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Tag: Black Fashion Designers

FIT Authors Talks: Elizabeth Way on Black Designers in American Fashion

April 7, 2022 Laura Hatmaker

Elizabeth Way, associate curator at The Museum at FIT, presents on her book, Black Designers in American Fashion. Q&A to […]

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Fashion Culture Online Event: Black Designers in American Fashion: From Enslaved Makers to Streetwear 

September 3, 2021 Laura Hatmaker

Katie Knowles, Darnell Jamal Lisby, Kristen E. Stewart, and Elizabeth Way Join MFIT Assistant Curator Elizabeth Way, editor of the […]

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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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Spotlighting a Barrier-Busting Designer

February 5, 2020 Jonathan Vatner Alumni, Alumni Home

  Last August, historian and curator Rachel Fenderson put on a retrospective exhibition about American couturier Jay Jaxon ’66 at […]

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Exhibition: Threads of Bondage, Invisibility, and Style Influence: Hidden African American Contributions to American Couture — Closes

February 23, 2018 Laura Hatmaker

Note: This exhibition has been extended; it will now close April 30. February 26–April 30, 2018 The Office of Educational […]

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Exhibition: Threads of Bondage, Invisibility, and Style Influence: Hidden African American Contributions to American Couture

February 23, 2018 Laura Hatmaker

February 26–March 31, 2018 The Office of Educational Opportunity Programs and Leonard Davis present Threads of Bondage, Invisibility, and Style […]

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Elizabeth Way of MFIT Wins Award

February 21, 2018 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Faculty/Staff Home, Museum

Elizabeth Way, assistant curator of costume at The Museum at FIT, has been awarded an Innovation in Collection award for […]

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Exhibition: Black Fashion Designers — Closes

November 2, 2016 Laura Hatmaker

December 6, 2016–May 16, 2017 Black Fashion Designers examines the impact made by designers of African descent on the world […]

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President Brown Shares Her Vision for FIT

March 24, 2017 FIT Newsroom Faculty/Staff, Top Stories

Tune in this weekend to see FIT President Joyce F. Brown on CUNY TV’s Black America. Dr. Brown speaks about […]

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Black Fashion Designers Symposium – SOLD OUT

December 7, 2016 Laura Hatmaker

The Museum at FIT will host a one-day symposium on February 6, 2017, featuring talks by designers, models, journalists, and […]

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Exhibition: Chasing a Dying River: Ghat 24 Yamuna, Delhi, India — Opens

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Exhibition: FIT Fabulous: A Modern Investigation of Hip Hop — Opens

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Exhibition: Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop — Opens

February 8
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Exhibition: Out of Body or Out of Place? — Closes

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Diversity Collective Meet and Greet

February 13 at 10:00 am - 11:00 am

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Devin Rotunno and Andrea Distefano

Two Students Named SUNY Scholar-Athlete Award Winners

Congratulations to Andrea Distefano for being named the Fall SUNY Scholar Athlete Women’s Cross Country Award winner and to Devin Rotunno for being named the Fall SUNY Scholar Athlete Women’s Tennis Award winner during SUNY’s inaugural year of naming SUNY-wide Scholar Athletes. Full story at FIT’s sports website, FITTigers.com

THE MUSEUM AT FIT

two women standing in front of graffiti; photo by Jamel ShabazzFresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style Opens Feb. 8

The exhibition will feature over 100 garments and accessories as well as images by New York photographer Jamel Shabazz. More details

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