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The Museum at FIT has a couple of fantastic exhibits going on now: RETROSPECTIVE and A Queer History of Fashion. It also has a series of talks with leading world designer like this event on DRESSING THE SCREEN: COSTUME DESIGN IN HOLLYWOOD.
Yvonne Blake and Deborah Nadoolman Landis, two of the most celebrated costume designers, get together to talk about their careers in film.  Academy Award winner Yvonne Blake (Spanish) dressed film legends such as Sophia Loren, Audrey Hepburn, Sean Connery, Robert de Niro, Marlon Brando and Al Pacino in dozens of films of the likes of Superman, Fahrenheit 451, Nicholas & Alexandra, Jesus Christ Superstar, Looking for Richard and The Three Musketeers.

Dr. Deborah N. Landis, an Oscar nominee, designed Michael Jackson’s Thriller and curated the 2012 Victoria and Albert exhibition, Hollywood Costume. A signing of Landis’s two most recent books will follow the presentation. 

** Dressing the Screen: Costume Design in Hollywood > Katie Murphy Amphitheatre, FIT> November 15, 6 PM > More info > FIT.

The event was organized in collaboration with the Consulate General of Spain in New York.