Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology

7th Avenue at 27th St.
New York, NY, 10001-5992

URL : http://www.fitnyc.edu/museum

overview : The Museum at FIT is the only museum in New York City dedicated entirely to fashion. The museum's costume collection includes approximately 50,000 garments and accessories dating from the 18th century, with strong emphasis on 20th-century designer fashions. The textile collection, with more than 30,000 textiles, 250,000 swatches, and about 1,500 sample books, dates from the 6th century to the present and illustrates a broad variety of techniques and traditions from around the world.

topics : textiles, new, york, city, contemporary, art