Madonna in a gold corseted bustier with fishnet stockings

Freddie Leiba
in conversation with Dr. Valerie Steele

Tonight, March 31st at 6 PM EDT, join our free YouTube Premiere with leading fashion stylist Freddie Leiba, whose career spans decades and continents, who will be in conversation with MFIT Director Dr. Valerie Steele. Leiba established himself working with Andy Warhol to launch Interview magazine. Subsequently, he served as creative director of Harper's Bazaar and contributing fashion director at InStyle. He has worked with famous fashion photographers such as Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, and Helmut Newton, and with style icons including Beyoncé, Iman, and Halle Berry.

Use the link below to join us for Q&A
during the YouTube Premiere of this pre-recorded event.

WATCH HERE

Please note: You DO NOT need a YouTube account to watch the video premiere. But you DO need a YouTube channel to participate in the live chat. To learn how to set up a YouTube channel, visit Google’s support page here.

Register for The House of Gucci

A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed
Thursday, April 28 | 6 pm EDT

Author Sara G. Forden will discuss with fashion journalist Teri Agins her blockbuster book The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed, which recently became movie that debuted in theaters last November. On March 27, 1995, Maurizio Gucci, heir to the fabulous fashion dynasty, was slain by an unknown gunman as he approached his Milan office. In 1998, his ex-wife Patrizia Reggiani Martinelli—nicknamed "The Black Widow" by the press—was sentenced to 29 years in prison for arranging his murder. The Gucci story is one of glitz, glamour, intrigue, and the rise, near fall, and subsequent resurgence of a fashion dynasty..

Join us for Q&A during the YouTube Premiere of this pre-recorded event.

Register for this free program Today!

This symposium is being held in conjunction with the exhibition Head to Toe.

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Top image: Freddie Leiba - Madonna in Jean Paul Gaultier - Harpers Bazaar June 1990 - Photo by Jean Baptiste Mondino

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