February 8–April 23, 2023 Special Exhibitions Gallery Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the birth of hip hop by examining the roots and history of hip hop fashion from its inception to the present time. This exhibition will explore themes such as the transition of hip […]
Comme des Garçons, dress, spring 2018, Japan, gift of Nordstrom, 2021.33.5 The Taste Curators Abbey Cook and Lish Steiling will discuss the exhibition Food & Fashion with co-curators Melissa Marra-Alvarez and Elizabeth Way. The evening will focus on the coincidences between fashion and food and will include tasting dishes inspired by objects featured in the […]
Are you a student interested in fashion history? Join Curator Elizabeth Way for a tour of Africa's Fashion Diaspora, an innovative exhibition that explores fashion's role in shaping international Black diasporic cultures. This exhibition is the first to examine fashion as a mode of cross-diasporic cultural production. Sixty ensembles and accessories by Black designers from […]
Sindiso Khumalo, from the Minty Collection, spring 2021, South Africa. Please join us for a virtual talk about traditional and modern textiles in South Africa, featuring: Elizabeth Way is curator […]
Hope for Flowers by Tracy Reese, cupro, cotton, and tulle dress, summer 2020, USA, gift of Hope for Flowers by Tracy Reese. The Museum at FIT will host a conversation about influential Black American designers who are reshaping the fashion industry through new production networks, cultural narratives, and sustainability. Learn how these designers are building […]
