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Special Lecture: Dr. Valerie Steele “Fashion Exhibitions at The Museum at FIT”
* Simultaneous interpretation available, Advance reservation required
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- Date and Time
- Saturday, June 7, 2025, 14:00-16:00 (tentative, doors open at 13:30)
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- Speaker
- Dr. Valerie Steele (Director and Chief Curator, The Museum at FIT)
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- Venue
- Tokyo Opera City Building, 7th Floor Conference Room
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- Capacity
- 70 (Seats available on a first-come, first-served basis)
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- Participation Fee
- Free (Ticket for the exhibition ‘LOVE Fashion: In Search of Myself’ on the same day is required. Please present the ticket stub or the online ticket purchase screen at the lecture reception.)
* For more details and to register for participation, please visit this link
https://www.kci.or.jp/love/event/184401.html
* For inquiries regarding this lecture: Sen Isozumi
isozumi@kci.or.jp(The Kyoto Costume Institute)
Valerie Steele
Valerie Steele is director and chief curator of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, where she has organized more than 25 exhibitions since 1997, including The Corset: Fashioning the Body, and Gothic: Dark Glamour. She is also the author or editor of more than 30 books, including Fashion Designers A-Z: The Collection of The Museum at FIT. In addition, she is founder and editor in chief of Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture, the first scholarly journal in Fashion Studies. Valerie Steele, as an author, curator, editor, and public intellectual, has been instrumental in creating the modern field of fashion studies and in raising awareness of the cultural significance of fashion. The Washington Post has described her as ‘fashion’s brainiest woman,’ acknowledging her contributions to the field.
