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Museum at FIT

The original Playboy Bunny costume was designed by Zelda Wynn Valdes.

The Influential Designer Behind the Playboy Bunny Uniform

Meet the hidden figure behind the iconic playboy bunny costume.
By Dominique Norman
Adrian costume, 1952,

Adrian of Hollywood’s Fashion Collection Gets The Spotlight At FIT Exhibition

We focused on two primary things. One, the connection and overlap of costume and fashion, and so the fact that both when he was working as a costumer he was already thinking as a fashion designer...
By Michelle Honig
Yves Saint Laurent, with Betty Catroux (left) and Loulou de la Falaise, outside his 'Rive Gauche' shop.

1960s French Fashion Gets a Boost in Gorgeous Exhibition at FIT

In a sense, it's a form of democracy, that the oft ignored voices have a platform and the freedom to speak. But even as the stylistes were gaining traction and influencing couturiers with their fresh, modern take on clothes, they still needed that stamp of couture endorsement in order to be widely accepted.
By Michelle Honig
La comtesse Greffulhe, née Elisabeth de Caraman-Chimay (1860-1952), portant la robe aux lis créée pour elle par la maison Worth. Photographie de Paul Nadar (1856-1939). 1896. Galliera, musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris.

Personal Style Makes History—Meet Proust’s Muse

By Michelle Honig

Live Conversation: Thoughts on College Fashion in the Lead-up to the Museum at FIT’s “Ivy Style” Exhibit

By Laura L. Griffin

From Skating Jackets to Free Love, Museum at FIT Relaunches Online Collections

By Rozalia Jovanovic
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