Symposium | Laura Jacobs “Crown Jewels: Reflections on the Ballerina”

Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse was The Museum at FIT’s 23rd academic symposium. The one-day event explored the ways in which twentieth-century ballerinas and their glamorous, romantic costumes profoundly inspired modern fashion. #BallerinaExhibition Laura Jacobs is editor of the Arts Intel Report for the online weekly newsletter Air Mail. A fashion critic for The Wall Street Journal and the dance critic for The New Criterion, Jacobs’s most recent book is Celestial Bodies: How to Look at the Ballet. PLEASE DO NOT DOWNLOAD VIDEOS WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION The Museum at FIT (MFIT) is the only museum dedicated exclusively to the art of fashion in New York City. #museumatfit #fashionculture SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW US ONLINE! YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/TheMuseumatFIT/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/TheMuseumAtFIT TWITTER: https://twitter.com/museumatFIT INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/museumatfit/ FLICKR: https://www.flickr.com/photos/museumatfit TUMBLR: https://museumatfit.tumblr.com/ VISIT OUR WEBSITE: https://www.fitnyc.edu/museum