"American Style" Symposium
The Museum at FIT
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"American Style," is The Museum at FIT's eighth annual, two-day symposium, held in conjunction with the exhibition "American Beauty: Aesthetics and Innovation in Fashion." Designers, scholars, authors, and curators will discuss fashion of the Americas and explore themes ranging from the diversity of the American fashion industry to the unique characteristics of New York fashion. The symposium will also feature conversations with some of the most innovative American designers working today. Speakers include:
Van Dyk Lewis: Hip-hop Fashion: The Psycho Mind and Body Drop David Colman: Prep-posterous: How history, mythology, race and fashion have clashed and colluded to create today's 'Prep Revival' Pamela Golbin: A French View of American Fashion Nina Garcia, Maria Cornejo, and Christian Cota: Latin America and Fashion Caroline Milbank: The Origin of the American Look Kohle Yohannan: The Small Town Girl and The Femme Fatale: Claire McCardell & Valentina Yeholee Teng: In Conversation with Susan Sidlauskas
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Schedule
from December 04, 2009 to December 05, 2009