American Style Symposium
Friday, December 4 - Saturday, December 5, 2009
9:30 am - 5:00 pm
Haft Auditorium, Feldman Center, Second Floor
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.
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Symposium Schedule
Speaker Biographies | Download the Brochure (PDF)
| friday, december 4 | |
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| 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 pm - 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 | |
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| 9:30 am - 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 Culture 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 |