American Style Symposium 2009
| American Style was 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 discussed fashion of the Americas and explored themes
ranging from the diversity of the American fashion industry to the
unique characteristics of New York fashion. The symposium also
featured conversations with some of the most innovative American
designers working today.
Speaker biographies |
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| Friday, December 4 | |
| 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. Valerie Steele, Introduction Patricia Mears, American Beauty Caroline Rennolds Milbank, The Origin of the American Look Kohle Yohannan, The Small Town Girl and the Femme Fatale: Claire McCardell & Valentina |
| 12:30–2 pm | Lunch break |
| 2–5 pm | Dr. Alexandra Palmer, Christian Dior and American Fashion Colleen Hill, The “Mad Hatter”: Mr. John and Mid-Century Millinery Pamela Golbin, A French View of American Fashion Maria Cornejo, and Christian Cota, Latin America and Fashion |
| Saturday, December 5 | |
| 9:30–10:30 am | Check-in, registration, and coffee Haft Auditorium, Feldman Center, second floor |
| 10:30 am–12:30 pm | David Colman, Prep-posterous: How History, Mythology, Race, and Fashion Have Clashed and Colluded to Create Today's Prep Revival Holly George-Warren, Manuel and Cowboy “Cool” Couture Dr. Van Dyk Lewis, Hip-hop Fashion: The Psycho Mind and Body Drop |
| 12:30–2 pm | Lunch break |
| 2–5 pm | Charles Kleibacker and Patricia Mears, In conversation Eric Wilson, Fashion Journalism in the Digital Age Yeohlee Teng and Dr. Susan Sidlauskas, In conversation |
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