Events
Book Cover: The International Best-Dressed List: The Official Story
Amy Fine Collins, Rizzoli, 2019
Amy Fine Collins and Simon Doonan
Wednesday, March 4 | 6 pm
Katie Murphy Amphitheatre
Fred P. Pomerantz Art and Design Center
Join author, fashion commentator and judge on NBC’s Emmy-nominated show Making It Simon Doonan and journalist and author Amy Fine Collins in conversation as they present her latest book, The International Best-Dressed List: The Official Story. Doonan and Fine Collins will discuss how the “Best-Dressed List” is reflective of current society. Organized in collaboration with FIT’s School of Graduate Studies, this event ties-in to the exhibition Eleanor Lambert: Empress of Seventh Avenue. Book signing to follow the presentation.
Photo: Stephen Burrows Jacket, fall 1970, Gift of Stephen Burrows ©The Museum at FIT
CANCELLED
Katie Murphy Amphitheater
Fred P. Pomerantz Art and Design Center
Panel Members
Kelly Augustine – Blogger and Content Creator
Thatiana Diaz – Refinery29 Beauty, Senior Writer and a former Miss New York
Shirae Ravenell – Coach, Senior Materials Manager
Hosted by Christianna Rice
Eleanor Lambert was a champion for including a diverse breadth of individuals throughout her career. Lambert included black models and designers in key events such as the 1959 American National Exposition in Moscow and the Battle of Versailles in 1973. She also advocated for Ebony Magazine by instructing fashion designers to allow the borrowing of their garments for fashion shoots and showcases. Unfortunately, the battle for diversity is still being waged in the fashion industry. Join us for this panel discussing the many different ways we can push diversification forward.
Photo: Eleanor Lambert at her desk in NYC, December 23,1963, ©Associated Press.
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The Great Hall
Fred P. Pomerantz Art and Design Center
Panel Members
Moses Berkson – Eleanor Lambert’s grandson; Photographer and Filmmaker
James LaForce – President, LaFORCE
John Tiffany – Former assistant and Author of Eleanor Lambert: Still Here
Hosted by Faith Cooper
A night celebrating the life and legacy of famed fashion publicist Eleanor Lambert. This event will include a screening of the film Eleanor – Godmother of American Fashion directed by Moses Berkson, Ms. Lambert’s grandson. Following the film will be a discussion about Eleanor, highlighting her contributions and initiatives throughout her 70+ year career, with those who knew her best, Moses Berkson and former assistants James LaForce, President, LaFORCE and John Tiffany author of her biography Eleanor Lambert: Still Here.