*Blogging about*New York Study Tour:Fashion Institute of Technology Critique
These items were the best of the best to be put up on display at the Fashion & Textile History Gallery: The Tailor's Art May 23 - November 4, I think going to The Fashion Institute of Technology was the icing on the cake. Being able to view The Tailor’s Art was such a defining moment for me. It was a smaller gallery then what I had expected. I thought it would be as large as some of the exhibits we had seen at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. After seeing the Fashion and Textile History gallery, I am glad it was smaller. It made the experience more personal, I felt less rushed to get through every area, and I was actually able to read the offered
material on the items.
The pieces that were put on display were elegant and very beautiful. They were
tailored to such perfection. I was impressed with many of the designer’s creations.
Visually the museum was set up very attractively with readable explanations of each
piece below it. It started from around the 18th century to present day for the collection.
They do rotate the pieces out with different themes etc... It includes textiles, accessories,
and even sample books that are showcased. The tour was at your own pace. I was really
in to this day suit from 1937, one pant suit from John Galliano, 1993, and this spectacular
silk/lace/ruffled dress from France, dating 1905.
I think this stop was important for both design and merchandising students.
Learning about the past always helps to improve the future. Knowing a “historical
overview” fills in the whole picture for me. In the pamphlet we received it states,
“Tailoring is one of the most important elements in the history of modern fashion. An
immensely technical craft requiring the precise measuring, cutting, and sewing of fabric
in order to highlight the idealized human form, the tailor’s art has had a profound impact
on the aesthetic development of fashion for 250 years”. It is part of our culture, not just
us but globally. That is what it is, global.
posted by -*K*- @ 1:27 PM
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