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Fashion Culture: The Looks of Love
No full textOn April 26, 2016, Hal Rubenstein, formerly men’s style editor of The New York Times Magazine and currently editor at large of InStyle, presented his new book, The Looks of Love, in which he presents 50 of the most influential romantic moments in style. Playful, profound, stylish, and sophisticated, The Looks of Love combines more than 225 images and essays
Black Fashion Designers Symposium: Elizabeth Way in conversation with Teri Agins, Dario Calmese, and Constance White
No full textElizabeth Way, in conversation with Teri Agins, Dario Calmese, and Constance White at The Museum at FIT's annual fashion symposium, Black Fashion Designers, held on Monday, February 6, 2017.The one-day symposium featured talks by designers, models, journalists, and scholars on African diasporic culture and fashion.Elizabeth Way is curatorial assistant at MFIT. She co-curated the exhibitions Black Fashion Designers and Global Fashion Capitals.Teri Agins spent 25 years as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, where she continues to write the “Ask Teri” fashion advice column. She is author of The End of Fashion.Dario Calmese writes for The Daily Beast and is a photographer, visual director, and whose clients have included Beyoncé, Pyer Moss, and Public School.Constance White is an award-winning journalist and author of Stylenoir, a pioneering book on black culture and style
Black Fashion Designers Symposium: Dr. Monica Miller and Eric Darnell Pritchard in conversation about Patrick Kelly
No full textDr. Monica Miller and Eric Darnell Pritchard, in conversation about Patrick Kelly at The Museum at FIT's annual fashion symposium, Black Fashion Designers, held on Monday, February 6, 2017. The one-day symposium featured talks by designers, models, journalists, and scholars on African diasporic culture and fashion.Monica Miller is a professor of English and Africana Studies at Barnard College, and is author of Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity.Eric Darnell Pritchard is assistant professor of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and author of the book Fashioning Lives: Black Queers and the Politics of Literacy
Pauline Trigere Oral History (part 1)
No full textAudio recording of fashion designer, Pauline Trigere. Interviewed by Robert L. Green on November 13, 1979 at her Park Avenue apartment. Fashion Institute of Technology (NYC).This is the first interview in a three-part series between Robert L. Green of the Fashion Institute of Technology and American fashion designer, Pauline Trigere. This first interview covers Trigere's arrival in New York City from Paris in 1937, her start in fashion through the coat business run by her husband and by her brother, her brief work at Ben Gershel as Travis Benton's assistant, and then her work as assistant designer at Hattie Carnegie. Trigere explains how this last job led to her opening her own business in 1942, which turns the convsersation towards the long work required in fashion and the over saturation of the fashion design field. Trigere also speaks repeatedly of American fashion and French fashion, and the importance of "style" versus "fashion" and how she has tried to make "style" a key element in her designs. Toward the end of the interview, Trigere comments on her ability to change over time, in taste and opinion. She then goes on to speak of her stature as an American designer and how it has affected her.Pauline Trigere was born November 4th, 1908 in Paris, France and died February 13th, 2002 in New York City. Despite growing up in Paris, Trigere became a prominent and influential American fashion designer and was an advocate for American fashion design, serving as one of the original founding memebers of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) in 1962. Trigere arrived in New York on January 6th, 1937, when she and her husband and two children left Europe as Hitler began gaining power. Trigere's brother and husband opened a coat warehouse which led, eventually, to Trigere designing dresses for the business. After separating from her husband, Trigere briefly worked for Ben Gershel and then Hattie Carnegie. Trigere eventually took over the workshop when Hattie Carnegie closed her ready-to-wear line in 1942; this was the beginning of Pauline Trigere's own business. Mostly designing by draping on live models, Trigere became known for her timeless styles which avoided being overly trendy. Crisp tailoring that was also decidedly feminine exemplified Trigere's style in addition to her innovative use of cotton and wool in evening wear. She was also known for her use of fur trim. Trigere received 3 Coty awards; first in 1949, then in 1951, and then in 1959 with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Additionally, Trigere received the Neiman Marcus award in 1950, the National Cotton Council of America award in 1951, and the Filene award in 1959. Trigere was also honored by her birth city in 1972 and 1982 with the Silver Medal of the City of Paris
Robert Abajian Oral History (part 1)
No full textAudio recording of Robert Abajian, design director of Liz Claiborne, Inc. Interviewed by Mildred Finger on January 19, 1985 at the Fashion Institute of Technology
Expedition: Extreme Exploration on High Fashion
No full textPatricia Mears, Deputy Director of The Museum at FIT and curator of "Expedition: Fashion from the Extreme" takes you on a journey through the first large-scale exhibition to illustrate the impact of extreme exploration on high fashion.Featured Music: Wonderland - Composer: L. Pagiaro; Triumphant Classical Piano Music - Composer: Bobby Cole; The Long Awakening - Composer: Neil Cross; Exciting Orchestral Strings Music Cue - Composer: Keith Anthony Holden; World Class - Composer: Giovanni Lodigiani; Holding On (Cinematic Underscore) - Composer: Keith Anthony Holden. All used via Audioblocks license."Expedition: Fashion from the Extreme" runs through January 6, 2018 at The Museum at FIT in NYC
Patricia Mears “Fashion from the Extreme: The Poles, Highest Peaks, and Beyond”
No full textPatricia Mears at The Museum at FIT's annual fashion symposium, Fashion, Science, and Exploration, held on Tuesday, October 10, 2017.Patricia Mears is deputy director of The Museum at FIT and curator of Expedition: Fashion from the Extreme. She has organized a number of exhibitions and written the accompanying books, including Elegance in an Age of Crisis, Ivy Style, and YSL + Halston: Fashioning the 70s
Stan Herman interview
No full textPhyllis Dillon and Stan Herman discuss his 60+ year career in fashion
Ariele Elia "Ocean Exploration: Fashions from the Deep"
No full textAriele Elia at The Museum at FIT's annual fashion symposium, Fashion, Science, and Exploration, held on Tuesday, October 10, 2017.Ariele Elia is the Fashion Design MFA industry/project coordinator at FIT. She curated the MFIT exhibition Faking It, co-curated Black Fashion Designers, and contributed to the exhibition and the book Expedition: Fashion from the Extreme
TEDxFIT: Styling from Inside Out™, Dawnn Karen
No full textUtilizing your outer appearance to feel better on the inside, to be whoever you want to be, and to be your true self!Dawnn Karen holds a Master of Arts degree in counseling psychology from Columbia University and is also a candidate for a Masters in Education from Columbia University. She has written for several international publications, has spoken at many international engagements and has contributed to major networks as an international TV Personality & Media Expert in more than 25 countries. Her most recent speaking engagements include the Kyiv Security Forum per request of Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatensyuk and United Nation's Empower Women. Her most recent interviews include NBC News, The New York Times, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Huff Post, BBC News and more. Ultimately, she has made history as a pioneer of the Fashion Psychology Field (2012), as the first black woman Psychology Professor in the Social Sciences Department and as one of the youngest Professors at the Fashion Institute of Technology (2014).This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/ted