Podcasts by The Museum at FIT Fashion Culture Podcast
The Museum at FIT’s Fashion Culture podcast provides new perspectives on the history, impact, and evolution of fashion.
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Nicole Miller in conversation with Valerie Steele | Fashion Culture from 2023-12-01T08:00
New York-based fashion designer, Nicole Miller joined Dr. Valerie Steele, director and chief curator of The Museum at FIT, in conversation to discuss Miller’s career in fashion. After studying a...
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Radio Cherry Bombe: A conversation about Food&Fashion with Kerry Diamond from 2023-11-01T08:52:45
In a special collaboration with Radio Cherry Bombe, host Kerry Diamond interviews Melissa Marra-Alvarez and Elizabeth Way, curators of The Museum at FIT exhibition ¡Moda Hoy! Latin American and Latinx Fashion– Tanya Meléndez-Escalante and Melissa Marra-Alvarez – discu...
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<h5 class="card-title"><a href="/podcast/the-museum-at-fit-fashion-culture-podcast/curating-moda-hoy-latin-american-and-latinx-fashion-design-today-fashion-culture/">Curating ”¡Moda Hoy! Latin American and Latinx Fashion Design Today” | Fashion Culture</a><small> from 2023-10-01T09:00</small></h5>
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Gabriela Hearst in conversation with Valerie Steele | Fashion Culture from 2023-09-01T09:00
Recorded in 2021, Uruguayan-born fashion designer Gabriela Hearst takes a stroll down memory lane with Dr. Valerie Steele as they discuss how growing up on the family ranch influenced Hearst’s d...
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Fashion is Spinach: The Life and Work of Elizabeth Hawes | Fashion Culture from 2023-07-31T14:49:31
Elizabeth Hawes is known for her timeless fashion designs and her written critique of the fashion system, such as in her 1940 book Fashion is Spinach. In this conversation moderated by author an...
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Fran Lebowitz in conversation with Valerie Steele | Fashion Culture from 2023-06-27T11:18:57
In 2013, The Museum at FIT hosted its A Queer History of Fashion symposium in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name. The cultural commentator Fran Lebowitz was one of the more than tw...
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What Becomes a Legend Most: A Biography of Richard Avedon | Fashion Culture from 2021-08-01T10:00
Philip Gefter’s book What Becomes a Legend Most: A Biography of Richard Avedon is a study of the legendary photographer’s life. A fashion photographer and portrait artist, Avedon’s subjects incl...
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Zandra Rhodes: 50 Fabulous Years in Fashion | Fashion Culture from 2021-07-01T11:30:33
In 2019, Zandra Rhodes and Fern Mallis discussed "Zandra Rhodes: 50 Fabulous Years in Fashion," a book that celebrates Rhodes' 50-year career in fashion and textile design. Both a fashion trailblaz...
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Fashion Metropolis Berlin | Fashion Culture from 2021-04-01T10:39:48
Berlin was a fashion capital in the 1920s, with hundreds of thriving clothing manufacturers, most of them Jewish, before it was destroyed by the Nazis. Author Uwe Westphal shares this history in...
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Lauren Fay in Conversation with Ronald van der Kemp | Fashion Culture from 2021-03-01T15:27:26
Couture designer Ronald van der Kemp and The New Fashion Initiative founder Lauren B. Fay discuss van der Kemp's career and his devotion to craftsmanship, upcycling and reducing waste in fashion...
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Jeffrey Gibson and Korina Emmerich in Conversation | Fashion Culture from 2021-02-01T11:14:03
On November 5, 2022, Regan de Loggans (Mississippi Choctaw) moderated a conversation with Jeffrey Gibson and Korina Emmerich. Each discussed their experience working as Native Americans in creat...
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Fashion and Political Power with Robin Givhan | Fashion Culture from 2021-01-14T10:14:53
Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Robin Givhan, in conversation with Dr. Valerie Steele, discuss the current relationship between fashion, politics, and power. Drawing on her experience as The W...
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Prabal Gurung in conversation with Valerie Steele | Fashion Culture from 2020-12-02T10:59:50
On September 15, 2020, Fashion designer Prabal Gurung and MFIT Director Valerie Steele discussed the designer's innovative and international career. With over 80 percent of his collections made ...
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Technology and the Future of Fashion | Fashion Culture from 2020-11-02T10:31:22
On October 16, 2019, model Veronica Webb and Rory Tahari, the CEO and founder of State of Mind Partners, discussed the future of fashion and the impact of digital technology. Drawing on their de...
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Mexican Rose | Fashion Culture from 2020-10-01T10:08:51
For The Museum at FIT's Pink Symposium, Tanya Melendez-Escalante, MFIT senior curator of education and public program, ...
