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Fashion Culture: Building Community Through Fashion in Harlem
Join fashion anthropologist Mikaila Brown, PhD, for a discussion of gentrification, fashion, and the changing landscape of New York. Speaking […]
Read moreFashion Culture: Taping of ‘Person Place Thing’ Broadcast with Valerie Steele
Randy Cohen, creator of the public radio program Person Place Thing, says his guests are at their most engaging when they […]
Read moreFashion Symposium: Paris, Capital of Fashion
Paris, Capital of Fashion will be The Museum at FIT’s 22nd academic symposium. The one-day event will explore what it means […]
Read moreFashion Culture: Technology and the Future of Fashion
Join model Veronica Webb and Rory Tahari, CEO and founder of State of Mind Partners, for a panel discussion on the […]
Read moreFashion Culture: ‘Versailles ’73: American Runway Revolution’ Film Screening
Join us for a screening of the critically acclaimed documentary Versailles ’73: American Runway Revolution. The film recounts the 1973 “Battle […]
Read moreFashion Culture: Work! A Queer History of Modeling
Join Elspeth H. Brown for a presentation of her book Work!, an out-of-the-ordinary history of 20th-century American culture and capitalism. Brown […]
Read moreFashion Culture: The Venezuelan Diaspora and Fashion
Three New York-based Venezuelan expats—Maria Eugenia Escovar, from Chanel jewelry public relations; Monica Sordo, jewelry designer; and Yliana Yepez, a […]
Read moreFashion Culture: ‘Treasures Afoot: Shoe Stories from the Georgian Era’ with Kimberly Alexander
Join author Kimberly S. Alexander for a presentation of Treasures Afoot, her intriguing new book that interweaves biography and material culture […]
Read moreFashion Culture: ‘McQueen’
Directed by Ian Bonhôte and co-directed and written by Peter Ettedgui, McQueen is a personal look at the extraordinary life, career, and […]
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