Ivy Style Symposium 2012

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The Museum at FIT’s twelfth fashion symposium, Ivy Style, opens up with deputy director and exhibition curator Patricia Mears introducing the MFIT exhibition Ivy Style. It closes with a presentation by Claudio del Vecchio, chairman and chief executive officer of the ultimate Ivy style brand, Brooks Brothers. Throughout the two days, an international array of scholars, authors, designers, and curators will discuss, debate, and celebrate the style’s enduring popularity and its influence on contemporary fashion as well as the cultural and aspirational aspects of Ivy style’s creation and allure.  See below for fees.
Speaker biographies  |  Symposium Images on Flickr   |

	Thursday, November 8
9:30–10:30 am	Check-in, registration, and coffee Haft Auditorium, Feldman Center, second floor
10:30 am–12:30 pm	Welcoming remarks Dr. Joyce F. Brown, president of FIT, Welcome Dr. Valerie Steele, director and chief curator of The Museum at FIT Patricia Mears, Ivy Style Daniel Cappello, The Ivy League Dr. Peter McNeil, The Duke of Windsor and the Creation of the Soft Look
12:30 pm	Book signing of Ivy Style and The Ivy League
1–2 pm	Lunch break
2–5 pm	Dr. Christopher Breward, Ivy Britannicus: Dress, Style, and the British University Dr. Masafumi Monden, Ivy in Japan: A Regalia of Non-Conformity and Privilege Dr. Monica Miller, Howard/Harvard: Black Ivy and "Our Kind of People" Dr. Deirdre Clemente, Ivy Men and Their Seven Sisters: Dating, Sex, and Casual Dress, 1920-1960
	Friday, November 9
9:30–10:30 am	Check-in, registration, and coffee Haft Auditorium, Feldman Center, second floor
10:30 am–12:30 pm	G. Bruce Boyer, Jazz and Ivy Style at Mid-Century Richard Press, J. Press and the Heyday of Ivy Michael Bastian and Patricia Mears, in conversation Jeffrey Banks and Doria de la Chapelle, Preppy: Cultivating Ivy Style
12:30 pm	Book signing of Preppy: Cultivating Ivy Style
1–2 pm	Lunch break
2–5 pm	G. Bruce Boyer and Paul Winston, in conversation Clark Aldrich, Dusty Grainger, and John Tinseth, Blogging About Ivy Claduo Del Vecchio, Brooks Brothers
	Pre-registration deadline is October 26, 2012. Space permitting, you may also register the day of the symposium.
FEES • General public: $100 • FIT Alum: $75 • The FIT community, including students, faculty, and staff: free, with ID • Members of the Couture Council: free • All students from other schools: free, with ID The $100 fee covers both days. There are no single-day registrations. The symposium is free to all students, as well as FIT faculty and staff. A copy of your student or FIT ID must be submitted with the registration form.