Museum at FIT

Museum at FIT The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology is the only museum in New York City dedicated solely to the art of fashion.
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Current and upcoming exhibitions include:

Statement Sleeves
Fashion and Textile History Gallery
January 24 – August 25, 2024

Untying the Bow
Gallery FIT
March 1 - 24, 2024

Africa's Fashion Diaspora
Special Exhibitions Gallery
September - December 2024

WEBSITE: http://www.fitnyc.edu/museum
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Black dandyism sits at the intersection of fashion and empowerment, using style as a powerful tool of resistance in syst...
02/05/2025

Black dandyism sits at the intersection of fashion and empowerment, using style as a powerful tool of resistance in systems of oppression. However, what role does the relationship between fashion and music play in this resistance?
Join us in two weeks for an exploration of Black dandyism in relationship to music and fashion with Monica Miller, chair and professor of Africana studies at Barnard College, Columbia University, and curator of the forthcoming exhibition “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at The Costume Institute; Lana Turner, historian and fashion icon; and steel-pan player and composer Dr. Kendall Williams. This panel discussion will be moderated by Elizabeth Way, MFIT's curator of costume and accessories.

This event is happening Wednesday, February 19, 5:30 pm and is organized in collaboration with the New York Philharmonic.

Register today: https://museumatfit.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/ #/

[Image: Gottlieb, William P, photographer. “Portrait of Dizzy Gillespie, Downbeat, New York, NY,” c. Aug. 1947. https://www.loc.gov/item/2023868687/]

Fashion Culture Spring 2025 is made possible with the support of the Couture Council of The Museum at FIT. The Museum at FIT's programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature

Are you a fashion professional in NYC? A fashion student? Or work in fashion media? The Fashion Law Institute at Fordham...
02/04/2025

Are you a fashion professional in NYC? A fashion student? Or work in fashion media? The Fashion Law Institute at Fordham University is offering a free in-person program on how fashion can adapt to the rapid political changes and emerge with a winning hand. Their 10th annual candid, off-the-record, unrecorded discussion, "Inside Out 10: Fashion's In-House Counsel on Playing the Political Hand We're Dealt," will be held on Friday, February 7, 2025. Register here:

Join us on Friday, February 7, 2025, for our tenth annual panel featuring fashion’s in-house counsel!

Teen Vogue takes a look at the fashion industry in Africa, raising concerns for its uncertain future without concrete pl...
02/03/2025

Teen Vogue takes a look at the fashion industry in Africa, raising concerns for its uncertain future without concrete plans for investment. MFIT Curator of Costume and Accessories Elizabeth Way helps contextualize the growing mainstream popularity of African diasporic fashion.

With a new wave of museums and colleges exploring the importance of African fashion history, focus on investment is now critical.

02/03/2025

EXHIBITION ALERT!!
“All That Glitters…”
February 26 – March 23, 2025

FIT's School of Graduate Studies, in collaboration with The Museum at FIT, presents “All That Glitters…,” an exhibition conceived and organized by graduate students in FIT's MA Fashion and Textiles Studies program. All that glitters is not always gold—it can be any medium that catches the light, shines, and reflects. The post-World War II era saw a blossoming of new textiles and technologies that changed the relationship between fashion materials and light. “All That Glitters…” explores surfaces that shine, focusing on themes of material production, social and financial values, and conservation. It examines not only the bright side of these materials, but also their darker side–including their environmental impact and their use in protests, such as "glitter bombing."

https://www.fitnyc.edu/museum/exhibitions/all-that-glitters/index.php

“We wanna be fabulous. We wanna be fly. We wanna be fresh!” ~ Ralph McDaniels. For   we’re excited to publish a podcast ...
02/01/2025

“We wanna be fabulous. We wanna be fly. We wanna be fresh!” ~ Ralph McDaniels.
For we’re excited to publish a podcast conversation between Video Music Box founder Ralph McDaniels and FIT professor and author Elena Romero about the styles, sounds, and scene of early hip hop in NYC.

This talk was recorded in Feb 2023.
https://museumatfit.podbean.com/

Stream this episode and all our previous episodes on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, and Spotify.

