Title

Fashion Culture: Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution Q&A

Contributor Names

Draper, Deborah Riley

Burrows, Stephen, 1943-

Chinn, Alva

Darden, Norma Jean

Taylor, Mikki

Melendez-Escalante, Tanya

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

Date

2019-10-10

Date Digitized

2020

Description

On Thursday, October 10, 2019, MFIT showed a screening of the critically acclaimed documentary Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution. The film recounts the 1973 "Battle of Versailles" fashion face-off between American and French designers at Chateau de Versailles that catapulted African American models onto the European stage and made a name for American designers overseas. Following the screening, director Deborah Riley Draper, was joined by designer Stephen Burrows, and models Alva Chinn, Norma Jean Darden, and editor Mikki Taylor for a conversation about the film.

Type

Moving Image

Panel discussions

Subject

Models (Persons)

African American models

Fashion shows

Fashion merchandising

Social change

Château de Versailles (Versailles, France)

Fashion design

Fashion designers

History

Versailles '73 (Motion picture : 2012)

France

Versailles (France)

Nineteen seventies

Rights

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Identifier

FIT Repository ID: aod_000494