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 […]
You are invited to a conversation between fashion designer Stella McCartney and Museum at FIT Chief Curator Valerie Steele as they discuss McCartney's journey to her current position and her vision for creating sustainable fabrics and materials for design. A half hour has also been set aside for a Q&A session with FIT’s students to […]
Retail design, fashion merchandising, set design, furniture, packaging, interiors, architecture, fine art rendering... little-known architect and designer Jock Peters, a largely forgotten figure of early Los Angeles modernism, did it all. Professor Christopher Long presents his new book titled Jock Peters, Architecture and Design: The Varieties of Modernism by Bauer and Dean Publishers. The book […]
