Discusses Fashion and the Pandemic with CBS This Morning

September 22, 2020 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Museum

Dr. Valerie Steele, director and chief curator of The Museum at FIT, appeared on CBS This Morning to discuss “Fashion […]

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Readers Wanted Collage Photo

Readers Wanted

August 10, 2020 FIT Newsroom Alumni, Faculty/Staff, Hue Feature, Museum, School of Art & Design, School of Liberal Arts

Shortlisted for the 2020 Women’s Prize for Fiction and a Good Morning America Book Club Pick, Dominicana (Flatiron Books, 2019) […]

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Treasures of Fashion exhibition

Q&A with Valerie Steele, guest curator of Treasures of Fashion at Kobe Fashion Museum

June 23, 2020 FIT Newsroom Faculty/Staff, Museum, Top Stories

“Curation is storytelling,” according to Valerie Steele, director and chief curator, The Museum at FIT (MFIT). Steele recently brought her […]

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Tue 26

Book Launch Event: Jane Austen’s Wardrobe, with Hilary Davidson

September 26 at 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Wed 27

Fashion Culture: Rodney Smith: A Leap of Faith

September 27 at 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Thu 28

Spotlight: Experts Talk [the Age of AI in] Writing and Speaking Pedagogy

September 28 at 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Thu 28

Globally Connected 2023: Meet Our New Faculty—Part 2

September 28 at 1:15 pm - 2:00 pm
Thu 28

Lawrence Israel Prize Lecture: Joel Sanders

September 28 at 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

THE MUSEUM AT FIT

dress made to look like a Hershey's chocolate barFood & Fashion on Display Through Nov. 26

The exhibition explores how food themes and motifs are used to comment on critical topics from luxury, gender, and consumerism to sustainability, social activism, and body politics. More details

FROM THE SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN BLOG

“ROPA PINTADA” BY DEBORAH KRUGER (FORM BASED ON TUNIC-LIKE HUIPIL FROM CHIAPAS AND GUATEMALA)
“Ropa Pintada,” by Deborah Kruger.

Flight Patterns

Internationally recognized artist and alumna Deborah Kruger credits FIT for the textile and design influences in her feathered works that will soon be touring across the U.S. Read more

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