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FIT Graduate Student Symposium

Posted on May 5, 2011 by emmakpenner

Don’t forget to attend the Fashion & Textile Studies graduate student symposium this Saturday, May 7 from 1-5pm! Students will be questioning, investigating, and debunking some of fashion history’s longest-held myths. The symposium is free and you don’t want to … Continue reading →

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Revolutionizing the Riding Habit: Théroigne de Méricourt as Fashion Innovator

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Keren Ben-Horin

Revolutionizing the Riding Habit: Théroigne de Méricourt as Fashion Innovator By Tracy Jenkins Of the women patriots of the French Revolution whose names are known, Théroigne de Méricourt (1762-1817), courtesan turned revolutionary, continues to fascinate. Although she participated in neither the … Continue reading →

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A thought on curtains and fashion

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Keren Ben-Horin

I came across this wonderful picture on the funny website awkwardfamilyphotos.com which of course made me think of the famous scene in ‘The Sound of Music’, in which Maria makes clothes for the kids out of curtains. I’ve seen this … Continue reading →

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Arthur Falkenstein. Arthur Who?

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Keren Ben-Horin

By Christian Hernandez When studying the history of fashion, the breadth of potential people and companies to study is vast since, to the pleasure or disdain of historians, the amount of history only increases with time. But what about those … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 17, 2011 by Keren Ben-Horin

I encourage you to check out this fascinating post on Worn Through. It’s an interview with wigs designer Sophia Gan, and also includes a great video of Julien d’Y showing the making of heads and wigs for The Model as Muse exhibition at the … Continue reading →

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‘Undressing the Fashionable Myth’ Symposium

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Keren Ben-Horin

Undressing the Fashionable Myth Symposium, organized by FIT’s  MA program Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice , will  present nine papers by students that will try to explore the myths and misconception of the fashion world. In the next few weeks … Continue reading →

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Requiem For Eternity

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Keren Ben-Horin

This is a guest post by blogger and fashion designer Ya’ara Keydar. Ya’ara is a talented designer who graduated from Shenkar College for Engineering and Design in 2006. After graduation she worked for a leading Israeli brand, and in recent years she … Continue reading →

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On Pins and Needles on Facebook

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Keren Ben-Horin

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Who Are You Madame Marge’?

Posted on February 19, 2011 by Keren Ben-Horin

I have recently started my internship at the Special Collections and FIT Archives . One of my projects involves a collection created by Madame Marge’, donated to FIT by her sister, daughter and grand-daughter in 1957. Chances are, like me, … Continue reading →

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Then&Now will be back soon

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Keren Ben-Horin

Then&Now is on a forced vacation due to technical difficulties (i.e. my main computer has died in good age), I have some great images in store and will post them as soon as my new computer is installed. Don’t hold your breath, … Continue reading →

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