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Person Place Thing | Fashion Culture from 2020-08-31T16:26:44
Randy Cohen, creator of the public radio program Person Place Thing, says his guests are at their most engaging when they talk about whatever they find most meaningful. In an interview recorded ...
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Stephen Jones in conversation with Colleen Hill | Fashion Culture from 2020-08-03T12:35
Stephen Jones is a milliner whose exquisitely crafted, quixotic hats attract a celebrity clientele that includes Rihanna, Mick Jagger, and Dita Von Teese. In this conversation with MFIT curator,...
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Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion&Disco Q&A | Fashion Culture from 2020-06-30T23:30:05
Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco is an electrifying documentary that follows fashion illustrator (and FIT alumnus) Antonio Lopez from New York to Paris between 1969 and 1973. Alexande...
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Straight/Curve Film Discussion | Fashion Culture from 2020-05-31T23:00
The documentary Straight/Curve offers an unflinching look into the body image crisis in the world of modeling. Listen as director Jenny McQuaile and Meredith Rollins, editor in chief of Redbook ...
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Frida Kahlo: Fashion as the Art of Being | Fashion Culture from 2020-04-30T09:46:45
Susana Martinez Vidal, author of Frida Kahlo: Fashion as the Art of Being, presents the 20 fashion lessons she learned from Frida Kahlo.
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From Sylph to Swan: The Tutu and Fashion | Fashion Culture from 2020-04-01T09:52:34
Patricia Mears, deputy director of The Museum at FIT, explores the history of the tutu in ballet and fashion at The Museum at FIT's 14th annual fashion symposium, Listen
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A Conversation with Liya Kebede | Fashion Culture from 2020-02-14T09:59:06
Accomplished supermodel and designer Liya Kebede joins MFIT Assistant Curator of Costume Elizabeth Way to talk about lemlem, Kebede’s collection of women’s, men’s, children’s clothing, and home ...
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Careers in Fashion Media | Fashion Culture from 2020-02-03T10:49:45
Elizabeth Way, in conversation with Teri Agins, Dario Calmese, and Constance White discusses the evolving field of fashion journalism at The Museum at FIT's Listen
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<h5 class="card-title"><a href="/podcast/the-museum-at-fit-fashion-culture-podcast/50-years-of-the-museum-at-fit-fashion-culture/">50 Years of The Museum at FIT | Fashion Culture</a><small> from 2019-12-17T12:05:01</small></h5>
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Scholarship and Curation | Fashion Culture from 2019-12-02T16:09:38
The Museum at FIT presented Exhibiting Fashion, its twenty-first academic symposium on Friday, March 8, 2019. This symposium explored the history of fashion curating, the different ways fashion ...
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Fashion, Art, and Luxury in Paris | Fashion Culture from 2019-11-18T09:49:34
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Cult of the Designer | Fashion Culture from 2019-11-11T09:59:05
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New York vs Paris | Fashion Culture from 2019-11-04T11:55:49
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Birth of the Haute Couture | Fashion Culture from 2019-10-28T11:09:21
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From the Splendor of the Royal Court to the Spectacle of the Haute Couture | Fashion Culture from 2019-10-21T09:10:32
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The Battle of Versailles | Fashion Culture from 2019-10-14T16:17:33
Robin Givhan, Pulitzer Prize-winning fashion critic for the Washington Post, presents her first book, The Battle of Versailles. Givhan, in conversation with Patricia Mears, deputy director of Th...
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On Patrick Kelly: Dr. Monica Miller and Eric Darnell Pritchard | Fashion Culture from 2019-10-03T09:53:42
Dr. Monica Miller and Eric Darnell Pritchard, in conversation about Patrick Kelly at The Museum at FIT's annual fashion symposium, Black Fashion Designers, held on Monday, February 6, 2017. The ...
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Christian Louboutin in conversation with Dr. Valerie Steele from 2019-09-17T10:24:39
On Wednesday, September 4, 2019, the Couture Council of The Museum at FIT honored iconic footwear designer Christian Louboutin with its 2019 Couture Council Award for Artistry of Fashion at a lu...
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Paris Fashion: A Cultural History | Fashion Culture from 2019-09-04T10:10:34
On October 17, 2017, Dr. Valerie Steele, director of The Museum at FIT, presented an in-depth look at the new edition of her book, Paris Fashion: A Cultural History. First published in 1988, thi...
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Modest Body Politics | Fashion Culture from 2019-08-20T10:40:32
Reina Lewis presents “Modest Body Politics: Faith, Fashion, and Ethnicity” at The Museum at FIT's 19th fashion symposium, Listen
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New Directions in Menswear | Fashion Culture from 2019-06-06T15:33:10
On March 16, 2017, Alexander Joseph, editor of FIT’s Hue magazine, moderated a lively conversation about the diverse future of menswear with four designers: Auston Björkman, founder of Sir New Y...
