Designer Isabel Toledo: Mid-Career Retrospective Features Coat/Dress Worn by Michelle Obama on Inauguration Day
New York, NY (PRWEB) May 29, 2009
WHAT: Press Preview for Isabel Toledo: Fashion from the Inside Out, presented by The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology.
* The first up-close view of Michelle Obama's Inauguration Day ensemble. The First Lady said, "I absolutely adored my Inauguration Day ensemble designed by Isabel Toledo, and I am happy it will be part of the exhibit so that others can appreciate the creativity and craftsmanship of one of America's great female designers."
* 70 garments illustrating Toledo's major themes
* Mannequins and drawings by Toledo's husband and collaborator, Ruben Toledo
TIME/PLACE: Tuesday, June 16, 10:00 am - noon, The Museum at FIT, Seventh Avenue at 27th Street
WHO: Isabel and Ruben Toledo; Dr. Valerie Steele, exhibition co-curator, director and chief curator of The Museum at FIT; and Patricia Mears, exhibition co-curator and deputy director of the museum will be available for interviews.
CONTACT:
Cheri Fein
212-217-4700
press(at)fitnyc.edu
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