Exhibition: Africa’s Fashion Diaspora — Closes

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 […]

Exhibition: Fashioning Wonder: A Cabinet of Curiosities — Opens

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

Mary Katrantzou, printed, embroidered, and beaded dress with net overlay, spring 2019, England, museum purchase, 2023.52.1 February 19–April 20, 2025 Special Exhibitions Gallery The Museum at FIT Fashioning Wonder: A […]

Fashion Culture: Styled for Survival: How Music and Fashion Converge

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

Africa's Fashion Diaspora installation view Music and fashion have inspired each other through the ages, but how has that relationship aided in the preservation of culture and the development of […]

Fashion Culture: All That Glitters … Conservation and Sustainability of Fashion Collections

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

Wedding reception qipao from Romance Bridal Shop in San Jose, CA, 1994. The FTS Graduate Study Collection. In connection to the exhibition All That Glitters … , The Museum at FIT and the master's-level Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice program host a panel discussion on the conservation of dress collections, exploring how […]

Fashion Symposium: Wondrous Objects

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

Mary Katrantzou, printed, embroidered, and beaded dress with net overlay, spring 2019, England, museum purchase, 2023.52.1 Wondrous Objects is The Museum at FIT’s 33rd symposium, planned in conjunction with the exhibition Fashioning Wonder: A Cabinet of Curiosities. Scholars, artists, and designers will examine how the study and collection of historically and personally meaningful objects have inspired their […]