"Don’t neglect the gold in your own backyard" ~ Ben Okri  Paquin evening dress, gold metallic silk, lamé, and silk satin...
01/31/2025

"Don’t neglect the gold in your own backyard"
~ Ben Okri



Paquin evening dress, gold metallic silk, lamé, and silk satin, c. 1935, France, gift of Marilyn Ludtke

01/29/2025

🌟🧧 Happy Lunar New Year! 🎊🐉 The Snake represents wisdom, transformation, and intuition. It’s a time to embrace growth, shed old habits, and step boldly into a new chapter. 🌙 Let this year inspire you to move with purpose, trust your instincts, and find beauty in the changes ahead. ✨🐍

📸 [Image: A floor-length hostess dress in bleached blue denim with a large snake appliqués on back and one shoulder, sold by Serendipity circa 1972, USA, gift of Stephen Bruce]

Has seasonal color dressing had its day? The Atlantic Magazine looks to fashion history fads to answer the question. “As...
01/28/2025

Has seasonal color dressing had its day? The Atlantic Magazine looks to fashion history fads to answer the question. “As long as people have been able to dress in color, we’ve been desperate to do it better. In the mid-19th century, advances in dyeing technology and synthetic organic chemistry allowed the textile industry, previously limited to what was available in nature, to mass-produce a rainbow’s worth of new shades. The problem was, people began wearing some truly awful outfits, driven to clashy maximalism by this revolution in color.” (gift article)

The false promise of seasonal-color analysis

Step into “Fashioning Wonder: A Cabinet of Curiosities” and have your curiosity piqued by the reflections and refraction...
01/28/2025

Step into “Fashioning Wonder: A Cabinet of Curiosities” and have your curiosity piqued by the reflections and refractions of eye-catching techniques. Featuring 200 garments and accessories, this exhibition uncovers the fascinating intersections of fashion, nature, art, anatomy, and illusion.

“Fashioning Wonder: A Cabinet of Curiosities” will be on view February 19 - April 20, 2025. Curated by Dr. Colleen Hill.
https://www.fitnyc.edu/museum/exhibitions/fashioning-wonder/index.php

[Image: CD Greene, white stretch-nylon dress with crystal rhinestones and mirror beads, 1996, USA, gift of CD Greene]

We’re celebrating the birthday of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson today!  Known famously as Lewis Carroll, Dodgson was born   i...
01/27/2025

We’re celebrating the birthday of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson today! Known famously as Lewis Carroll, Dodgson was born in 1832. He was the author of “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking-Glass” and continues to inspire creativity.
We’re looking back at our 2016 exhibition and its whimsical display of fashion that celebrates Carroll's enchanting world. This platform features outfits related to many of the Wonderland characters–from the curious White Rabbit to the bold Queen of Hearts and the eccentric Mad Hatter. Each look showcases imaginative storytelling brought to life through design.

https://www.fitnyc.edu/museum/exhibitions/_hide/fairy-tale-fashion.php

📸 [Images: Lewis Carroll self portrait, circa 1856, public domain.
Installation images from “Fairy Tale Fashion” that includes looks by (L to R) Manish Arora, Audrey Buckner, Undercover, Walter van Beirendonck, and Hideki Seo]

✨   in 1848, gold was discovered at Sutter's Creek, sparking the California Gold Rush. But you don’t need to dig in the ...
01/24/2025

✨ in 1848, gold was discovered at Sutter's Creek, sparking the California Gold Rush. But you don’t need to dig in the dirt to find treasures—visit the Brooklyn Museum's Solid Gold exhibition! 🏺🌟
Discover the glittering artistry and history behind gold's allure, from ancient artifacts to modern masterpieces, including something from MFIT! ✨💛

The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At 560,000 square feet, the museum is New York City's second largest in physical size and holds an art collection with roughly 1.5 million works.

