Fashion Historian and Curator Valerie Steele in Seattle

!–paging_filter–pSpend an evening with Valerie Steele, fashion historian, author and curator from the a href=”http://www.fitnyc.edu/13666.asp” target=”_blank”Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (MFIT)/a this Friday night, July 19m at 7 p.m. Steele will be in town to give a talk on the Japanese fashion influence and “revolution” in the 1980s as part of the SAM Talks series./p
pFrom the release:br /Through her irrefutable expertise of the fashion industry and charismatic personality, Valerie Steele will explore the radically new conception of fashion introduced in this movement by such avant-garde designers as Issey Miyake, Yohi Yamamoto, and Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garcons./p
pIf you’re like me, a href=”http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/FutureBeauty/fb_site.asp” target=”_blank”Future Beauty/a, the Japanese fashion exhibit currently on at SAM has totally and completely exploded and expanded your conception of what clothing is and how to wear it. A chance to explore this topic with someone as well versed in the topic as Steele is a rarity.nbsp; Jump on it./p
pTickets are $5 for members, $10 for Adults and $8 for students and seniors. More info a href=”http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/calendar/eventDetail.asp?eventID=26286mo…” target=”_blank”here/a.nbsp;/p