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The Explorer’s Club: A Brief History | Fashion Culture from 2019-05-16T10:57
Lacey Flint presents at the eighteenth academic symposium, Fashion, Science, and Exploration on ...
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Black Fashion Models | Fashion Culture from 2019-05-07T13:57:39
In conjunction with The Museum at FIT's past exhibition Black Fashion Designers, Robin Givhan sat down with fas...
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One Dress, Multiple Stories | Fashion Culture from 2019-04-17T12:33:18
Dr. Bethan Bide presents “One Dress, Multiple Stories: Exploring Everyday Fashion Objects as Sites for Narrating Speculative Biographies” at The Museum at FIT's Black Fashion Designers, André Leon Talley sat down wit...
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<h5 class="card-title"><a href="/podcast/the-museum-at-fit-fashion-culture-podcast/panavision-in-pink-fashion-culture/">Panavision in Pink | Fashion Culture</a><small> from 2019-03-28T11:27:07</small></h5>
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<h5 class="card-title"><a href="/podcast/the-museum-at-fit-fashion-culture-podcast/50-years-of-the-museum-at-fit-part-two-fashion-culture/">50 Years of The Museum at FIT: Part Two</a><small> from 2019-03-18T17:17:23</small></h5>
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<h5 class="card-title"><a href="/podcast/the-museum-at-fit-fashion-culture-podcast/50-years-of-the-museum-at-fit-part-one-fashion-culture/">50 Years of The Museum at FIT: Part One</a><small> from 2019-02-27T11:51:06</small></h5>
<p class="card-text"><p>Valerie Steele, director and chief curator of The Museum at FIT chats with Patricia Mears, deputy director, and Colleen Hill, curator of costume and accessories, about the history of the museum ...</p>
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<h5 class="card-title"><a href="/podcast/the-museum-at-fit-fashion-culture-podcast/black-fashion-designers-fashion-culture/">Black Fashion Designers | Fashion Culture</a><small> from 2019-02-14T15:59</small></h5>
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Misty Copeland, Life in Motion | Fashion Culture from 2019-01-23T11:52:17
Misty Copeland in conversation with Valerie Steele at The Museum at FIT on Tuesday, November 4, 2014.
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Christian Siriano and Becca McCharen-Tran on Designing with Inclusivity in Mind | Fashion Culture from 2019-01-18T11:20:14
Christian Siriano and Becca McCharen-Tran in conversation with Kim Jenkins at The Museum at FIT's 19th fashion symposium,
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Fashion in the Social Media Era | Fashion Culture from 2018-11-26T16:54:27
On Tuesday, November 16, 2016, Eva Chen, head of fashion partnerships at Instagram along with Becca McCharen-Tran of Chromat and Tanya Taylor, discussed how Instagram became a critical fashion m...
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The History of Pink | Fashion Culture from 2018-11-19T10:23:16
On September 13, 2018, Dr. Valerie Steele, director and chief curator at The Museum at FIT, discussed her exhibition and book Pink: Th...
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Norell: Master of American Fashion | Fashion Culture from 2018-10-23T11:41
On February 14, Jeffrey Banks, co-author of Norell: Master of American Fashion, Ellin Saltzman, former fashion director and senior vice president at firms such as Saks Fifth Avenue, Macy’s and B...
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The Influence of the Countess Greffulhe on Contemporary Fashion | Fashion Culture from 2018-10-16T11:43:59
Lucy Norris at The Museum at FIT's 16th fashion symposium, Proust’s Muse, held on Thursday, October 20, 2016. R...
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The Influence of Hip-Hop on Fashion | Fashion Culture from 2018-09-20T15:44
Elena Romero in conversation with Dapper Dan and Jeriana San Juan at The Museum at FIT's 17th fashion symposium, Fash...
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<h5 class="card-title"><a href="/podcast/the-museum-at-fit-fashion-culture-podcast/norma-kamali-through-the-years-fashion-culture/">Norma Kamali Through The Years | Fashion Culture</a><small> from 2018-09-13T15:43:59</small></h5>
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Uniformity | Fashion Culture from 2018-08-27T10:19:36
On November 9, 2016, Thom Browne, one of America’s most admired fashion designers, and Stefano Tonchi, editor in chief of W, discussed the social role of uniforms and their influence on high fas...
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Fashioning Today’s Woman with Tim Gunn | Fashion Culture from 2018-08-09T11:56:05
Tim Gunn in conversation with Dr. Valerie Steele at The Museum at FIT's 19th fashion symposium, Fashion and Phy...
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