Expedition: Fashion from the Extreme

September 15, 2017 – January 6, 2018

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Norma Kamali On Creating the “Sleeping Bag” Coat

In an intimate conversation at The Museum at FIT’s annual fashion symposium, Fashion, Science, and Exploration, Norma Kamali shares with MFIT’s Deputy Director Patricia Mears the story behind creating the infamous “sleeping bag” coat and what has continued to motivate her through the years.

Watch her tell the story of the “sleeping bag” coat at the 18:38 mark!

Norma Kamali, an FIT graduate, started her eponymous clothing line in 1967. Among her most celebrated creations is the “sleeping bag coat.” Designed in the 1970s, it remains one of the fashion’s best appropriations of extreme environmental wear and is featured in Expedition: Fashion from the Extreme.

Expedition: Fashion from the Extreme runs through January 6, 2018 at The Museum at FIT in NYC.

Expedition: Fashion from the Extreme Trailers

  • By The Museum at FIT
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  • On 12 Sep | '2017
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The Museum at FIT’s latest fashion exhibition, Expedition: Fashion from the Extreme, opens to the public on Friday, September 15th. In anticipation of the occasion, we invite you to enjoy four short trailers that are related to each of the key ‘inhospitable environments’ featured in the exhibition — the deep sea, the Arctic, outer space, and the peaks of the highest mountains.

Each video features an object on view in the exhibition.

  • The ‘Deep Sea’ Trailer features an Alexander McQueen dress from spring/summer 2010 inspired by bioluminescent underwater creatures.
  • The ‘Arctic’ Trailer focuses on a hooded ensemble by Yohji Yamamoto, fall 2000.
  • The ‘Space’ Trailer travels across the black and white surface of a dress by Michel Goma for Patou.
  • A fall/winter 2014 puffer coat by Junya Watanabe emphasizes protection from cold and winds in the ‘Mountaineering’ Trailer.

Expedition: Fashion from the Extreme runs through January 6, 2018 at The Museum at FIT in NYC.