Organized by Museum at FIT Deputy Director Patricia Mears and
special consultant G. Bruce Boyer
Additional curatorial contributions by MFIT Assistant Curator Ariele Elia and Associate Curator Colleen Hill
Exhibition design by Kimberly Ackert, Architect
Graphic design by Matthias Kern
Lighting design by Eric Steding of Shop Stuido LLC
Special thanks to our lenders:
FIDM Museum at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising
Mariano Rubinacci of the Rubinacci Museum
Beverley Birks
Hamish Bowles
Chiu-Ti Jansen
Patricia Koo Tsien
Steven Hitchcock
Alan Bennett of Davies & Son
George Glasgow of G.J. Cleverley
Massimiliano Attolinin of Cesare Attolini
and Patricia Pastor
Contributions by The Museum at FIT staff include:
Editorial and publications coordination, Julian Clark
Exhibition production and management by Michael Goita, Boris Chesakov, Gabrielle Lauricella, Gail Bowden, and Nateer Cirino
Conservation and installation by Ann Coppinger, Marjorie Jonas, Nicole Bloomfield, and Thomas Synnamon
Registrars Sonia Dingilian and Jill Hemingway
Additional curatorial support from Elizabeth Way, Fred Dennis, and Lynn Sallaberry
Installation team: David Arrieta, Andy Barrett, Scott Cardella, Zach Carver, Taps Guden, Jonathan Jacobs, Willem Lee, Isabelle Lesueur, Andrew Quisling, Michael Tatro, Katie Vida, Adam Weitz, Ken Wiesinger, and Ryan Wolfe
Elegance in an Age of Crisis: Fashions of the 1930s has been made possible thanks to the generosity of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Additional support has been provided by The Couture Council of The Museum at FIT.
