Student Tour of ‘Africa’s Fashion Diaspora’ with Curator Elizabeth Way

The Museum at FIT 27th Street at Seventh Avenue, New York City, NY, United States

Are you a student interested in fashion history? Join Curator Elizabeth Way for a tour of Africa's Fashion Diaspora, an innovative exhibition that explores fashion's role in shaping international Black diasporic cultures. This exhibition is the first to examine fashion as a mode of cross-diasporic cultural production. Sixty ensembles and accessories by Black designers from […]

Academic Minors Fair

John E. Reeves Great Hall Conference Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

By completing five courses in a subject area that interests you, you can earn an additional certification on your transcript: a minor in that topic. It could be a competitive advantage in the job market or simply a way to learn more about a topic you're passionate about. See the full list at fitnyc.edu/minors. Learn […]

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 […]

Book Discussion: Kyunghee Pyun on ‘Dress History of Korea’

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

Bringing together a wealth of primary sources and with contributions from leading experts, Dress History of Korea presents the most recent approaches to the interpretation of dress and fashion of Korea. Through close analysis of visual, written, and material sources-some newly excavated or recently re-discovered in global museums-the book reveals how dress and adornment evolved […]