Q&A with Callie O’Connor, Fashion Conservator at The Museum at FIT

Business and Liberal Arts Center, Room B734 227 West 27th Street, New York, NY, United States

Callie O'Connor is a fashion and textile conservator, historian, and educator based in New York City. With a demonstrated historical, technical, and scientific working knowledge, she has foundational skills in care and maintenance of fashion and textile collections and five years of museum experience. Currently she works as an assistant conservator at the Museum at […]

Fashion Symposium: Africa’s Fashion Diaspora

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

Lia Samantha, Colombiamoda fashion show, 2014. Photograph by Marlen Stahlhuth. The Museum at FIT's 32nd fashion symposium, Africa's Fashion Diaspora, will explore key histories, networks, and industries led by Black designers who are actively shaping fashion culture. Scholars and designers illustrate the breadth and depth of diasporic fashion networks, from the African continent to South […]

Exhibition: Picturing Light: Artists Explore Luminosity — Closes

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

From left: Magdelena Jakubczak (Communication Design student), Seth Howe (invited artist), Carol Salmanson (invited artist), Austin Jensen (Photography alumnus). September 21–October 27, 2024 Art and Design Gallery Picturing Light, which […]

A Taste of ReelAbilities: Disability Awareness Film Fest—Day 2

Dubinsky Student Center, Eighth Floor Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

FIT's Disability Support Services (FIT-ABLE) presents one short film (My Eyes Are Up Here) and one feature film from the ReelAbilities film festival. My Eyes Are Up Here director Nathan […]

In Vogue: The 90s: Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion

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

https://youtu.be/_ksN_8zPJR0?si=0prhMWe-G05OWBmK The Jay and Patty Baker School of Business and Technology and the Marketing Communications Department present a screening of the streetwear episode (#5) of Hulu's documentary series In Vogue: […]