We have two wonderful exhibitions currently on view! Art X Fashion looks at the entangled and shifting relationship between fine art and fashion, and Beyond Utility, curated by graduate students in the Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice MA program, explores the history of functional design and follows the transformation of these items within and beyond the fashion system! See below or visit our website for more details.
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FRIEZE MASTERS PODCAST 2025: FASHION AS ART
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Dr. Elizabeth Way, MFIT's curator of costume and accessories, joins Émilie Hammen, director of Palais Galliera, Paris, and Arturo Galansino, host and director general of the Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, for a conversation about the overlapping histories of fashion and art, and how contemporary designers are reconfiguring fashion's place in culture. Listen today
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DR. VALERIE STEELE ELECTED
TO PRESTIGIOUS ICOM COMMITTEE
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The International Council of Museums [ICOM] is a global museum network, a membership association and non-governmental organization which establishes professional and ethical standards for museums. It has many committees and Dr. Steele was recently elected to the Costume Committee.
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OBJECT OF THE MONTH
Apartamento 03's Ouro (Gold) collection from 2023 pays tribute to the economic activity of Black Brazilian women who sold sweets and other foods for the gold required to purchase the freedom of enslaved people. This look is one of a number of new acquisitions. We appreciate our donors.
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FASHION CULTURE PODCAST
This month's podcast episode features a discussion of Yves Saint Laurent's wildly popular 1965 Mondrian dress series and how art, commerce, and fashion became intertwined in the postwar period. Listen today!
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MFIT ON THE ROAD
The Museum at FIT often loans objects from its permanent collections to other institutions to use in exhibitions. Check out the venues in and outside of New York featuring MFIT on the road.
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For the full listings for Spring 2026 Fashion Culture Public Programs, VISIT OUR WEBSITE.
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Image: Cheap and Chic by Moschino, jacket, acetate and rayon blend, spring 1991, Italy, gift of Michelle Perr, 2019.72.3
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Person Place Thing: Art X Fashion
TONIGHT! Wednesday, March 4, 5:30 pm | FREE
Join Randy Cohen and Dr. Elizabeth Way, MFIT curator of costume and accessories, for a live podcast recording of their conversation about the exhibition Art X Fashion. Cohen’s podcast Person Place Thing is an interview show based on the idea that people are most captivating when they talk not about themselves but rather about something they love. For this episode, Dr. Way will discuss three particularly meaningful objects featured in the exhibition and how they reflect the complex relationship between fashion and fine art.
WALK-INS WELCOME
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From Function to Fashion:
The Enduring Legacy of Utilitarian Design Era
Wednesday, March 11, 5:30 pm | FREE
Join us for a lively panel discussion with fashion scholars, each of whom will speak to a different facet of utilitarian-inspired dress. Expanding upon the themes of the MFIT exhibition Beyond Utility, scholars Sonya Abrego, Mae Colburn, and Charles McFarlane will explore the topics of military, workwear, and craft in fashion and share their relationship to utilitarian dress. The talk will be moderated by FIT professor Dr. Hilary Davidson.
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| Image: Yvonne Schichtel, Trench Apron Dress, 2020, USA. Photo courtesy of designer.
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Image: Sonia Delaunay, detail from a hand-colored print of four women, 1925, France © Pracusa 20251024
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| Art X Fashion Symposium
Friday, March 21, 10 am - 5 pm | FREE
MFIT's 35th symposium is planned in conjunction with the exhibition Art X Fashion. The history of fashion's entangled relationship with the world of fine art has many points of convergence, from art as fashion inspiration, to fashion's presentation in art spaces, to artists utilizing garment forms. Speakers include fashion designer Christian Francis Roth, Dr. Émilie Hammen, director of Palais Galliera, Paris, and Dr. Alexandra Schwartz, curator of modern and contemporary art, craft, and design at the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD).
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CURRENT | ART X FASHION
February 18 – April 19, 2026
Special Exhibitions Gallery
Art X Fashion looks 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 features 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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CURRENT | BEYOND UTILITY
February 25 – March 22, 2026
Museum Lobby
Beyond Utility, curated by graduate students in the MA Fashion and Textile Studies program in collaboration with The Museum at FIT, examines the transformation of utilitarian garments within and beyond the fashion system, pairing archetypal workwear, military dress, and craft traditions with their later reinterpretations. The exhibition showcases never-before-displayed objects from the MFIT Study Collection and the FTS Graduate Study Collection. Learn more.
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UPCOMING | CROSS-POLLINATION: FASHION AND PSYCHOANALYSIS
March 27 – April 19, 2026
Museum Lobby
This is MFIT's ninth collaborative workshop that brings together students and faculty from higher education institutions around the globe. For this year's project, students from the Fashion Institute of Technology (USA), Universidad de Monterrey (Mexico), and LaSalle College of the Arts (Singapore) used MFIT's 2025 exhibition Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis as a springboard. Learn more.
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UPCOMING | DOLL DRESSING
September 16, 2026 – January 4, 2027
Special Exhibitions Gallery
This exhibition will explore the ways in which dolls have influenced fashion and dressed appearance. Doll dressing takes many forms, ranging from the appeal of youthful baby doll dresses, to the 2D quality of "paper doll" looks, to the influence of creepy dolls on fashion. It encompasses clothing and accessories, hair and makeup, and even movement and gestures that take their cue from dolls. Learn more.
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Versace, suit, multicolor cotton and silk, 1991, Italy, museum purchase, 2010.56.1
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