Bloomberg Connects Digital Guide

Enhance your visit using our Digital Guide on Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and
culture app. With the app you can plan your visit, access special exhibition content,
or dive deeper into your favorite collection objects from home!
During your visit, look for the Bloomberg Connects icon and enter the lookup number
in the app for exhibition-related features. Don’t forget to bring your headphones!
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Female Collectors and Tastemakers in Fashioning Wonder
Learn about a few of the women who assembled cabinets of curiosities, as well as how
female donors to The Museum at FIT collection have shaped Fashioning Wonder: A Cabinet of Curiosities.

A Closer Look: Highlights from Africa’s Fashion Diaspora
Join curator Elizabeth Way to take a closer look at nine objects, one from each theme,
in Africa’s Fashion Diaspora.

Untying the Bow Audio Feature
Further untie the bow as four graduate students offer additional insights into their
favorite bow objects from the exhibition Untying the Bow.

Statement Sleeves in Detail: Curator's Notes
Enjoy hidden details of why curator Colleen Hill selected these garments for Statement Sleeves. Includes some closer looks.

Food & Fashion Special Audio Feature
Dive deeper into some of the objects on display in Food & Fashion with curators Melissa Marra-Alvarez and Elizabeth Way.

Fashion & Textile Conservation of a Lucile Gown
Before a circa 1912 Lucile gown could be exhibited in Designing Women: Fashion Creators and Their Interiors, it underwent extensive conservation treatment. Three short videos demonstrate how
MFIT's conservation team approached stabilizing shattered silk, replacing a disintegrating
bodice, and matching existing fabric to reconstruct the neckline.

Voices: Fresh, Fly, Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style
To tell the story of hip hop style, the curators of Fresh, Fly, Fabulous: 50 Years of Hip Hop Style spoke with several influential people from the community. Listen below to learn more
about the history, inspiration, and other stories about hip hop style from designers,
archivists, fashion stylists, and more.
Also included:
Current + Upcoming Events
Events + Education
Collections
Selected Past Exhibitions
Selected Publications
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