Title

Elegance in an Age of Crisis

Contributor Names

Birks, Beverley

Bowles, Hamish

Mears, Patricia

Yamato, Andrew

Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.). Museum

Boyer, G. Bruce

Rubinacci, Luca

Attolini, Massimiliano

Hitchcock, Stephen

Date

2014

Description

A video exploring key themes of "Elegance in an Age of Crisis" an exhibition about 1930s style at The Museum at FIT February 7 to April 19, 2014.

Part 1 features MFIT curator Patricia Mears, couture collector Beverley Birks, and Vogue editor Hamish Bowles discussing women's style of the era.

Part 2 features menswear writer G. Bruce Boyer, Savile Row tailor Stephen Hitchcock, Luca Rubinacci of London House, and Massimiliano Attolini of Cesare Attolini discussing men's style of the era.

Shot and edited for MFIT by Andrew Yamato.

Type

Moving Image

Exhibitions

Subject

Women's clothing

Fashion design

Fashion designers

History

Museum exhibits

Elegance in an Age of Crisis: Fashions of the 1930s

Nineteen thirties

Men's clothing

Rights

In Copyright

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Identifier

FIT Repository ID: aod_000215