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Faces and Places in Fashion: Hilton Hollis
No full textPart presentation, part Q&A, FIT's "Faces & Places in Fashion" lecture series is an opportunity to connect students and the public alike to the pulse of the fashion industry in an open and conversational setting.Hollis describes his career as a fashion designer after graduating from FIT in 1999, and his success as CEO of Hilton Hollis International. He emphasizes the value of his FIT education, and his early years of designing for the bridge market. His career advice includes the need for being aggressive, seeking out contacts, trusting oneself, taking risks, and experimenting with different marketing approaches. He also shows a video of his Fall 2009 line that show inspiration from the Baroque artist Peter Paul Rubens
Faces and Places in Fashion: Joseph Barrato
No full textPart presentation, part Q&A, FIT's "Faces & Places in Fashion" lecture series is an opportunity to connect students and the public alike to the pulse of the fashion industry in an open and conversational setting.After showing a video about Ralph Lauren's career, Joseph Barrato speaks about his own career in retailing and current responsibilities as President of Ralph Lauren Black Label and Purple Label . Mr. Barrato describes his early years as a partner with Ralph Lauren and assignments at Brooks Brothers and Bergdorf's, and explains the attraction of working for a firm like Brioni that is committed to hand tailoring, luxurious fabrics and expert finishing, before returning to Ralph Lauren
Faces and Places in Fashion: John Bartlett
No full textPart presentation, part Q&A, FIT's "Faces & Places in Fashion" lecture series is an opportunity to connect students and the public alike to the pulse of the fashion industry in an open and conversational setting.Harvard and FIT grad John Bartlett describes his career as a successful, CFDA ward-winning menswear designer. After several years of designing in the late 1980's, Bartlett closed his design firm to travel and re-think his career. After working several years in Italy for Jenny and Byblos, he returned to the States to re-enter the menswear field, launching clothing, accessories and furnishing lines. He opened his first retail store in Greenwich Village in 2007 and in 2010 turned his attention to women's fashions. A brief slide show of the Fall 2010 women's line demonstrates his interest in crossover styling elementsfrom menswear to womenswear. In his discussion with the audience, he emphasizes the role of internships in starting careers and the importance of taking on all assignments . He explains how sexuality and sexual identity have influenced his fashion designs and notes how carefully he has selected models for his runway shows
Designer Spotlight: Charles James
No full textThe Museum at FIT presents its Designer Spotlight series where MFIT curators explore objects in our permanent collection that highlight a specific designer's work and their contributions to fashion.Charles James was a designer’s designer. Although greatly admired by other couturiers, such as Christian Dior and Jacques Fath, he was unknown to the public at large. Indeed, he was often on the verge of bankruptcy, despite creating expensive clothes for some of the world’s most discriminating clients, such as Mrs. Randolph Hearst and Millicent Rogers. A brilliant designer, but a difficult and tormented personality, he made fewer than 1000 garments over the course of a 50-year career. There are many stories of his eccentricities: once, for example, two clients wanted the same dress, so—like King Solomon—he cut it in half. The extreme rarity and originality of his existing garments makes them among the most valuable objects in museum costume collections.Born in England, James began his career as a milliner in Chicago, working under the name Charles Boucheron. Then he moved to New York, where he also began designing dresses. The influence of millinery can be seen in the way he juxtaposed rigid geometrical forms and fluid folds. Many couturiers of the 1950s incorporated boning and padding into their dresses, but James went much further, often creating an elaborate infrastructure, encasing the wearer’s torso. A virtuoso with fabric, he would then create a superstructure of artfully-draped silk and satin. James is best-known for the intricately-cut, often asymmetrical ball gowns that he designed in the 1940s and 1950s, which sold at the time for about $1500, and can easily fetch 100 times that figure today. A fashion journalist described one evening gown as “so intricately shaped, so marvelously massed into drapery that every angle presents a new silhouette.” The Museum at FIT owns several gowns that James designed for the performer, Lisa Kirk, as well as a beautiful example of his most famous dress, the Abstract or Four-Leaf Clover ball gown. His quilted, padded evening jackets are also justly famous. Although best known for his ability to “sculpt” with fabric, James was also a brilliant colorist, masterfully juxtaposing unexpected colors, such as golden yellow and ice blue
