Fashion Culture: The Sari Series: An Anthology of Drape

On September 28, Malika Verma Kashyap, founder of the digital publication Border&Fall, and textile designer Sanjay Garg came together for a lively discussion on the diversity, versatility, and various perceptions of India’s incredible garment, the sari. The presentation included a series of short independent films on the sari, as well as a selection of regional “how-to drape” videos.The Museum at FIT (MFIT) is the only museum dedicated exclusively to the art of fashion in New York City

BFA Fashion Show 2011: The Future of Fashion (part 4 of 5)

The best work of FIT’s graduating fashion design students is presented every spring in a professional runway show. Specializations include sportswear, special occasion, knitwear, intimate apparel, and children’s wear.The 2011 award winners: Jinsol Kim, Critic Award Winner, Children’s Wear; Nathalie Quirin, Critic Award Winner, Intimate Apparel; Yaeji Son, Critic Award Winner, Knitwear; Olga Bely, Critic Award Winner, Knitwear; Tatiana Baibabaeva, Critic Award Winner and Cotton Inc. Award Winner, Special Occasion; Bokyeong (Juliette) Kim, Critic Award Winner, Sportswear; Hwayoung Jo Cho, Critic Award Winner, Sportswear; Raphaela Marra, Critic Award Winner, Sportswear; Burcu Gundogar, Critic Award Winner, Sportswear; Hyeyaen (Michelle) Yoon, Critic Award Winner, Sportswear; Elin Johansson, Cotton Inc. Award Winner, Knitwear; Chilali Fernandez-Mouradin, Cotton Inc. Award Winner, Sportswear; Eun Mi Sohn, Cotton Inc. Award Winner, Children’s Wear; Francielle Stiefelmann, Cotton Inc. Award Winner, Intimate Apparel. Sponsored by Cotton Incorporated.http://www.fitnyc.edu/7589.as

Daphne Guinness Exhibition - The Garments

A selection of garments from the Daphne Guinness exhibition at The Museum at FIT. September 16, 2011 - January 7, 201

Frances Neady Collection: Selections of Fashion Drawings in the Frances Neady Collection

Selections of Fashion Drawings in the Frances Neady Collection. Gladys Marcus Library, Department of Special Collections and FIT Archives, Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York.Produced by Gladys Marcus Library, Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York

Fashion Culture: Sybilla in Conversation with Valerie Steele

Legendary Spanish fashion designer Sybilla visited The Museum at FIT for a lively conversation with director Valerie Steele. An apprentice to Yves Saint Laurent, Sybilla launched her first collection in 1983. She debuted in Milan in 1987, and continues to show in Tokyo and Paris today. Her style—exquisite, cosmopolitan, and refined—is guided by feminine sensuality and elegance

Methods of Basic Sewing, v. 17. Temporary Handstitiching

“Methods of Basic Sewing” was produced by FIT in 1982 and is still used today. It’s an FIT classic!Instructor, Nurie Relis; Technical supervision, Hedda Gold; fashion illustration, Linda Tain; television supervision, Lee White; produced and directed by Jeffrey Buchman

Zaldy & Dr. Valerie Steele in Conversation

Zaldy (designer) and Dr. Valerie Steele (director and chief curator of The Museum at FIT) in conversation at The Museum at FIT's 15th fashion symposium, Fashion Underground: The World of Susanne Bartsch, held October 22 & 23, 2015. This is an edited version of the full talk, which is available for check out at FIT's Gladys Marcus Library.Zaldy is a renowned designer who brings the energy of the New York club scene to his work. His work includes stage looks for Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, and Gwen Stefani. Dr. Valerie Steele is director and chief curator of The Museum at FIT. She has organized more than twenty exhibitions, including "Gothic: Dark Glamour" and "Fashion Underground: The World of Susanne Bartsch".The fifteenth annual fashion symposium, Fashion Underground: The World of Susanne Bartsch, explores the creative links between Bartsch's 30 years of sartorial self-expression and its influence on the global fashion scene

Methods of Basic Draping, v. 6. Basic Skirt: Back

“Methods of Basic Draping” was produced by FIT in 1982 and is still used today. It’s an FIT classic!Technical supervision, Hedda Gold; fashion illustration, Linda Tain; television supervision, Lee White; produced and directed by Jeffrey Buchman. Presented by the Fashion Design Apparel Department at the Fashion Institute of Technology

Fashion Culture: 21st-Century Denim

Kara Nicholas, archivist at the legendary Cone Mills, denim industry veteran Andrew Olah, FIT Professor Jeffrey Silberman, and Emma McClendon, curator of the MFIT exhibition Denim: Fashion’s Frontier, discuss the current state of the denim industry and where it is heading in the 21st century.This event was held March 10, 2016

Pink Symposium: Dr. Valerie Steele “Pink: The History of a Color”

The Museum at FIT presented Pink, its twentieth academic symposium. This symposium explored the significance of the color pink in fashion, art, and culture. Pink provokes exceptionally strong feelings of both attraction and repulsion, yet it is increasingly being regarded as cool and androgynous, powerful and political. Topics included the significance of pink clothing in western and non-western cultures (including India, Africa, Mexico, and Japan), the role of pink in eighteenth-century portraiture, associations of pink with politics, gender, and sexuality, and the use of pink in cinema.Dr. Valerie Steele is director and chief curator of MFIT. Her current exhibition is Pink: The History of a Punk, Pretty, Powerful Color. She is the author or editor of numerous books, including Pink and Paris Fashion: A Cultural History