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PARSONS PRESENTS Fashion in film: New York city Series Celebrates Launch of New Graduate Fashion Program
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NEW YORK, March 17, 2010 – Parsons The New School for Design presents Fashion in Film: New York City. The series takes a look at classic films set in New York City that inspired fashion trends around the world, with leading film and fashion critics introducing each film. The series celebrates the launch of a Master of Arts in Fashion Studies at Parsons, which places fashion within a contemporary, global context that recognizes its significance as a cultural, social and economic force.
Tuesday, April 6, 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Annie Hall (Dir. Woody Allen, 1977)
Introduced by Judith Thurman
Tishman Auditorium, The New School
66 West 12th Street, New York
Free
Woody Allen's classic tale of New York City romantic neuroticism stars Diane Keaton in the era-defining title role. Introduced by Judith Thurman, staff writer at The New Yorker and author of Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller (National Book Award winner), Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette, and, most recently, Cleopatra's Nose: 39 Varieties of Desire.
Tuesday, April 13, 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever (Dir. Vincente Minnelli, 1970)
Introduced by Armond White
Tishman Auditorium, The New School
66 West 12th Street, New York
Free
Barbra Streisand and Yves Montand star in Minnelli's Technicolor masterpiece, with costumes by Cecil Beaton and Arnold Scaasi. Introduced by Armond White, film critic for the New York Press, Chairman of the New York Film Critics Circle, and author of groundbreaking books on pop culture, including, mostly recently, Keep Moving: The Michael Jackson Chronicles.
Tuesday, April 20, 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Sabrina (Dir. Billy Wilder, 1954)
Introduced by Amy Fine Collins
Tishman Auditorium, The New School
66 West 12th Street, New York
Free
Audrey Hepburn, Hubert de Givenchy, and Edith Head - a fashion-in-film trifecta - create magic in Billy Wilder's bewitching comedy-romance. Introduced by Amy Fine Collins, Special Correspondent for Vanity Fair covering art, cinema, design, fashion, and society; author of The God of Driving; and a fashion icon in her own right.
Tuesday, April 27, 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Klute (Dir. Alan J. Pakula, 1971)
Introduced by John Epperson (Lypsinka)
Tishman Auditorium, The New School
66 West 12th Street, New York
Free
Jane Fonda stars as hardened call girl Bree Daniels in Pakula's perfect film, which ushered in the golden age of 1970s paranoia thrillers—Fonda's performance is still astonishing. Introduced by John Epperson, the creator and alter ego of Lypsinka, and author of the acclaimed shows Lypsinka! The Boxed Set, John Epperson: Show Trash, The Passion of the Crawford, and, most recently, My Deah.
Fashion in Film is presented by the School of Art and Design History and Theory at Parsons, and curated by Jeffrey Lieber, Assistant Professor of Visual Cultural Studies.
The MA in Fashion Studies at Parsons The New School for Design is a new program for emerging scholars who want to engage in the interdisciplinary analysis of fashion in its complex manifestations as object, image, cultural practice and concept. Students will gain a critical understanding of fashion and its global intersections with identity, history, and culture in the contemporary world. For more information, please visit http://www.newschool.edu/fashionstudies.
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