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Fashion Culture: Fashion Under Fascism

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

Cover of Fashion Under Fascism: Beyond the Black Shirt. Courtesy of Bloomsbury. CUNY professor Eugenia Paulicelli presents her book Fashion Under Fascism: Beyond the Black Shirt, where she explores the subtle yet sinister changes to the seemingly innocuous practices of everyday dress and shows why they were a concern for the Italian state in the […]

Fashion Culture: The Unanswered Questions: Dreams, Symphonies, and Neuroses

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

Maison Roger, two-piece dress, c. 1877, France, museum purchase, 2020.28.1. Music therapist Jasmine Edwards moderates an exploration of how psychoanalysis has impacted contemporary music composition and performance, as well as […]

Fashion Culture: The Regency Era: Fashion or Fantasy

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

FIT professor Dr. Hilary Davidson, chair of FIT's Fashion and Textile Studies department, uses her latest book, A Guide to Regency Dress: From Corsets and Breeches to Bonnets and Muslins, to explore the intersections between historic fashion of the early 19th century and its fantasy fictions on screen and the runway. In conversation with FIT faculty […]

Fashion Culture: Person Place Thing: Art X Fashion

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

Moschino Cheap and Chic, jacket referencing Roy Lichtenstein, spring 1991. Gift of Michelle Perr, 2019.72.3 Join Randy Cohen and Dr. Elizabeth Way, MFIT curator of costume and accessories, for a live podcast recording of their conversation about the exhibition Art X Fashion. Cohen's podcast Person Place Thing is an interview show based on the idea that people are […]

Fashion Culture: From Function to Fashion: The Enduring Legacy of Utilitarian Design

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

Yvonne Schichtel, Trench Apron Dress, 2020, USA. Photo courtesy of designer. Join us for a lively panel discussion with fashion scholars, each of whom will speak to a different facet of utilitarian-inspired dress. Expanding upon the themes of the MFIT exhibition Beyond Utility, scholars Sonya Abrego and Charles McFarlane will explore the topics of military, workwear, […]