Exhibition: ¡Moda Hoy! Latin American and Latinx Fashion Design Today — Opens

Fashion and Textile History Gallery, The Museum at FIT Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

May 31–November 5, 2023 Fashion and Textile History Gallery For decades, fashion designers of Latin American descent such as Carolina Herrera, Oscar de la Renta, and Haider Ackermann have been central figures of the fashion industry. Their successes have paved the way for new generations of talented designers including Gabriela Hearst, Carla Fernández, and Willy […]

Exhibition: ¡Moda Hoy! Latin American and Latinx Fashion Design Today — Closes

Fashion and Textile History Gallery, The Museum at FIT Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

May 31–November 5, August 27, 2023 Fashion and Textile History Gallery Due to unexpected maintenance issues, the ¡Moda Hoy! exhibition closed on August 27.  We apologize for any inconvenience. Please check the MFIT website for future exhibition schedules. For decades, fashion designers of Latin American descent such as Carolina Herrera, Oscar de la Renta, and […]

Exhibition: Africa’s Fashion Diaspora — Opens

Special Exhibitions Gallery, The Museum at FIT Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

Sindiso Khumalo, printed cotton dress detail, Spring 2021, South Africa. The Museum at FIT, museum purchase, 2023.32.1 September 18–December 29, 2024 Special Exhibitions Gallery, The Museum at FIT Africa’s Fashion Diaspora examines fashion as a medium of storytelling and as a vital way for designers to contribute to longstanding and evolving ideas of transnational Black […]

Fashion Culture: Spanish Fashion in the Age of Velázquez

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

Courtesy of Yale University Press. In this lecture, cultural historian Amanda Wunder will talk about researching her book Spanish Fashion in the Age of Velázquez, the first archival study of […]

Q&A with Callie O’Connor, Fashion Conservator at The Museum at FIT

Business and Liberal Arts Center, Room B734 227 West 27th Street, New York, NY, United States

Callie O'Connor is a fashion and textile conservator, historian, and educator based in New York City. With a demonstrated historical, technical, and scientific working knowledge, she has foundational skills in care and maintenance of fashion and textile collections and five years of museum experience. Currently she works as an assistant conservator at the Museum at […]