From Ann Lowe to Olivier Rousteing: Black Designers Building Fashion Businesses

The lecture will be delivered by Elizabeth Way, associate curator of the Museum at FIT, and Ariele Elia, assistant director of the Fashion Law Institute. Way recently organized a comprehensive exhibition on Ann Lowe, America’s first Black couturier, so part of her presentation will be to discuss this exhibition and Lowe’s career. Linked to this will be a conversation regarding successful Black fashion businesses and the hurdles Black creatives face when starting a fashion business. Organized by the Art Department, Women’s and Gender Studies, and the School of Business, and co-sponsored by Africana Studies, the Women’s Center, and Black Faculty.