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 generations of listeners and fashionable concertgoers. The talk will feature art therapist Ayde Rayas and a performance by award-winning violinist Njioma Chinyere Grevious, who will […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Karl Lagerfeld at MFIT's 2010 Couture Council Award for Artistry of Fashion Luncheon, Nick Hunt/PatrickMcMullan.com. Associate Professor of German at Williams College Christophe Koné explores Karl Lagerfeld's fascination with Ancient Greece. Using Chanel's "The Modernity of Antiquity" 2017-18 cruise collection as a point of departure, Koné will discuss the recurrence of Greek Antiquity in Lagerfeld's […]