Luca and Mariano Rubinacci in conversation with G. Bruce Boyer
No full textMariano and Luca Rubinacci of the world-renowned House of Rubinacci discuss the Neapolitan school of tailoring with G. Bruce Boyer, menswear expert, writer, and editor, and co-curator of the Museum at FIT exhibition, Elegance in an Age of Crisis: Fashions of the 1930s. Presented by The Museum at FIT. March 26, 2014.Introduced by Patricia Mears
Capstone 2013: Closing Remarks by Leaders
No full textClass of 2013 Capstone Research Presentations: Beauty in a Digital World. In the post-Facebook IPO world, and after the success of micro targeting in the 2012 Obama Presidential Campaign, the notion of “Digital” to consumer marketing has evolved. Not every brand needs to use every aspect of Social and Digital Media, and many are learning to reframe conversations and budgets around Digital strategy based on marketing objective, rather than commerce. Digital capabilities are also unlocking opportunities for both knowledge and cost savings in the marketing spend, notably for consumer interaction and enhanced market research opportunities, with access to data leading to more customized consumer communication and product offering. With this in mind, this year’s Capstone research is focused on “Beauty in a Digital World,” with the support of this year’s sponsors, Beiersdorf, and with Google as Research Partner
Fran Lebowitz in Conversation with Valerie Steele - A Queer History of Fashion
No full textFran Lebowitz and Valerie Steele in conversation at The Museum at FIT’s 13th fashion symposium, A Queer History of Fashion, held November 8-9, 2013. This is an edited version of the full talk, which is available for check out at the Gladys Marcus Library of FIT
Talking Trade: Careers with a Conscience: Working in Global Social Responsibility
No full textTalking Trade @ FIT Lecture Series. Careers with a Conscience: Working in Global Social Responsibility. November 5, 2013. The panel will consist of four experts in corporate social responsibility (CSR), who will discuss the best ways to prepare, search and interview for jobs and internships in CSR. Panelists will explore the range of available options, including supply chain management, public relations and marketing, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), social entrepreneurship and international volunteering. Moderator: Elizabeth Pulos, President, FIT Student Club on Corporate Social Responsibility. Panelists: Amy Hall, Director of Social Consciousness, Eileen Fisher. Susan McPherson, SVP/Director at Fenton Communications. Nadiyah Bradshaw Spencer, Sourcing & Production Expert Specializing in Africa and Other Emerging Markets; Head of Production/Sourcing, SUNO. Summer Rayne Oakes, Environmental Scientist, Model and Social Entrepreneur. Organized with the cooperation of the FIT Club on Corporate Social Responsibility
Talking Trade: South East Asia – The Next Engines of Growth (part 2 of 3)
No full textTalking Trade FIT Guest Lecture Series: South East Asia: The Next Engines of Growth. May 2, 2013. Guest speakers will discuss how the fashion industry is helping to fuel growth in this fast growing area including the Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia and the rest of the region. Moderator: Tanjila Islam, Chief Executive Officer, TigerTrade. Panelists: Ma. Theresa (Tess) Dizon-De Vega, Deputy Consul, Philippine Consulate General, New York, Svida Alisjahbana, Chief Executive Officer, Femina Group and Founder & Chair, Jakarta Fashion Week, Prof. Anna Blume, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of the History of Arts, FIT, Linh M. Nguyen, USA General Manager, TNG Investment and Trading JSC, Mr. Muhd Shahrulmiza Zakaria, Trade Commissioner / Consul (Trade), Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE). Presented by International Trade and Marketing for the Fashion Industries Program in collaboration with the New York District Export Council and The United States – Indonesia Society
BFA Fashion Show 2013: The Future of Fashion
No full textGarments designed by FIT’s graduating Fashion Design and Accessories Design students.http://www.fitnyc.edu/13893.as