Isabel Toledo: Fashion from the Inside Out
I highly recommend seeing this exhibit at FIT if you are in NYC before Sept. 27th when the show will end.
Bring your sketch pads, there is much to be learned about the engineering that goes into the structure of Isabel’s pieces. Being in a room full of these designs & her husband Ruben’s illustrations was like standing in fashion surround-sound for me. I felt myself just wanting to turn and keep turning.
I really identified with this show because I often find myself inspired by the fabric and the energy of the moment. I would much rather the fabric reveal to me what it needs to be, rather than me manipulating fabric to what I want it to be. This seems to be what Isabel accomplishes, because when you stand there looking at each piece, in that moment you can’t imagine the fabric being anything else than what she allowed it to become.
FIT features Talk and Tours. Here are upcoming dates and times of the Isabel Toledo: Fashion from the Inside Out, talk and Tours:
Tuesday, July 28 11 – noon (Valerie Steele)
Tuesday, August 11 11 – noon (Patricia Mears)
Monday, Setember 21 6 – 7pm ( Valerie Steele)
Fashion Conversation
Isabel and Ruben Toledo, in conversation with Valerie Steele
Thursday, September 24, 6 – 8 pm
Katie Murphy Amphitheatre
Programs are free but a reservation is recommended contact museuminfo@fitnyc.edu or call 212.217.4585
