The Museum at FIT Fashion Culture Podcast

Lifestyles with Elena Kanagy-Loux | Fashion Culture

Lifestyles is a six-episode original short podcast series from The Museum at FIT. Join MFIT Digital Media Manager Tamsen Young as she sits down with people whose distinct

Lifestyles with Wren Britton | Fashion Culture

Lifestyles is a six-episode original short podcast series from The Museum at FIT. Join MFIT Digital Media Manager Tamsen Young as she sits down with people whose distinct

Lifestyles with Cheyney McKnight | Fashion Culture

Lifestyles is a six-episode original short podcast series from The Museum at FIT. Join MFIT Digital Media Manager Tamsen Young as she sits down with people whose distinct

Lifestyles with Cynthia Alberto | Fashion Culture

Lifestyles is a six-episode original short podcast series from The Museum at FIT. Join MFIT Digital Media Manager Tamsen Young as she sits down with people whose distinct

Lifestyles with Dandy Wellington | Fashion Culture

Lifestyles is a six-episode original short podcast series from The Museum at FIT. Join MFIT Digital Media Manager Tamsen Young as she sits down with people whose distinct

Lifestyles with Debra Rapoport | Fashion Culture

Lifestyles is a six-episode original short podcast series from The Museum at FIT. Join MFIT Digital Media Manager Tamsen Young as she sits down with people whose distinct

Tim Gunn in Conversation with Dr. Valerie Steele | Fashion Culture

From the 19th-century corset to the modern waist trainer, the fashion industry has long held that most bodies require correction. In this episode, Dr. Valerie Steele and

Norma Kamali in Conversation | Fashion Culture

Norma Kamali studied fashion illustration at FIT before taking a job at Northwest Orient Airlines. From 1964 to 1968, she traveled to Britain every weekend, where she imm

Yves Saint Laurent's Mondrian Dress Series | Fashion Culture

Piet Mondrian's abstract paintings were appropriated by various aspects of popular culture throughout the 1960s, notably by Yves Saint Laurent in his 1965 dress series. C

Robin Givhan on Virgil Abloh with Dr. Elizabeth Way | Fashion Culture

Robin Givhan, the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, presents her new book, Make It Ours: Crashing the Gates of Culture with Virgil Abloh. Appointed as head of

Fashion Design in Colombia | Africa's Fashion Diaspora Symposium

Colombian designer Lia Samantha Lozano, a pioneer of Afro-Colombian fashion and speaks with Professor Dr. Tamara J. Walker about Lozano's eponymous brand, Lia Samantha, w

Transforming Fashion Education | New Directions in Fashion Research Symposium

How can fashion schools institutionally cultivate support and accelerate the many changes already happening in the classroom around inclusion and equity? Ben Barry, Dean

Olivier Rousteing in Conversation with Valerie Steele

Olivier Rousteing, creative director of the house of Balmain, joins Dr. Valerie Steele for an intimate conversation with FIT students. He recalls his personal struggles a

Television's Most Stylish Shows with Hal Rubenstein | Fashion Culture

Costume design can make or break a character or TV show. Author, consultant, fashion director, and media personality Hal Rubenstein shares amusing insights about the most

Hilfiger and Hip Hop Artists | Fashion Culture

Andy Hilfiger reminisces with MFIT curator Elizabeth Way about the early days of Tommy Hilfiger and how Hip Hop artists incorporated the brand into their style. This talk

Sustainable Solutions: Circularity in Fashion Businesses | Fashion Culture

What is circular design and how does it fit in the fashion industry? A circular economy is a production and consumption model that emphasizes sharing, reusing, repairing,

Objects of Wonder in "Fashioning Wonder: A Cabinet of Curiosities" | Fashion Culture

The Museum at FIT's current exhibition Fashioning Wonder: A Cabinet of Curiosities is all about sparking awe. In conversation with Randy Cohen of the podcast “Person Plac

Carolyn Bessette Kennedy: A Life in Fashion | Fashion Culture

For #WomensHistoryMonth, listen in to this MFIT Fashion Culture Podcast episode highlighting Carolyn Bessette Kennedy’s life and influence as a business woman, muse, and

Hip Hop History with Ralph McDaniels of Video Music Box | Fashion Culture

“We wanna be fabulous. We wanna be fly. We wanna be fresh!” declares Ralph McDaniels. For #BlackHistoryMonth we’re excited to share this conversation between Video Music

Simon Porte Jacquemus | Fashion Culture

Simon Porte Jacquemus, who was born in the South of France and is now based in Paris, established his eponymous brand in 2009 with no formal training, dedicating the bran