Upcoming Lectures at the Museum at FIT

Here are the upcoming lectures at the Museum at FIT.

The Lelong Women Who Made Fashion
Friday, March 31 6:00pm

Vogue editor Bettina Ballard remembered Princess “Baba” de Faucigny-Lucinge, Marie-Laure de Noailles, and Princess Natalie Paley as “the women who made fashion” in Paris during the 1930s. All three were clients of Lucien Lelong, and Princess Paley was the couturier’s wife. This illustrated lecture will feature them and other influential Lelong clients such as Marlene Dietrich and Mrs. Cole Porter, and discuss the development of the glamorous Lelong image.

Fashion and Textile History Gallery: Talk & Tour
Monday, April 3 6:00pm

Valerie Steele, director and chief curator of The Museum at FIT, will discuss the conception and importance of the new permanent gallery of fashion and textile history.

Textiles from the Garden of Eden: Talk & Tour
Saturday, April 8 5:00pm

Carol Bier, research curator at The Textile Museum in Washington DC, and vice president of The Textile Society of America, is recognized for her studies of patterns as intersections of art and mathematics. She will guide you through the exhibition, addressing the representation of floral and plant forms in the textile arts.

Workshop: Sketching MFIT's Collections
Adapting/Reinventing Vintage Looks for Today's Fashion
Mondays: April 17, April 24, May 1 6:00pm
Improve your design and sketching skills, or your clothing and accessory lines, with the Fashion and Textile History Gallery as your source of inspiration. Strengthen your eye, hand, and creativity quotient with drawing exercises, and learn how to use historical elements to invent fresh concepts. Led by Michele Bryant, FIT professor of Fashion Design – Art.

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