Pratt Institute

Pratt Institute's Department of Fashion will present a series of lectures by esteemed individuals from the world of fashion practice and academia. The series will be held this fall at Pratt Institute Manhattan's Campus from 6-8 PM on Mondays from September 17 through December 17, 2012 and is free and open to the public. Seating is limited so please arrive early. For more information email fashiondesign@pratt.edu or call 718.636.3415. Please visit our calendar page for updates to speaker list as dates approach:

9/17 McQueen: A Case Study in Curatorial Process. Presentation by Andrew Bolton, Curator at The Costume Institute/MMA followed by a conversation with Jennifer Minniti, Chair of Fashion, Pratt Institute.

9/24 Fashion and Film. A New Kind of Love, Lecture by Drake Stutesman, PhD (Adjunct Professor, NYU, Cinema Studies Department at Tisch School of the Arts; Editor, Framework: The Journal of Cinema and Media) & Future Fatale: Kick-ass Women of Sci-fi from Metropolis to The Matrix, Lecture by Jessica Glasscock (Research Assistant, The Costume Institute/MMA; Adjunct Professor, Parsons).

10/15 Design Duo/Duckie Brown. Featuring Daniel Silva and Steven Cox

10/22 Fashion and Sustainability. Debera Johnson (Director, Pratt Design Incubator for Sustainable Innovation) and panel (TBA).

10/29 Presentation by Kaat Debo, Director, MOMU, Antwerp.

11/5 TBA

11/12 Designer Conversation w/ Jeffrey Banks & Stan Herman.

11/19 Emerging Scholars on Fashion & Sound. Maria Echeverri (NYU, MA Visual Culture) and Kim Jenkins (Parsons, MA Fashion Studies)

12/17 Fashion 2.0. Panel discussion featuring Francesca Granata, PhD (Assistant Professor, Parsons), Sarah Scaturro (Conservator, The Costume Institute/MMA), Tamsen Schwartzman (Museum Media Manager, FIT).