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ARTSpeak: Siri Hustvedt
No full textNotable writer Siri Hustvedt lectures on one or more of the many topics that she has explored in her writing. Siri Hustvedt is the author of a book of poetry, three collections of essays, a work of nonfiction, and six novels, including the international bestsellers What I Loved and The Summer Without Men. Her most recent novel The Blazing World was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize and won The Los Angeles Book Prize for fiction. In 2012 she was awarded the International Gabarron Prize for Thought and Humanities. She has a PhD in English from Columbia University and is a lecturer in psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York. Her work has been translated into over 30 languages.This event is part of ARTSpeak, an interdisciplinary program presented by the departments of Fine Arts and History of Art. ARTSpeak is made possible in part through funding by the FIT Student-Faculty Corporation, the School of Art and Design, and the School of Liberal Arts
Fashion Culture: History of Pink
No full textOn September 13, 2018, Dr. Valerie Steele, director and chief curator at The Museum at FIT, discussed her exhibition and book "Pink: The History of a Punk, Pretty, Powerful Color.
Library Professional Development Day: Andrea Reyes, Beth Fiteni, Priscilla Debar
No full textThe FIT Library's 2018 Professional Development Day was "Go Green: Eco City Living" and featured guest speakers on a variety of subjects relating to sustainability.Andrea Reyes is alumni of FIT and has taught in Baruch College and Pace university. She is also the co-founder of A. Bernadette and the chair of the NYC Fair Trade Coalition.Beth Fiteni is the Executive Director of Green Inside & Out and was a featured speaker at TEDxAdelphiUniversity.Priscilla Debar is the founder of FAUBOURG; a style and lifestyle destination for the conscious modern woman. At FAUBOURG you'll find fashion-forward clothing and accessories from the most covetable and innovative ethical designers from around the world
Faces and Places in Fashion: John Anthony, Fashion Designer
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.John Anthony is an award- winning American fashion designer best known for simple, elegant clothing with a strong sense of chic. Always a minimalist, his uniquely American style ranges from sharply tailored clothes to signature pared-down evening wear that is striking without being outrageous. He is renowned for his cutting, tailoring, and overall dedication to a specialist style.Anthony’s design philosophy is a fusion of function and purpose. The function is his logical, wearable approach; the purpose, his pared-down ideas. As a designer, he considers it his job to make things easy for the customer. He designs with focus and a narrow palette for both day and night, so items can easily intermingle. He uses natural fabrics and is noted for contradictory daywear fabrics in his evening collections. In the early 70’s he was one of the first designers to promote the idea of easy-to-travel clothes that resist wrinkling.John Anthony’s first collection featured masculine tailoring in pinstripe and herringbone wools, softened with blouses and pleated or smocked crêpe dresses underneath. By 1976, he was showing soft, liquid separates in muted colors that became his trademark and received two Coty awards, one in 1972 and one in 1976, as recognition.His modern understatements have brought him commissions from high-profile clients including First Ladies, dignitaries and top celebrities.Today, John operates an exclusive custom clothing business in New York and continues to design for modern women in need of a wardrobe for all occasions
Fashion Unraveled Colloquium: Michelle McVicker 'The Traces of Use:' The Dresses of Frida Kahlo
No full textInspired by the MFIT exhibition Fashion Unraveled and organized by MFIT and the Fashion Research Network, this one-day colloquium explored the concepts of memory, wear, and imperfection in fashion. Speakers focused on imperfect garments and the significance of dressing as a habitual, intimate, and ephemeral act.Michelle McVicker is the collections and education assistant at The Museum at FIT. She previously worked as a collections management assistant at The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. She was also a Smithsonian Cultural Heritage Fellow at The National Museum of American History, the Lenore G. Tawney Foundation Fellow at The Fabric Workshop and Museum, and a collections management intern at the Chicago History Museum. She received her Fashion Studies MA at Parsons School of Design
Franca Sozzani at The Museum at FIT
No full textFranca Sozzani, Editorial Director of Conde Nast Italy and Editor-in-chief of Vogue Gioello, discusses her career in fashion as part of the Museum at FIT’s Fashion Culture series
Anna Wintour, Editor of Vogue – Guest Speaker, FIT Commencement 2003
No full textFashion Institute of Technology: Fifty-seventh Commencement, May 27, 2003. Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY.Introductions by Dario A. Cortes, Dean of the Faculty; Edwin Goodman, Chairman of the Board of Trustees; Joyce F. Brown, President. Guest Speaker: Anna Wintour, Editor of Vogue Magazin
June Bové interview, conducted by Christine Hopkins - Oral History
No full textInterview of June Bové, Assistant Professor in the Fashion and Textile Studies department in the Graduate School at FIT. June Bové specializes in costume exhibition
Shaun Cole at the Queer History of Fashion Symposium
No full textWriter, lecturer, and curator Shaun Cole presents "Queerly Visible: Gay Men, Dress, and Style 1990--2013" 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 will be available for check out at the Gladys Marcus Library of FIT
Jonathan D. Katz - Director, PhD program, Visual Studies, University at Buffalo
No full textJonathan Katz discusses the emergence of the slogan t-shirt during the rise of the LGBTQ rights movement.The Museum at FIT is pleased to present this video in conjunction with our exhibition "A Queer History of Fashion: From the Closet to the Catwalk" which is on view from September 13, 2013 to January 4, 2014