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Fashion in the Nineties Symposium: Alexandre Samson , "Martin Margiela / 1989–1999"
No full textAlexandre Samson, fashion historian, curator, and head of the Haute Couture (from 1947) and Contemporary Design department at the Palais Galliera, Paris Fashion Museum, discusses the collections of the Belgian fashion designer Martin Margiela for The Museum at FIT's 26th academic symposium “Reinvention and Restlessness: Fashion in the Nineties” on February 11, 2022. This virtual event that focuses on the 1990s, explores how concepts such as globalism and technological advancement shaped fashion of the era
FIT 4th Semester Student Fashion Show: 1996 Fall
No full textFIT student fashion show featuring clothing designed by 4th semester F.I.T. students. Remarks by Rose Rosa, Chair, Fashion Design Department; Allan F. Hirschfield, President of FIT, critic Herbie Velez and award winner Josephine Chang, critic Don Sayers and award winner Sun Oh Kim, critic John Anthony and award winner Hu Shin Na. Designs feature Current Scene, Sportswear, Design Studio.NOTE: portions of this video may be muted due to copyright
FIT 4th Semester Student Fashion Show: 1981 Winter
No full textFIT student fashion show featuring clothing designed by 4th semester F.I.T. students. Designs feature Children's Wear, Active Sportswear, Sportswear Design, Tailored Garment Design, Design Studio.NOTE: portions of this video may be muted due to copyright
FIT 4th Semester Student Fashion Show: 1984 Spring
No full textFIT student fashion show featuring clothing designed by 4th semester F.I.T. students. Designs feature Strip Knit Design (critic: Howard Lawrence; award winner: Lianne Barnes), Sportswear Design (critis: Adri; award winner: Mitchell Kass), Design Studio (critic: Bill Haire; award winner: Sung Hye Jung), Sportswear (critic: Mary Ann Restivo; award winner: Juannie Eng), Menswear (critic: Jeffrey Banks; award winner: Daniel Glasow), Current Scene (critic: Stephen Sprouse; award winner: Teresa Paolili), Sportswear (critic: Carol Horn; award winner: Kimberly Lutz), Tailored Garments (critic: Pauline Trigere; award winner: JaeHuee Hwang).NOTE: portions of this video may be muted due to copyright
Faces and Places in Fashion: Virginie Lanoue
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.Virginie Lanoue currently serves as the Collection Coordinator for Isabel Marant, where she works directly under Isabel Marant in the conceptualization of concepts. In this role she is charged with checking the consistency of product offering across designers. She has worked at Isabel Marant since 2010, beginning as a personal assistant to Isabel Marant. In this role, she was instrumental in the implementation and planning of both the runway show and lookbook. She was promoted to a Studio Assistant before serving in her current role. Prior to working in fashion, Virginie was a successful actress in France in a series of Films, TV Shows and Commericals
Faces and Places in Fashion: Gloria Gelfand
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.Ms. Gelfand describes highlights in her 60 year career in the fashion industry, including development of the blue jeans and sportswear market, and her early years at White Stag
Faces and Places in Fashion: Pier Guerci
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.Pier Guerci of the Italian textile fabric manufacturer Loro Piana and two of his senior colleagues use a video and slide presentation to describe the history of his luxury-brand company, its goal of being a completely vertically integrated enterprise, its emphasis on producing only the finest cashmere products and its expansion into the United States
Faces and Places in Fashion: Gail Marquis
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.Gail Marquis briefly describes her childhood and how she became an Olympic Silver medalist for women's basketball. She also describes the activities she attended at the 2009 Barack Obama presidental inauguration
Faces and Places in Fashion: Michael Kaplan
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.Michael Kaplan describes how his large-size women's fashion retailing venture was successful because of careful marketing studies. Their firm, Fashion to Figure, offers over 75 brands of sizes 14-26. The brothers are grandchildren of the founders of the Lane Bryant stores, which also offered fashions to 12+ shoppers, and they contrast the earlier retailing concern with the narrower focus and broader plus-size offerings of Fashion to Figure
Mass Communication Guest Speaker: Vera Moore
No full textVera Moore speaks with Professor Judith Gaffney's Mass Communication class. Vera Moore is the President and CEO of a highly competitive business, Vera Moore Cosmetics. She has national recognition as one of the first black actresses to be contracted on a national television show when she portrayed "Linda" on the soap opera, Another World, for 12 years