Kurt Cobain on the cover of Request magazine, November 1993. Jennifer Le Zotte in conversation with Colleen Hill Artists and performers—from Marcel Duchamp and Fanny Brice to Janis Joplin and Kurt Cobain—all helped make secondhand fashion a visual marker for youth in revolt. Jennifer Le Zotte’s book, titled From Goodwill to Grunge (UNC Press, 2017), looks at how […]
Vivienne Westwood Catwalk by Alexander Fury. ANGLOMANIA © firstVIEW/IMAXtree. Alexander Fury in conversation with Colleen Hill Join fashion journalist, author, and critic Alexander Fury and MFIT Curator Colleen Hill as they discuss Fury’s latest book, Vivienne Westwood: The Complete Collections (Yale University Press, 2021). The conversation will include an overview of highlights from Fury’s personal collection of […]
Zaha Hadid for United Nude, metallic vinyl shoes, 2013, France, museum purchase, 2013.83.1 MFIT director and chief curator Valerie Steele and curator of costume and accessories Colleen Hill, discuss their new Taschen book, Shoes A-Z: The Collection of The Museum at FIT. Hundreds of groundbreaking designs, rare ephemera, and original sketches are presented in the […]
Nancy J. Troy and Ann Marguerite Tartsinis, authors of Mondrian's Dress, will discuss Yves Saint Laurent’s wildly popular 1965 Mondrian dress series with MFIT Curator of Costume and Accessories Colleen Hill. They will examine the significance of these designs on the French couturier’s career, their impact on Piet Mondrian’s posthumous reception, and how they resonate […]
Join us for a panel discussion that brings together two MFIT exhibitions: Statement Sleeves curated by MFIT Curator of Costume and Accessories Colleen Hill, and Untying the Bow, organized by students in FIT’s Fashion and Textile Studies master’s degree program. Hill will be in conversation with FIT faculty member Sarah Byrd and graduate student Claire […]
