“Exhibitionism: 50 Years of The Museum” is currently on view through April 20, 2019, at FIT, New York.“Exhibitionism: 50 Years of The Museum at FIT” marks the 50th-anniversary celebrations of what Michael Kors calls “the fashion insider’s fashion museum.” The exhibit brings back 33 of the most remarkable exhibitions produced since the first one was staged in 1971. Picked deliberately from the museum’s permanent collections, more than 80 looks are exhibited, as per The Museum at FIT website.The exhibition presents a diverse range of style and creation; from Fashion and Surrealism to The Corset to A Queer History of Fashion, the exhibitions are known for being “intelligent, innovative, and independent,” says MFIT Director Valerie Steele, as per the website. “The museum has been in the forefront of fashion curation, with more than 200 fashion exhibitions over the past half-century, many accompanied by scholarly books and symposia.”“Founded in 1969 as The Design Laboratory and Galleries at FIT, it became The Museum at FIT in 1994 and was accredited by the American Alliance of Museums in 2012. From the beginning, MFIT served multiple audiences, including students, designers, and the public. In 1971, its first director, Robert Riley, organized a show featuring the work of designer Gilbert Adrian; when MGM heard about it, the company donated costumes that Adrian had created for stars like Joan Crawford and Greta Garbo. For his 1976 exhibition on the French couturier Paul Poiret, Riley also acquired important ensembles for the museum’s collection, such as a fantastical “Persian” ensemble worn for a 1919 fancy dress ball,” says the website.The creations on display include, black silk velvet dress with black tulle ruffles at shoulders and rhinestones and sequins on front; Adrian, dress worn by Greta Garbo in Camille, 1936, USA, gift of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc; crushed silver gauze tunic with attached lavender and silver cummerbund and deep red chiffon trousers; matching lavender brocade turban edged with pearls and large red feather; Paul Poiret, fancy dress ensemble, 1919, France, gift of Mrs. Katheryn Colton, as per the website.Exhibitionism will also feature exhibitions originally displayed in the museum’s Fashion and Textile History Gallery. These include Black Fashion Designers (2016), curated by Ariele Elia and Elizabeth Way; Denim: Fashion’s Frontier (2016) and The Body: Fashion and Physique (2017), curated by Emma McClendon; and Force of Nature (2017), curated by Melissa Marra, according to the website.Click on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition   https://www.blouinartinfo.com/              Founder: Louise Blouin Read more