"Only from the heart can you touch the sky." ~ Rumi  Roger Scemana for Yves Saint Laurent, heart-shaped brooch, red rhin...
01/24/2025

"Only from the heart can you touch the sky."
~ Rumi



Roger Scemana for Yves Saint Laurent, heart-shaped brooch, red rhinestones, faux pearl and metal, c. 1963, France, gift of Francine Gray

“To seek beauty is a more worthy aim than to display luxury.” ~ René LaliqueDiscover the artistry of René Lalique, the m...
01/23/2025

“To seek beauty is a more worthy aim than to display luxury.” ~ René Lalique
Discover the artistry of René Lalique, the master jeweler whose creations helped define the Art Nouveau movement. From delicate nature-inspired designs to his innovative use of materials, Lalique’s jewelry dazzled Parisian elites and continues to captivate the art world today. Learn about his journey and legacy in this article!

René Lalique said once: ‘To seek beauty is a more worthy aim than to display luxury.’ Lalique was a famous French Jeweler of Art Nouveau.

🎉🌹✨ Happy Birthday to the legendary Luisa Casati! ✨🌹🎉A true icon of transformation and self-expression, Casati redefined...
01/23/2025

🎉🌹✨ Happy Birthday to the legendary Luisa Casati! ✨🌹🎉
A true icon of transformation and self-expression, Casati redefined what it meant to live as art itself. From her spellbinding fashion to her fearless embrace of individuality, she turned every moment into a masterpiece. 🖤
Here’s to honoring the timeless spirit of a woman who inspired generations to see the world through a more magical lens. Your legacy of boldness and creativity lives on, Contessa! 🎭💫
Born was in 1881.

Marchesa Luisa Casati, by Giovanni Boldini, 1914. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Contemporary Art. Rome Public domain image.

📣 Upcoming   Events at The Museum at FIT 📣Discover the fascinating intersections of fashion, culture, history, and susta...
01/22/2025

📣 Upcoming Events at The Museum at FIT 📣
Discover the fascinating intersections of fashion, culture, history, and sustainability through our diverse lineup of panels, discussions, book talks, and exhibition tours.

✨ Don’t miss these thought-provoking events! Our Fashion Culture spring 2025 public programs lineup features topics such as fashion and music, conservation challenges in collections, the legacy of the 1925 Art Deco Exhibition, 100 years of Black style and influence, women’s hairdressing in 19th-century America, and the women who shaped American fashion and brought it to the global stage during WWII. https://www.fitnyc.edu/museum/events/

The Museum at FIT’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor of the New York State Legislature.

In this inspiring video for the PBS Newshour arts and culture series Canvas, Pavni Mittal reports on New York City artis...
01/22/2025

In this inspiring video for the PBS Newshour arts and culture series Canvas, Pavni Mittal reports on New York City artisans who are hoping the revival of craft will change the very fabric of the fast fashion industry. They want to restore value to creating with time, love and passion.

In the 1980s, about 70 percent of clothes sold in the U.S. were made in the country. Today, it's down to just three percent. One of the casualties is traditional craftwork like weaving fabric, cutting leather and polishing gemstones. The fashion industry is now trying to preserve these crafts. Speci...

A star chess player is forced out of a chess tournament for wearing jeans?👖 It’s 2024—should we still be debating dress ...
01/21/2025

A star chess player is forced out of a chess tournament for wearing jeans?👖 It’s 2024—should we still be debating dress codes in chess? Perhaps, in this instance, strategy is more important than style! ⚜️✨
What do you think—time to rethink the rules?


(Gift article) https://wapo.st/4jiTjG4

The player’s shock withdrawal prompted the International Chess Federation to relax a dress code that penalized him for wearing jeans to a New York tournament.

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Current and upcoming exhibitions include:

Power Mode: The Force of Fashion Fashion & Textile History Gallery December 10, 2019 – May 9, 2020

Ballerina: Fashion's Modern Muse Special Exhibitions Gallery February 11, 2020 – April 18, 2020

Eleanor Lambert: Empress of Seventh Avenue Gallery FIT March 3 – March 28, 2020 WEBSITE: http://www.fitnyc.edu/museum INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/museumatfit/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/museumatFIT FLICKR: http://www.flickr.com/photos/museumatfit/ PINTEREST: http://www.pinterest.com/museumatfit/ YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/TheMuseumatFIT