• Book Launch Event: Jane Austen’s Wardrobe, with Hilary Davidson

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

    Join us for the launch of Jane Austen's Wardrobe, by the chair of the Fashion and Textile Studies Department in the School of Graduate Studies. Davidson will discuss the book and a signing will follow. About Jane Austen's Wardrobe What did Jane Austen wear? Acclaimed dress historian and Austen expert Hilary Davidson reveals, for the […]

  • Fashion Culture: Parts of Fashion: Curating in Focus

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

    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 […]

  • Fashion Culture: The Art of Parisian Chic

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

    Cover of The Art of Parisian Chic: Modern Women and Modern Artists in Impressionist Paris. Courtesy of Bloomsbury. The new book by FIT Associate Professor Justine De Young, The Art […]

  • 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 […]

  • FIT Authors Talks: Hilary Davidson on ‘A Guide to Regency Dress’

    Virtual event

    A Guide to Regency Dress: from Corsets and Breeches to Bonnets and Muslins. Yale University Press. Please join us virtually for a discussion with Professor Hilary Davidson about her most recent publication: A Guide to Regency Dress: From Corsets and Breeches to Bonnets and Muslins. This virtual event is free and open to the public.  […]