Sports and Hip Hop

Sports uniforms have periodically migrated into fashion, especially young men’s fashion, since the late nineteenth century.

Protest in Hip Hop Fashion

T-shirts and hoodies have been blank canvases for messages of protest and rebellion since the 1950s.

Women's Style in Hip Hop

Women’s style in hip hop tends to be overlooked.

Early Style in Hip Hop

The inventiveness, aspiration, and rebelliousness of hip hop is clearly evident in its earliest fashions.

High Fashion Does Hip Hop

Hip hop quickly spread from the Bronx to Queens and Brooklyn and moved downtown to mingle with the creative music and arts scene in lower Manhattan.

Designer Brands and Hip Hop

Hip hop fashion has always been aspirational.

Hip Hop Designers

Hip hop designers are often not recognized by the mainstream fashion industry, but they contributed greatly to diversifying fashion.

Corsets + Shoes

Strapped in: the origins and evolution of the bra

The brassiere became an essential foundation garment during the early 20th century, but its origins may be traced back more than 1,500 years...

Women in Fashion

The following objects from the collection of The Museum at FIT are a small assortment of the many wonderful stories of women in fashion.

Gothic: Dark Glamour

The Museum at FIT

The Corset: Fashioning the Body

The Museum at FIT

Valerie Steele's 18 Favorite Dresses from the Museum at FIT

Get an exclusive insight into one of the world’s greatest fashion collections with renowned director and chief curator.

Denim: Fashion's Frontier

Explore the multifaceted history of denim and its relationship with high fashion from the 19th century to the present.

Fairy Tale Fashion

Explore fairy tales through the lens of high fashion.

Ralph Rucci: The Art of Weightlessness

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