FITSpecialCollection

Special Collections and FIT Archives is a rare resource for fashion and design history located within the Fashion Institute of Technology Library

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We hope you can take some time away from the screen this Thanksgiving break and check out the @SPARCFIT coloring book! Download your copy here.
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Join us on Thursday November 19th for “Drawing Upon Inequities” panel discussion via Google Meet!

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Join us next Monday at 2pm to hear about our New York State Archives Week event: Welcome to SPARC!
#ArchivesWeek #specialcollections #fitnyc #fashionhistory #fashionarchives #designarchives

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Yesterday for #AskAnArchivist Day we answered some questions on our Instagram- which are now available to view in our story highlights on our Instagram profile @fitspecialcollections

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Join us on TODAY from 1-2pm for Ask an Archivist Day! Ever wondered what we have in our archives? Do you have special documents, photos, books, and videos that you'd like to preserve? Our archives staff will be happy to answer any of your questions. https://t.co/IwKuUWK1EJ

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Today at 1pm!

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Join us tomorrow at 1pm on GoogleMeet for #AskAnArchivistDay Come with questions and curiosities! #ArchivesMonth #AskAnArchivist

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On behalf of the Gladys Marcus Library, congratulations to everyone in the FIT community for pushing through these uncertain times and finishing the semester strong!

#fitlibrary #fit #fitnyclibrary #fitnyc #congrats #congratulations #accomplishment

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These never cease to entertain... from Vogue, January 1921. #fashion #fashionhistory #fatfashion #reducers #rubbercorset #ledowningpeters

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From Journal des dames et des modes, September 10, 1913.
#fashion #fashionhistory #fashionplate #pochoir #fitspecialcollections #fitnyc #fashioninstituteoftechnology #designarchives

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What a fun find by MA students from the @courtauld ! This sketch for a hand-painted blouse by Tina Leser features notes from the children's song "Baby Shark." #fashion #fashionhistory #fashionsketch #tinaleser #40sfashion #babyshark #fitnyc #fitspecialcollections #designarchives

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Streamlined elegance from Chrisitan Dior, from Femme Chic, Winter 1952.

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A rather vampy little number for Chanel in "Marquetterie" nylon from de Bucol. French Vogue, April 1954, photo by Seeberger.
#fashion #fashionhistory #fashionphotography #frenchvogue #chanel #cocochanel #gabriellechanel #50sfashion #fitnyc #fitspecialcollections #designarchive

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As classic today as it was 70+ years ago. Hard to believe this is from the May 1949 issue of Seventeen magazine! Who said you can't wear grandma's clothes?! #fashion #fashionhistory #fashionmagazine #seventeenmagazine #40sfashion #fitnyc. #fitspecialcollections #designarchives

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George Barbier illustration from the book The Romance of Perfume.

#fashion #fashionhistory #georgebarbier #pochoir #perfume #perfumemaking #grasse

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Sign us up for anything purple... especially if its Lanvin! From Femme Chic, Spring/Summer 1968. #fashion #fashionhistory #fashionmagazine #lanvin #60sfashion #fitnyc #fitspecialcollections #fashioninstituteoftechnology #designarchives

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A Schiaparelli hat offered by Bergdorf Goodman, Spring 1948. #fashion #fashionhistory #fashionsketch #1948 #40sfashion #millinery #schiaparelli #elsaschiaparelli #fitspecialcollections #fitnyc #fashioninstituteoftechnology #designarchives

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We're bewitched by House of Worth's blue velour evening coat at right w/ the apt title of Sorcerer. From Les Idées Nouvelles de a la Mode, Nov, 1922. #fashion #fashionhistory #fashionmagazine #20sfashion #houseofworth #fitnyc #fitspecialcollections #designarchives

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Thierry Mugler, Fall/Winter 1996-1997, photo by Thierry Mugler
#fashion #fashionhistory #90sfashion #mugler #thierrymugler #1996 #fashionphotography #fitnyc #fitspecialcollections #fashioninstituteoftechnology #designarchives

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The Fashion Institute of Technology in New York turns 75 and is celebrating the year with a little help from its archives @SPARCFIT: https://t.co/gkou0HDe3k