Museum Publications A–Z

The Museum at FIT offers publications to accompany many of its exhibitions. The museum also produces brochures for each exhibition, which are provided free upon visiting the museum.

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woman wearing green skirt and bouquet of flowers styled as a top
By Elizabeth Way, Foreward by Valerie Steele, Yale University Press, 2024
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
American Beauty
By Patricia Mears, Yale University Press, 2009
B
 
 
Ballerina: Fashion's Modern Muse
By Patricia Mears, Laura Jacobs, Jane Prichtard, Rosemary Harden, and Joel Lobenthal, Vendome Press, 2019
 
 
 
C
 
China Chic book cover
China Chic: East Meets West
By Valerie Steele and John S. Major, Yale University Press,1999 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Corset book cover of back view of a woman wearing a corset
The Corset: A Cultural History
By Valerie Steele, Yale University Press, 2003
 
D
 
dance and fashion book cover, with a ballerina in a black ensemble
By Valerie Steele, Yale University Press, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
daphne guiness
By Valerie Steele and Daphne Guinness, Yale University Press, 2011
 
 
 
 
 
denim: fashion's frontier book cover with close up of denim dress
By Emma McClendon; with a forward by Fred Dennis; Yale University Press, 2016
 
 
E
 
Elegance in an Age of Crisis
Elegance in an Age of Crisis: Fashions of the 1930s
Edited by Patricia Mears and G. Bruce Boyer, Yale University Press, 2014
 
 
exhibitionism book cover of a dress printed with a woman's eye
By Valerie Steele and Colleen Hill, Akira 2018=
Expedition: Fashion from the Extreme book cover of a woman in a white cape ensemble in a snowy glacier
By Patricia Mears, Thames & Hudson, 2017
 
 
 
black and white photo of a woman in lingerie
By Colleen Hill, Yale University Press, 2014
F
a whimsically dressed woman in white in a forest
By Colleen Hill, Yale University Press, 2016
 
 
 

Fashion A-Z book cover
By Valerie Steele with an introduction by Suzy Menkes, Taschen. Updated 2020 Edition
 
 
 
woman in a white lace ensemble
Fashion, Italian Style
By Valerie Steele, Yale University Press, 2003
 
 
Fashion Underground: The World of Susanne Bartsch
By Valerie Steele and Melissa Marra, Yale University Press, 2015
 
 
 
50 years of fashion book cover
By Valerie Steele, Yale University Press, New Ed Edition, 2000
 
 
 
a woman wearing a cake dress for the food and fashion book cover
By Melissa Marra-Alvarez and Elizabeth Way, Bloomsbury, 2023
 
man in red kangol hat posing for the camera
By Elizabeth Way and Elena Romero, forward by Slick Rick, Rizzoli Electa, 2023
 
 
 
 
portrait of a person in dark, gothic makeup
Gothic: Dark Glamour
By Valerie Steele and Jennifer Park, Yale University Press, 2008
Received an honorable mention in the 2009 aam museum publications design competition
 
 
black and white image of a woman wearing headdress
Isabel Toledo: Fashion From the Inside Out
By Valerie Steele and Patricia Mears, Yale University Press, 2009
 
 
 
the words "ivy style" in white text against a plaid background
By Patricia Mears, Christopher Brewer, G. Bruce Boyer, Christian Chensvold, Masafumi Monden, and Peter McNeil, Yale University Press, 2012
 
two girls, dressed in pink and blue respectively, with extravagant, spiky hairdos
By Valerie Steele, Patricia Mears, Yuniya Kawamura, and Hiroshi Narumi, Yale University Press, 2010
 
woman wearing a blue fringed dress against a sunset background
By Tanya Melendez-Escalante and Melissa Marra-Alvarez, Bloomsbury, 2024
 
black and white image of a woman wearing a dress and headscarf
By Patricia Mears, Yale University Press, 2008
RECEIVED FIRST PRIZE IN THE 2009 AAM MUSEUM PUBLICATIONS DESIGN COMPETITION
 
 
a woman in a red ensemble in gold embellishments and jewelry
By Valerie Steele, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
black and white image of a woman wearing white high neck top with gloves and sunglasses
By Colleen Hill, Yale University Press, 2017
 
 
 
 
woman in a flourishing pink ensemble with pink smoke around her
By Valerie Steele, Thames & Hudson, 2018
 
 
 
 
a model on the runway wearing a red and white jumpsuit
By Emma McClendon, Skira, 2019
 
a person, nude with tattoos on their arm, holding a giant lipstick tube with the letter "Q" superimposed on white
A Queer History of Fashion: From the Closet to the Catwalk
Edited by Valerie Steele, Yale University Press, 2013
WINNER OF THE 2014 MILLIA DAVENPORT PUBLICATION AWARD FROM THE COSTUME SOCIETY OF AMERICA
 
 
blurred photo of a woman wearing a green evening gown
By Valerie Steele, Patricia Mears, and Claire Sauro, Yale University Press, 2007
 
 
 
 
 
woman in floral pattern dress styled with a back t-shirt underneath and black boots crouching. next to this image is a black and green plaid pattern that takes up half the page
By Colleen Hill with essays by Shonagh Marshall, Patricia Mears and Dr. Valerie Steele, Rizzoli Electa, 2021
 
 
right half of the front view of a model in elaborately textured and layered rose top, extreme black eye makeup, and a rose headpiece
By Amy de la Haye with an introduction by Dr. Valerie Steele and a chapter by Colleen Hill, Yale University Press, 2021
 
black and white image of a pair of heels with geometric round platforms and pointed sharp heels and ropes
By Valerie Steele and Colleen Hill, Yale University Press, 2013
 
 
 
blue embellished heels at the top of the image, with a reflection of the woman wearing the shoes in lingerie on the black shiny floor
Shoes: A Lexicon of Style
By Valerie Steele, Rizzoli, 1999
 
 
black and white zebra print peep toe heels with red insole
By Valerie Steele and Colleen Hill, Taschen, 2023
 
 
white illustration of two women in night gowns against a grey background
Yves Saint Laurent + Halston: Fashioning the 70s
By Patricia Mears and Emma McClendon, Yale University Press, 2015