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Fashion Culture Event: Nicole Miller in conversation with Valerie Steele

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

Join New York-based fashion designer, Nicole Miller, in conversation with Dr. Valerie Steele, director and chief curator of The Museum at FIT. They will discuss Miller’s career in fashion. After studying at Rhode Island School of Design and mastering the classic French techniques of Haute Couture while at Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in […]

Fashion Culture: Shoes A–Z: The Collection of the Museum at FIT

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

Zaha Hadid for United Nude, metallic vinyl shoes, 2013, France, museum purchase, 2013.83.1 MFIT director and chief curator Valerie Steele and curator of costume and accessories Colleen Hill, discuss their new Taschen book, Shoes A-Z: The Collection of The Museum at FIT. Hundreds of groundbreaking designs, rare ephemera, and original sketches are presented in the […]

Exhibition: Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis — Opens

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

Photograph by Elizaveta Porodina of artist Alisa Gorshenina. Courtesy of photographer. September 10–January 4, 2026 Special Exhibitions Gallery, The Museum at FIT Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis is the first exhibition to explore the complex relationship between fashion and psychoanalysis. Curated by Dr. Valerie Steele, director of The Museum at FIT, the exhibition […]

Fashion Symposium: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

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

The artist Alisa Gorshenina wearing artificial eyes and a jeweled mouth. Photo by Elizaveta Porodina (@elizavetaporodina). Fashion and Psychoanalysis is The Museum at FIT's 34th symposium, planned in conjunction with the exhibition Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis. As the historian Peter Gay wrote, "We all speak Freud whether we know it or not." […]

Exhibition: Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis — Closes

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

Photograph by Elizaveta Porodina of artist Alisa Gorshenina. Courtesy of photographer. September 10–January 4, 2026 Special Exhibitions Gallery, The Museum at FIT Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis is the first exhibition to explore the complex relationship between fashion and psychoanalysis. Curated by Dr. Valerie Steele, director of The Museum at FIT, the exhibition […]