Introduced by Cindi Leive, Editor-in-Chief of Glamour
Moderated by Pamela Golbin, Chief Curator of Fashion and Textiles at Les Arts Décoratifs in Paris
Considered a cult figure among fashion enthusiasts, Cuban-born designer Isabel Toledo is admired throughout the fashion world for her artistic and experimental designs. Working closely with her husband, the artist-illustrator Ruben Toledo who will join her on-stage, Isabel has earned numerous accolades for her high standards of craftsmanship and abundant creativity, and recently achieved more mainstream prominence when First Lady Michelle Obama wore a lemon-grass Isabel Toledo for the 2009 Presidential Inauguration.
Hear about their creative visions and inspirations, and learn about how they have launched and built a successful brand outside the traditional, powerful, and established fashion houses.
Fashionation (2009), a short animated video by Ruben Toledo about the history of fashion from A to Z, will be screened at 6:35pm preceding the talk. It is included with entry to the talk. House opens at 6:30pm. View Trailer.
Talk in English
Venue
FIAF, Florence Gould Hall
55 East 59th Street
New York, NY 10022
Fashion at FIAF’s signature Fashion Talks series, hosted by Pamela Golbin, Chief Curator of the Musée de la Mode et du Textile in Paris, focuses this year on enormously talented independent designers who are also entrepreneurs at the helm of their own labels. Hear about their creative visions and inspirations, and learn about how they have launched and built successful brands outside the traditional, powerful, and established fashion houses.
Pamela Golbin is an internationally renowned figure in the fashion industry, with extensive historical knowledge of cultural and design issues. As Chief Curator for the Fashion and Textiles collections at Les Arts Décoratifs in Paris, she is a leading expert in contemporary fashion and has organized landmark exhibitions worldwide. Ms. Golbin is also a successful, published author and is invited to lecture on a regular basis all of over the world.
FIAF Winter 2013 Season Sponsors: American Airlines, the official airline of FIAF;
OpenSkies, the Cultural Services
of the French Embassy; Florence Gould Foundation;
Institut français;
New York State
Council on the Arts; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs;
The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation and Robert de Rothschild.
