Jock Peters, Eleanor LeMaire, and the Modern Department Store

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 […]

Merchants of Style: Art and Fashion After Warhol

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

Please join us for an event to launch Merchants of Style: Art and Fashion After Warhol on Tuesday, May 9. Natasha Degen, chair of Art Market Studies, will discuss her new book with curator and faculty member Alexandra Schwartz at 6 pm. A reception will follow. Merchants of Style explores the accelerating convergence of art […]

The Future of Fashion: 2023 BFA Fashion Show

The best work of students in FIT’s Fashion Design Bachelor of Fine Arts program is presented every spring in a professional runway show, selected by faculty and industry critics. Degree specializations include sportswear, special occasion, knitwear, and intimate apparel. Find out more at fitnyc.edu/future. There will be two shows—one at 4 pm and a second […]

Exhibition: Designing Women: Fashion Creators and Their Interiors — Closes

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

Paquin, evening cape, pink silk chiffon and metal sequins, 1897, France, museum purchase, P83.19.7 November 30–May 14, 2023 Fashion and Textile History Gallery Modern female fashion designers ardently incorporated interior […]

School of Art and Design 2023 Graduating Student Exhibition — Opens

Various locations on campus Fashion Institute of Technology, 227 West 27th Street, New York City, NY, United States

May 16–28 Various locations on campus This 2023 Graduating Student Exhibition presents the work of more than 600 student graduates in 16 areas of study from the School of Art and Design. […]