JANUARY/FEBRUARY | AT THE MUSEUM
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Dear Friends,
Everyone at the museum looks forward to seeing you in 2023. We have organized a glorious year of exhibitions and public programs, including a major exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip hop, which opens on February 8th.
But first, please join me in welcoming the museum’s newest staff members: Zainab Floyd, assistant curator of education, Reina Hernandez, media and education assistant manager, and Zoe Taylor, education and collections assistant. Do you see a theme? We are doubling down on our commitment to education in the widest sense – from support for FIT’s students and faculty to lifelong learning for all our audience members.
Best wishes for a happy and healthy new year!
Valerie Steele
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For the full line up of Spring 2023 Fashion Culture Public Programs, VISIT OUR WEBSITE
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Off-site event: Food Culture through the Lens of Fashion
Wednesday, February 15 at 7 pm
Join The Museum at FIT’s curator of education and research, Melissa Marra-Alvarez, and associate curator of costume, Elizabeth Way, who will speak in conversation with food studies scholar Fabio Parasecoli about their most recent book, Food & Fashion, which examines the influence of food culture through the lens of fashion over the last 250 years. A book signing will follow. This event is organized in collaboration with the Museum of Food and Drink in preparation for the MFIT exhibition, Food & Fashion, slated to open in fall 2023.
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| Fresh, Fly, Fabulous: 50 Years of Hip Hop Style Symposium
Friday, February 24, 10 am–5 pm | FREE
Join us for Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style, a fashion symposium hosted by The Museum at FIT and led by the exhibition’s co-curators Elena Romero and Elizabeth Way. The symposium will draw on the expert voices of hip hop style from journalists, designers, and stylists to curators, professors, and archivists who will explore topics that center hip hop fashion as a force that has shaped American culture for five decades. Talks and panels focus on the role of jewelry, custom design, media, collecting, and designer brands in amplifying hip hop’s impact on fashion and society. This symposium is held in conjunction with the exhibition Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style (February 8–April 23, 2023).
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Fashion is Spinach: The Life and Work of Elizabeth Hawes
Tuesday, March 7 at 5:30 pm | FREE
Join us for a panel discussion of the life and work of fashion designer and writer Elizabeth Hawes, who is known for her timeless fashion designs and her written critique of the fashion system, such as in her 1940 book Fashion is Spinach. In a conversation moderated by author and podcaster April Calahan, professors and fashion historians Lourdes Font (FIT) and Francesca Granata (The New School) will discuss the importance of Hawes in American fashion.
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CURRENT | DESIGNING WOMEN: FASHION CREATORS AND THEIR INTERIORS
November 30, 2022 – May 14, 2023
Modern female fashion designers ardently incorporated interior decoration into their professional and personal lives. This is the first exhibition to explore the connection between these disciplines. Approximately 70 garments from MFIT’s permanent collection will be on view alongside photographic images of the most compelling interiors created for leading female fashion designers from the 1890s to the 1970s. Learn more.
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UPCOMING | FRESH, FLY, AND FABULOUS: FIFTY YEARS OF HIP HOP STYLE
February 8 – April 23, 2023
Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the birth of hip hop by examining the roots and history of hip hop fashion from its inception to the present time. This exhibition will explore themes such as the transition of hip hop from the 'hood to the runway, luxury and designer influence, the impact of hip hop celebrities on the fashion industry, and the growth of hip hop style as an international phenomenon. Learn more.
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UPCOMING | FOOD & FASHION
September 2023 – January 2024
Food and fashion are two modes of expression central to our daily lives. The histories of food and fashion as consumer and cultural products have converged over the past three centuries. Food & Fashion will explore how fashion designers turn to food themes and motifs to comment on critical topics ranging from cultural identity to sustainability, social activism, and body politics, to ideas related to femininity, domesticity, nostalgia, and consumerism. Learn more.
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OBJECT OF THE MONTH
Franco-American designer Pauline Trigère was a brilliant technician with exquisite taste. We highlighted her c. 1968 evening dress with matching cape on our social channels last month. This beauty is currently on view in the exhibition Designing Women: Fashion Creators and Their Interiors.
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| FEATURED PUBLICATION
Food & Fashion examines the influence of food culture through the lens of fashion over the last 250 years. With its superb selection of images, and thought-provoking and engaging discussion, all who appreciate the visual culture of food, fashion, and art will enjoy this publication.
Now on sale.
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| SPECIAL EVENT
Nancy Hall-Duncan, author of Art X Fashion: Fashion Inspired by Art, will be in conversation with Dr. Valerie Steele on Thursday, January 26 at 6 pm. This free event will be presented live at the Rizzoli bookstore, 1133 Broadway, New York, NY 10010. RSVP here.
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