Primary Sources in Costume and Textile History and Design

Professor Eicher's talk has been rescheduled to April 26, 2021.

Please join us on Tuesday, February 27, as we welcome Professor Elizabeth Hope Clancy as she discusses her designs for the Glass Menagerie!

Please RSVP to Professor Kyunghee Pyun: [email protected]

Thank you Michelle Majer for this semster’s past talk; Reflections on the Fashion Magazine, 1901-1920: Les Modes: r***e mensuelle illustrée des art décoratifs appliqués à la femme!

(Re)Constructing Hollywood Glamour: Fashion, Film, and Scholarship , Speaker Michelle Finamore

Thank you Michelle Finamore for this semster’s past talk (Re)Constructing Hollywood Glamour: Fashion, Film, and Scholarship!

For those interested in Ms. Finamore’s fascinating talk, her book can be purchased on amazon https://www.amazon.com/Hollywood-Before-Glamour-Fashion-American/dp/0230389481.

Hollywood Before Glamour: Fashion in American Silent Film

Please join us tomorrow for "Dressing The Get Down: 70′s Hip Hop Fashion in the South Bronx with speaker:

Jeriana San Jaun:

A New York-based costume designer and stylist whose diverse career spans theater, film, television and fashion. She graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology with the Patricia Zipprodt Award for “Excellence in Costume Design.” She is the designer for The Get Down, the six-episode series that premiered on August 12, 2016 on Netflix

Where: Fashion Institute of Technology, 227 W 27th St, New York, NY 10001

Pomerantz Center D207

When: Friday, November 11, (5:00-7:00 PM)

Please RSVP and send your questions to: [email protected] (student coordinator)

Please join us for our upcoming talk “Dressing the Get Down: ‘70s Hip Hop Fashion in the South Bronx” with speaker:

Jeriana San Juan: a New York-based costume designer and stylist whose diverse career spans theater, film, television and fashion. She graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology with the Patricia Zipprodt Award for “Excellence in Costume Design.” She is the designer for The Get Down, the six-episode series that premiered on August 12, 2016 on Netflix

Where: Fashion Institute of Technology, 227 W 27th St, New York, NY 10001

Pomerantz Center D207

When: Friday, November 11, (5:00-7:00 PM)

Please RSVP and send your questions to: [email protected] (student coordinator)

Images from the "Dressing Princesses: Documents and Designs for the Period Costume in Korea" lecture, presented by the Fashion Institute of Technology, by speaker Minjung E. Lee.

This was the first talk in the 2016/2016 lecture series called Primary Sources in Costume/Textile History. The event was organized by Professor Kyunghee Pyun and Professor Justine de Young. Please follow us for information on our upcoming events.

Please join us for our upcoming seminar “The Soigne and The Sustainable: Hanbok as Inspiration for Future Fashion” with the speakers:

Daniel James Cole
Co-author of The History of Modern Fashion (2015); Costume Designer & Curator; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fashion Design at FIT; Adjunct Faculty, Costume Studies at NYU

Eileen Karp
Chair and Assistant Professor, Fashion Design, FIT; former Technical Design Director

Minjee Kim
Ph.D., Independent scholar, Costume Historian

Haeja Koo
Important Intangible Cultural Property No. 89; Master Artisan of Traditional Costume Making

Minjung E. Lee
Ph.D., Visiting Scholar, University of California, Davis; Former Costume Designer for KBS Artvision

Kyunghee Pyun
Ph.D., Assistant Professor, History of Art, FIT

Where: Fashion Institute of Technology, 227 W 27th St, New York, NY 10001
Seminar Room 9 Pomerantz Center

When: Friday, November 18 (9:30-1:30 PM)

Please RSVP and send your questions to: [email protected]