Exhibition: The Traphagen School: Fostering American Fashion — Opens

Gallery FIT, The Museum at FIT Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

Grenelle-Estévez, evening set, circa 1957, gift of Sylvia Levine. March 5–30, 2019  Gallery FIT The Traphagen School: Fostering American Fashion explores the legacy of one of the first institutions dedicated to educating fashion industry professionals in New York City. The impact of the school, in operation from 1923 to 1991, will be explored through an introduction […]

Visiting Author Talk: Simeon Marsalis

Katie Murphy Amphitheatre Pomerantz Art and Design Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

Simeon Marsalis. Photo by Chris Buck. Multimedia writer Simeon Marsalis's first novel, As Lie Is to Grin, focuses on an African-American college student's experience in a predominantly white college. Short-listed for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize in 2017, the novel examines racialized bodies navigating spaces from which they have historically been barred. Incorporating […]

Fashion Culture: ‘Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco’

Katie Murphy Amphitheatre Pomerantz Art and Design Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

Poster for Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco. Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco is an electrifying documentary that follows fashion illustrator and FIT alumnus Antonio Lopez from New York to Paris between 1969 and 1973. Interviews with Bill Cunningham and Jessica Lange, archival footage, and Antonio’s own exuberant illustrations tell the story of […]

Exhibition: Hattitudes — Closes

Art and Design Gallery Pomerantz Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, 227 West 27th Street, New York City, NY, United States

February 26–March 8 This special short exhibition, curated by Communication Design Pathways Professor Anne Kong and 42 students in the Visual Presentation and Exhibition Design program, features hats from the celebrated collection of the late former FIT dean and professor Nina Kurtis. The students designed and created individual 360-degree displays featuring a hat from a […]

Fashion Symposium: Exhibiting Fashion

Haft Theater Marvin Feldman Center, New York City, NY, United States

The Museum at FIT presents Exhibiting Fashion, its 21st academic symposium. This symposium will explore the history of fashion curating, the different ways fashion is displayed in museum settings, and how national and regional identities influence fashion exhibitions. The symposium is organized in conjunction with Exhibitionism: 50 Years of The Museum at FIT, which commemorates the rich history of the museum, […]