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 identity? How have music and fashion worked in tandem as tools for resistance in systems of oppression? This dive into the intentional connections between sound […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Cover of Make It Ours: Crashing the Gates of Culture with Virgil Abloh. Courtesy of Penguin Random House LLC. Robin Givhan, the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize for criticism, presents her new book, Make It Ours: Crashing the Gates of Culture with Virgil Abloh. Appointed as head of menswear for Louis Vuitton in 2018, Abloh […]
