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Hamish Bowles "Striking a Pose: Remembering London's Fashion and Club Scene in the 1980s"
No full textHamish Bowles presented "Striking a Pose: Remembering London's Fashion and Club Scene in the 1980s" at The Museum at FIT's 15th fashion symposium, Fashion Underground: The World of Susanne Bartsch, held October 22 & 23, 2015.Hamish Bowles is the international editor at large for Vogue, where he oversees all interior design features and covers fashion and contemporary culture.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
Fashion Culture: Fairy Tale Imagery
No full textVisual artists Natalie Frank and Kirsty Mitchell joined Colleen Hill, curator of the MFIT exhibition "Fairy Tale Fashion", to discuss the use of fairy tale imagery in their work. Frank’s recent exhibition, "The Brothers Grimm", featured 25 chalk and pastel drawings. Mitchell’s dream-like photographs intertwine fantasy, literature, and personal meditations. Organized in collaboration with FIT’s Gladys Marcus Library.This event was held March 31, 2016 at The Museum at FIT, NYC
Commencement 2016: Valedictory Address, Christina Lancione Berry
No full textChristina Lancione Berry, Fabric Styling major, gives the valedictorian address at FIT's Commencement 2016
Commencement 2016: Ruth Finley
No full textRuth Finley receives the President's Award for Lifetime Achievement and addresses the graduates at FIT's Commencement 2016. Ruth Finley is the Founder and Former Publisher of The Fashion Calendar
Talking Trade: China's Super Consumers: Changing China, Changing the World
No full textFIT's International Trade and Marketing Department, in partnership with the New York District Export Council at World Trade Week, presents Talking Trade: China's Super Consumers. Distinguished speakers discuss how marketing to China has been transformed, how China's consumers themselves are influencing marketing around the world, and how companies can enhance their sales and exports to the burgeoning Chinese market.Master of Ceremonies: Thomas Pollak, President, Tally-Ho Creations, Pollak Import/Export Corp. and ITM Advisory Board member. Speakers: Mr. Michael A. Zakkour, Vice President, China/Asia Pacific Practice Leader, Tompkins International and co-author of book, China's Super Consumers; Mr. Jason Merritt, Assistant Vice President, Corporate Foreign Exchange Sales, HSBC Bank USA, N
Fashion Culture: Fashion in the Social Media Era
No full textOn Tuesday, November 16, Eva Chen, head of fashion partnerships at Instagram, showed how Instagram became critical fashion marketing channel, especially popular among professionals in the fashion industry
Phillipe Thiébaut "Robert de Montesquiou, Artist of Attitude and Gesture"
No full textPhillipe Thiébaut at The Museum at FIT's 16th fashion symposium, Proust’s Muse, held on Thursday, October 20, 2016.The day-long symposium was organized in conjunction with the exhibition Proust's Muse, The Countess Greffulhe. Researchers from the United States and Europe discussed the connections between fashion, patronage, literature, and the arts in turn of the century France.Phillipe Thiébaut is the general curator of patrimony with the Musée d'Orsay, where he was appointed in 1980 to form the Art Nouveau Collections. He has commissioned many exhibitions including 1900 at the Galeries nationales duGrand Palais. In 2013, the Institut national d’histoire de l’art recruited him as scientific advisor in the domain of decorative arts, design, and material culture
Commencement 2017: President Joyce F. Brown
No full textAddress to Graduates: President Joyce F. Brow
Black Fashion Designers Symposium: Dr. Victoria Rovine “Fashion in Africa and Beyond”
No full textDr. Victoria Rovine, “Fashion in Africa and Beyond” 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.Victoria Rovine is an associate professor of art history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of African Fashion, Global Style: Histories, Innovations, and Ideas You Can Wear
Black Fashion Designers Symposium: June Ambrose in conversation with Carly Cushnie and Michelle Ochs
No full textJune Ambrose in conversation with Carly Cushnie and Michelle Ochs 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.June Ambrose is a celebrity stylist and designer whose clients include Sean Combs, Jay Z, Alicia Keys, and Gabrielle Union. She is author of the book Effortless Style.Carly Cushnie and Michelle Ochs founded their brand Cushnie et Ochs in 2008, creating collections that juxtapose bold sensuality with minimalist sophistication