Title

Laurent Cotta and Dr. Valerie Steele in Conversation

Contributor Names

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

Steele, Valerie

Cotta, Laurent

Date

2016-10-20

Description

Laurent Cotta and Dr. Valerie Steele in conversation at The Museum at FIT's 16th fashion symposium, Proust's Muse, held on Thursday, October 20, 2016. The day-long symposium was organized in conjunction with the exhibition Proust's Muse, The Countess Greffulhe. Researchers from the United States and Europe discussed the connections between fashion, patronage, literature, and the arts in turn of the century France.

Laurent Cotta is head of graphic arts at the Palais Galliera. He worked with Olivier Saillard on La Mode retrouvée: Les robes trésors de la comtesse Greffulhe. Dr. Valerie Steele is director and chief curator of The Museum at FIT. She has organized more than twenty exhibitions, including "Gothic: Dark Glamour" and "Fashion Underground: The World of Susanne Bartsch".

Type

Moving Image

Subject

Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922. À la recherche du temps perdu

Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922

Greffulhe, Elisabeth, comtesse, 1860-1952

Fashion design

Fashion designers

Fashion in literature

Dresses

France

Paris (France)

Nineteenth century

Twentieth century

Rights

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Identifier

FIT Repository ID: aod_000721