From over 200 looks submitted by graduating students in the 2023 class of the Fashion Design BFA program, judges select which looks will appear in The Future of Fashion runway show held May 10. The day after the judges have made their selections, an exhibition of all submitted garments will be on view to the public from 9 […]
Professor Hilary Davidson discusses her book, Dress in the Age of Jane Austen: Regency Fashion. Lavishly illustrated with paintings, drawings, historic garments, and fashion plates—including many previously unpublished images—this authoritative yet accessible book will help readers visualize the external selves of Austen’s immortal characters as clearly as she wrote of their internal ones. The result […]
Agnès Rocamora. In this conversation, Dr. Agnès Rocamora will bring mediatization theory in dialogue with critical data studies to look at the idea of the datafication of the field of fashion. Datafication is the process whereby everyday practices and experiences are turned into quantified digital data. Rocamora will unpack this phenomenon, focusing in particular on […]
Please join CAFAA, Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing and Management's alumni association, for a panel discussion on successfully navigating pregnancy at work, as well as a launch celebration of Stephanie Kramer's book Carry Strong, on Thursday, April 27, in the Katie Murphy Amphitheatre at FIT. Moderator Ellen Byron, Deputy Coverage Chief, Corporate News, The Wall Street […]
Photograph by Miguel Flores-Vianna. Fashion designer Anna Sui and MFIT's deputy director Patricia Mears will talk about interior decoration. Best known for her contemporary reimagining of historic textiles and vintage clothing, Sui is also celebrated for her extraordinarily beautiful, self-designed home. Inspired by legendary interior decorators and period styles from Victoriana to Art Nouveau, it […]
