FIT Authors Talks: Kenna Libes on Fashion’s Missing Masses

Kenna Libes, adjunct instructor in the History of Art, talks about her book, Fashion’s Missing Masses: The Representation of Marginalized Populations in Collections and Exhibitions of Dress.

Fashion’s Missing Masses fills a gap in literature on museums and fashion collections and focuses on the display of clothing and fashion that has historically been left out of the canon. The 15 essays in this volume span topics on Indigenous and traditional dress; disabled and fat bodies; and queer and ethnic identities. Their authors study the ways that the associated dress materials have been collected, displayed, and passed over across a century and a half of museum exhibitions.

A book signing will follow the talk.

Read more on the FIT Authors site.

This event is for the FIT community only.