Norma Kamali On Creating the “Sleeping Bag” Coat
- By The Museum at FIT
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- On 3 Jan | '2018
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.
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