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CFMM Capstone 2015 - New Luxury Platforms
No full textClass of 2015 Capstone Research Presentations.The notion of retail is changing for luxury, as quickly as the epicenters of luxury and consumer values. Today, e-commerce outpaces brick and mortar five to one. Further, consumer priorities are shifting towards experience vs. product. As such, luxury brick and mortar retailers must offer consumers a new value equation. What is the right concept for the future of brick and mortar luxury retail? Is there a role for more intimate retail experiences, and is there a danger of fatigue among new consumers with the excess of global flagship stores? What is the next evolution of luxury retail?Group Leader: Amanda Bopp. Co-Leader: Rachel Ball. Julie Conlon, Hannah de Boer, Juliana Hendershot, Sonya Lucki, Priyanka Malhotra, Catherine Velazquez.Music: "See You Again (feat. Charlie Puth)" by Wiz Khalifa. Category: Education. License: Standard YouTube License.Note: A portion of this video may be muted due to copyright
Gordon Cooke Oral History
No full textExecutive vice president of sales and promotion for Bloomingdale's in the 1980's, Gordon Cooke, interviewed by Estelle Ellis on November 5, 1986.This interview mostly discusses Marvin Stuart Traub, president of Bloomingdales from 1969 and CEO from 1978 to 1991, who was being honored with the "One Person Makes a Difference" award at the Educational Foundation of the Fashion Industries Dinner Dance at F.I.T.This interview takes place at a time when Bloomingdale's President Marvin S. Traub was being awarded the "Person Who Makes the Difference" award from the Fashion Institute of Technology. Gordon Cooke discusses the various ways in which Traub's style of leadership and business has made a difference in Bloomingdale's success not just as a department store but as an innovator in the world of promotions and business relations. Cooke uses Bloomingdale's country promotions as examples of Traub's creativity and insight regarding promotions. Cooke discusses the team-syle development of ideas, describing the equal value placed on promotions, design, sales, etc. as being instrumental in the creative development of Bloomingdale's. Cooke credits Bloomingale's with opening up trade with various countries before even the U.S. government had fully developed trade with these countries. Finally, Cooke talks about Traub's collaboration with both established and cutting-edge artists in advertisements and promotions.Gordon Cooke was the Executive Vice President for Sales Promotion at Bloomingdale's throughout the 1980s, eventually leaving Bloomingdale's to work for Time Warner in 1992. While at Bloomingdale's, Cooke worked under Marvin S. Traub, who was in his final decade as the chief executive at the department store. This interview was conducted by Estelle Ellis, founder of Business, Inc., a business market research firm
Ted Allan Oral History (part 2)
No full textHollywood photographer, Ted Allan, interview by Robert L. Green
Ted Allan Oral History (part 1)
No full textHollywood photographer, Ted Allan, interview by Robert L. Green
Norma Kamali in conversation with Patricia Mears
No full textNorma Kamali in conversation with Patricia Mears at The Museum at FIT's annual fashion symposium, Fashion, Science, and Exploration, held on Tuesday, October 10, 2017. The one-day symposium explored the impact of scientific thought on fashion.Norma Kamali, an FIT graduate, started her eponymous clothing line in 1967. Among her most celebrated creations is the “sleeping bag coat.” Designed in the 1970s, it remains one of the fashion’s best appropriations of extreme environmental wear and is featured in Expedition: Fashion from the Extreme.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
Dr. Janie Harden Fritz on Civility
No full textFIT’s civility initiative is aimed at engaging our community in a discussion of respectful ways of living and learning in a higher education environment. FIT encourages our community to behave with civility. A community upholding civility respects the rights of individuals and groups. It is characterized by understanding and considerations of the differences among members of the community. The diversity of the college adds to the richness of campus life, and FIT expects all members of the community to respect both differences and commonalities. This video is from FIT's Spring 2018 Convocation featuring opening comments from President Joyce F. Brown and special guest speaker, Dr. Janie Harden Fritz. Learn more about the Civility Initiative at fitnyc.edu/civilit
Norell: Dean of American Fashion: Three Designers on Norell
No full textJeffrey Banks, Stan Herman, and Ralph Rucci talk about Norman Norell's couture techniques and history in fashion for the exhibition "Norell: Dean of American Fashion.
The Body: Fashion and Physique: Lauren Downing Peters
No full textThe Museum at FIT interviews Lauren Downing Peters about her research on the early history of 'stoutwear' and the plus-size industry for the exhibition "The Body: Fashion and Physique" (December 5, 2017 – May 5, 2018
Fashion and Physique Symposium: Julia Twigg “Dress, Embodiment, and the Performance of Age”
No full textJulia Twigg presenting “Dress, Embodiment, and the Performance of Age” at The Museum at FIT's 19th fashion symposium, Fashion and Physique, held on Friday, February 23, 2018.The one-day symposium featured lectures and panels on topics such as the emergence of the plus-size fashion industry in the early twentieth century, the impact of popular culture on how we assess the female body, and fashion accessibility for the disabled in the technological age.Julia Twigg is professor of sociology and social policy at the University of Kent, U.K. She has written widely on age, embodiment, and dress, and is the author of "Fashion and Age: Dress, the Body and Later Life.
Elegance in an Age of Crisis: Part 2 His
No full textA video exploring key themes of “Elegance in an Age of Crisis” an exhibition about 1930s style at The Museum at FIT February 7 to April 19, 2014. Part 2 features menswear writer G. Bruce Boyer, Savile Row tailor Stephen Hitchcock, Luca Rubinacci of London House, and Massimiliano Attolini of Cesare Attolini discussing men’s style of the era. Shot and edited for MFIT by Andrew Yamato