Valerie Steele

The artist Alisa Gorshenina wearing artificial eyes and a jeweled mouth.

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

Photograph by Elizaveta Porodina of artist Alisa Gorshenina. Courtesy of photographer. September 10–January 4, 2026 Special Exhibitions Gallery, The Museum

model wearing mask with exaggerated, illustrated eyes and mouth and a dress with an illustrated eye, holding a doll

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

Photograph by Elizaveta Porodina of artist Alisa Gorshenina. Courtesy of photographer. September 10–January 4, 2026 Special Exhibitions Gallery, The Museum

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

Zaha Hadid for United Nude, metallic vinyl shoes, 2013, France, museum purchase, 2013.83.1 MFIT director and chief curator Valerie Steele

Fashion Culture Event: Nicole Miller in conversation with Valerie Steele

Join New York-based fashion designer, Nicole Miller, in conversation with Dr. Valerie Steele, director and chief curator of The Museum

Fashion Culture Online Event: Byron Lars in Conversation with Valerie Steele

Fashion designer Byron Lars is beloved by celebrity A-listers, including Natalie Portman and Taylor Swift, and by notable figures such

Fashion Culture Online Event: Gabriela Hearst in Conversation with Valerie Steele 

Portrait of Gabriela Hearst shot by Michael Avedon, 2021. In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month Uruguayan-born fashion designer Gabriela Hearst

Fashion Culture Online Event: Stella Jean in Conversation with Valerie Steele

Stella Jean, the Italian-Haitian fashion designer, will join Dr. Valerie Steele, director of MFIT, for a discussion on how to

Fashion Culture Online Event: Prabal Gurung in Conversation with Valerie Steele

Prabal Gurung photographed by Joanna Totolici. Fashion designer Prabal Gurung and Museum at FIT Director Valerie Steele will discuss his

Fashion Culture: 50 Years of The Museum at FIT: Fashion as Cultural Heritage

Roberto Cavalli, ensemble, embroidered denim and silk, spring 2003, Italy. As part of its ongoing 50th anniversary celebration, The Museum

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