SEPTEMBER | AT THE MUSEUM
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DRESS, DREAMS, AND DESIRE IS NOW OPEN!
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Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis is the first exhibition to explore the complex relationship between fashion and psychoanalysis. Curated by Dr. Valerie Steele, director of The Museum at FIT, the exhibition draws on key psychoanalytic concepts about the body, sexuality, and the unconscious to interpret almost 100 items of dress. The exhibition is accompanied by a Fashion and Psychoanalysis Symposium on Friday, November 14th.
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CONGRATULATIONS OLIVIER ROUSTEING!
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This year's Couture Council Artistry of Fashion Award honored Olivier Rousteing, creative director of French fashion house Balmain. The annual luncheon was held Wednesday, September 3, 2025, at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center in New York City. The award was presented by actor and singer Jeremy Pope. At the luncheon Rouseting said, "To the students of FIT, and to the people in this room, and to anyone who has a dream … let me leave you with a wish: Be confident. Be proud of where you come from. Believe in your voice, Believe in your instincts. Believe in your story. No one–no one–can take your dreams away. Be disruptive. Be the pioneers of the world you want to live in."
Enjoy photos from the event and from the conversation he had with Dr. Valerie Steele later that evening for FIT students.
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OBJECT OF THE MONTH
Yves Saint Laurent is one of the greatest names in fashion history. Along with Christian Dior and Coco Chanel, he was part of a couturier triumvirate that epitomized the best of 20th-century fashion and style. Learn more about fashion designers in our Online Collections.
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VIDEO HIGHLIGHT FOR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH
The Museum at FIT and the Social Justice Center at FIT organized an evening of socializing and career building last spring. Enjoy this discussion with fashion professionals of Latin American heritage that centered around sharing stories about their experiences in fashion. The event was funded by the college's Diversity Collective.
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DIGITIZED FIT YEARBOOKS
The Gladys Marcus Library has digitized 63 years of the FIT yearbook, which are now available through the FIT Institutional Repository. They were unable to locate copies for the years 1948, 1952, and 1953. Might you have a copy of one of these issues? Contact the library at repository(@)fitnyc.edu.
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The full listings for Fall 2025 Fashion Culture Public Programs will be published to the MFIT website on August 4, 2025.
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Dress, Fashion, and National Identity in Puerto Rico
Tuesday, October 7, 5:30 pm | FREE
Join FIT Associate Professor José Blanco F. and independent researcher Raúl J. Vázquez-López who will present their new book, Dress, Fashion, and National Identity in Puerto Rico, in conversation with MFIT's Senior Curator of Education Tanya Meléndez-Escalante. The book explores national identity and nation formation as well as past and current practices in Puerto Rican visual culture. A book signing follows the event.
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Image: Dress, Fashion, and National Identity in Puerto Rico. Courtesy of Bloomsbury.
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Image: Cover of The Art of Parisian Chic: Modern Women and Modern Artists in Impressionist Paris. Courtesy of Bloomsbury.
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The Art of Parisian Chic
Thursday October 23, 5:30 pm | FREE
The new book by Justine De Young, The Art of Parisian Chic: Modern Women and Modern Artists in Impressionist Paris, shows how modern women used fashion and stereotypes such as the Parisienne (chic Parisian woman) or the demoiselle de magasin (shopgirl) to construct and reinvent their identities. Author and FIT Associate Professor Justine De Young will be in conversation with Hilary Davidson, chair of FIT's MA program for Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice, about how women were seen, how they aspired to be seen, and how they navigated public life in Second Empire and Belle Époque Paris. A book signing follows the event.
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CURRENT | DRESS, DREAMS, AND DESIRE: FASHION AND PSYCHOANALYSIS
September 10, 2025 – January 4, 2026
This exhibition, curated by Dr. Valerie Steele, director of The Museum at FIT, explores the complex relationship between fashion and psychoanalysis. Steele has spent more than five years working on this exhibition and the accompanying book, which draws on the evolution of psychoanalytic ideas about sexuality and the unconscious, with sections devoted to themes such as the mirror stage, the skin ego, desire, and sexual difference. Learn more.
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UPCOMING | CUT AND MISS: FROM BINARY DRAFT TO WOVEN TEXTILE
September 18 – October 12, 2025
This exhibition showcases the journey of Textile/Surface Design students, from foundational weaving techniques to cutting-edge digital applications. Cut & Miss features a diverse range of projects, highlighting the evolution of skills and creative expression across introductory and advanced levels. Traditional hand woven samples are displayed alongside fabric developed through digital weaving and manufactured at an American textile mill. Process sketches, drafts, and digital images display the marriage of design and technical skill required to create woven fabrics. There will be in-person weaving demonstrations.
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UPCOMING | ART X FASHION
February 18 – April 19, 2026
Art X Fashion will look at the entangled and shifting relationship between fine art and fashion–typically considered a "decorative" or "applied" art. Organized by Dr. Elizabeth Way, curator of costume and accessories, this exhibition will feature 140 garments, textiles, and accessories from MFIT's permanent collection, and we invite viewers to consider the much-asked question, "Is fashion art?" through historic and contemporary examples. Learn more.
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Pair of fetish boots, European, c. 1895. Francesca Galloway, London.
Image © Francesca Galloway (Photograph Katrina Lawson Johnston).
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