Around the World in 80 Items: The Museum at FIT’s New Exhibit Tracks the Rise of Global Fashion

If you are in the New York City area check out this exhibition at my alma mater the Fashion Institute of Technology.  The show runs from June 2nd through November 14th 2015.  The exhibition displays dozens of outfits and accessories ranging from an 1890 couture cape by the then-toast of Paris, Charles Frederick Worth, to a 2015 beaded dress by Nigeria’s Lisa Folawiyo.
It showcases the likes of Chanel, Prada, Alexander McQueen and Ralph Lauren with emerging talents from Antwerp, Istanbul, Kiev, Johannesburg, Mexico, Mumbai, Sao Paulo, Shanghai and Tokyo.  Read more here; Style.com
For directions click here;  Fashion Institute of Technology
A Spring 2006 design from Manish Arora, based in New Dehli
A 1959 dress by Cristobal Balenciaga, based in Paris; a Spring 2015 dress by big Park, based in Seoul
The Press at the Exhibition opening on June 2nd




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