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Podcast: Gucci Podcast discusses the importance of archives

In this episode, the Gucci Podcast has discussed the importance of keeping archives to preserve and collect history with guests Valerie Steele, director and curator of the museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, and Vogue fashion journalist Luke Leitch. Listen to the podcast below. Gucci Podcast · The importance of keeping an archive...

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Valerie Steele gives keynote at Fashion Studies Conference in Barcelona

Valerie Steele, the Director and Chief Curator of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), delivered the keynote speech at II Coloquio de Investigadores en Textil y Moda (the Colloquium of Researchers in Textile and Fashion) titled “Nombres en la sombra.” The colloquium was held from November 21 to 22 at the Design Museum in...

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In Pictures Exhibitionism; 50 years of the Museum at FIT

FIT is celebrating its anniversary with a greatest hits from its archive. Covering half a century of thought-provoking and educational presentations, the retrospective entitled “Exhibitionism” brings together garments from 33 of its most talked about shows: From among the earliest, 1976’s “Paul Poiret, The King of Fashion” through to the...

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Exhibitionism: FIT Museum opens its vault for 50th year

To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the Museum at FIT has plumbed its archives which contains more than 50,000 garments and accessories, and pulled pieces from 33 of its most influential exhibits for a comprehensive retrospective entitled “Exhibitionism.” The museum, which organizes four annual shows and aims to frame fashion within the context...

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Valerie Steele: “Fashion is a legitimate subject in education”

Buenos Aires - Valerie Steele, curator and director at the Fashion Museum of Technology (FIT) in New York, was in Argentina presenting her book "Fashion Theory, Towards a Cultural Theory of Fashion.” Steele, who has a Ph.D. in History from Yale University, has been conducting numerous exhibitions at the FIT Museum since 1997, including "The...