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The Museum FIT's Couture Council to honor designer Simon Porte Jacquemus

Founder and designer Simon Porte Jacquemus has been named this year's recipient of the 2024 Couture Council Award for Artistry of Fashion from the Couture Council of The Museum at FIT (MFIT). Jacquemus will be honored at the annual luncheon on September 4 at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center in New York City, an event that signals the...

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The Museum at FIT to present ‘Africa’s Fashion Diaspora’ exhibition

A new exhibition highlighting fashion’s role in shaping international Black diasporic cultures is set to make its way to New York’s Museum at FIT (MFIT) this September, where 60 ensembles and accessories from global Black designers are to be put on display. Dubbed ‘Africa’s Fashion Diaspora’, the exhibit looks to explore how such designers take...

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The Museum at FIT spotlighting statement sleeves in 2024

The Museum at FIT in New York is asking “What is a statement sleeve?” with its 2024 exhibition featuring nearly 80 fashion pieces from its permanent collection. Opening on January 24, ‘Statement Sleeves’ will feature the works of designers such as Balenciaga, Tom Ford, Schiaparelli, Vivienne Westwood and Thierry Mugler, exploring how sleeves...

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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...

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Gabriela Hearst to be honoured at The Museum at FIT

Uruguayan-American designer Gabriela Hearst has been announced as the recipient of the 2023 Couture Council Award for Artistry of Fashion from the Museum at FIT. The ceremony will be held at the annual luncheon on September 6 at the Lincoln Center in New York City. "It is such an honour for the team and I to receive the 2023 Couture Council...

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...