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Maker Minds Workshop: The Art of Korean Fabric Wrapping

Goodman Resource Center, Sixth Floor Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

Artist Sei Ryun Chun will present on the topic of bojagi, a traditional Korean wrapping cloth and art form. Participants will learn how to wrap gifts using fabric provided by PrintFX and will come away with a deeper understanding of the significance of the bojagi tradition. Co-sponsored by the Asian Student Network, the Vietnamese Student […]

Fashion Culture for Families: Exploring Pink

Fashion Culture for Families: Exploring Pink

The Museum at FIT 27th Street at Seventh Avenue, New York City, NY, United States

Baby, the Stars Shine Bright, ensemble,2009, Japan, museum purchase. 2010.50.2 Join The Museum at FIT for family fun inspired by the exhibition Pink: The History of a Punk, Pretty, Powerful Color. On our first Friday, we will create a pink altar while learning about Mexico’s Día de los Muertos. Two weeks later, a scavenger hunt will […]

Exhibition: Fashion Unraveled — Closes

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

Detail of ensemble by XULY.Bët, repurposed acrylic sweaters, fall 1994, gift of XULY.Bët. May 25–November 17, 2018  Fashion Unraveled will examine the concepts of imperfection and incompletion in fashion. Garments that are altered, unfinished, or deconstructed, in addition to clothing that shows signs of wear, will highlight the aberrant beauty in flawed objects. Unless such […]

Modernism à la Mode: A Presentation on Fashion and Literature

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

Author Elizabeth Sheehan The Department of English and Communications Studies and the School of Liberal Arts present a panel discussion about fashion and literature with special guest Elizabeth Sheehan, author and professor at Oregon State University. 4–5 pm: Guest speaker: Elizabeth Sheehan’s Presentation and Discussion 5–6 pm: Panel discussion and Q & A with three […]

Fashion Culture: ‘How to Slay’ with Constance White

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

Cover of How to Slay, courtesy of Rizzoli. Author Constance White will join Dr. Valerie Steele to discuss the influence of black style on today’s fashion vernacular, drawing on striking images of trendsetters from Josephine Baker to Michelle Obama, Rihanna, and Pharrell Williams. White’s book, How to Slay, is one of the few surveys of black […]