Tag: The Museum at FIT

  • Showgirls, starlets and ingenues in training: Costume Patterns of the 1930s

    Showgirls, starlets and ingenues in training: Costume Patterns of the 1930s

             In the spirit of Halloween, we’ve been sharing some of our favorite costume designs from the collection on our new Instagram feed all week (@fitspecialcollections).  We found one of these costume holdings especially fun and wanted to share a little more about it as it also happens to dovetail with the…

  • Fashion Designers A-Z: The Collection of The Museum at FIT

    The much anticipated publication featuring highlights from The Museum at FIT’s costume collection is finally here!  Published by Taschen, with a forward by Suzy Menkes, and text by The Museum at FIT’s Director Valerie Steele, the initial copies of the title are gorgeous limited-editions housed in lucite display cases.  Six ‘Designer Editions’ are available, featuring…