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The Museum at FIT to host ‘Food & Fashion’ exhibition

The Museum at FIT (MFIT) has unveiled that it will be hosting a ‘Food & Fashion’ exhibition exploring the impact of food and food culture on fashion design. Co-curated by Melissa Marra-Alvarez, MFIT’s curator of education and research, and Elizabeth Way, the museum’s associate curator of costume, over 80 garments and accessories will be...

Not-so-average: Elizabeth Way - Associate Curator at The Museum at FIT

Elizabeth Way is an Associate Curator at the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), as well as a fashion historian whose personal research focuses on the intersection of Black American culture and fashion. Her most recent project is the Fresh, Fly, Fabulous: 50 Years of Hip Hop Style exhibit which celebrates the 50th anniversary of...

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Museum at FIT: New expo to showcase modern Latinx American fashion

The Museum at FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology) opened the doors to its new exhibition last Friday, called ‘¡Moda Hoy! Latin American and Latinx Fashion Design Today’. The spotlight is put onto designers from Latin American countries and those of Latin American heritage living in the US, who are often referred to as Hispanic, Latino/Latina,...

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Museum at FIT: Celebrating 50 Years of Hip Hop in American fashion

When you open the doors of the Museum at FIT their red carpet guides you down two roads, one of which leads you through double doors decorated with two photos of fashionable everyday New Yorkers taken by photographer Jamel Shabazz. As you walk through and down the stairwell you’re greeted with more colorful photos taken by Shabazz which all...

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The Museum at FIT to host ‘Designing Women: Fashion Creators and Their Interiors’ exhibition

The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (MFIT) has unveiled a new exhibition centred around the connections between high fashion and interior decoration, set to take place from November 30 to May 14, 2023. ‘Designing Women: Fashion Creators and Their Interiors’ will feature 60 garments and accessories by 40 female designers, including...

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The Museum at FIT to host hip hop fashion exhibition

The museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), in New York City, is set to present an exhibition dedicated to celebrating the 50th anniversary of the “birth of hip hop”. ‘Fresh, Fly and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style’ will explore this influential style and music genre through the use of over 100 garments and accessories that...

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Video: Cristóbal Balenciaga in the spotlight

In this video, the YouTube channel 'The Museum at FIT' presents its Designer Spotlight series in which MFIT curators examine objects in the permanent collection that highlights the work of a specific designer and or contributions to fashion. This time it was Cristóbal Balenciaga's turn to be put in the spotlight. Watch the video below. Source:...

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3 fashion school museums you can visit virtually

While fashion students have transitioned to remote learning and museum exhibitions have been postponed, fashion schools’ museums from New York, California to Georgia have curated a number of online exhibitions to keep their communities inspired. Why not spend time on lockdown wisely and brush up on fashion knowledge through these free virtual...

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Museum at FIT announces exhibition on hip hop fashion

Hip hop will be on display at the Museum at FIT in 2023. The museum has announced that it will host a new exhibition entitled "Fresh, Fly and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style" from February to April 2023 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the birth of the music genre. "Fresh, Fly and Fabulous" will present hip hop fashion and examine...

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FIT exhibit examines power of fashion entering 2020

Power Mode: The Force of Fashion, the new exhibit at the Museum at FIT heralds fashion’s warrior spirit to launch us into a year of a contentious reelection campaign, on the cusp of a new decade in which confronting the enemy of climate change will be the significant battle. Fashion can prepare each of us for our own personal daily reckonings...

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Museum at FIT opens Power Mode: The Force of Fashion exhibition

The Museum at FIT is exploring the power of fashion in a new exhibition. Opening today, December 10, Power Mode: The Force of Fashion offers visitors a look into the many roles fashion can play in establishing, reinforcing, and challenging power dynamics within society. "The force of fashion is symbolic. It is social. It is related to political...