Moda Hoy Symposium | Latin American Elegance: An Intercultural Dialogue

Ana Elena Mallet speaks about Latin American Elegance: An Intercultural Dialogue at the fashion symposium ¡Moda Hoy! Latin American and Latinx Fashion, held on October 7, 2022. The symposium explored the work of fashion designers of Latin American heritage, shedding new light on Latin American and Latinx fashion. Topics included politics, sustainability, art, Indigenous heritage, gender, and popular culture. Ana Elena Mallet is a Mexico City-based curator specializing in Modern and Contemporary Fashion and Design. She is currently a Distinguished Teacher at the School of Architecture, Art and Design of the Tecnológico de Monterrey and since April 2021, an Academic member of the Acquisitions Committee of the Department of Architecture and Design of the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA). She has curated numerous exhibitions including El arte de la indumentaria y la moda at Fomento Cultural Banamex (2016) and Rosa Mexicano, Moda e identidad. La mirada de dos generaciones at Casa del Lago in Mexico City (2009). [PLEASE NOTE: Due to copyright considerations, a number of images may have been removed from this video.] Stream the full symposium playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLq7I3h28zSMiL9_o_YuLURBngJsZ2oB69 Learn more: https://www.fitnyc.edu/museum/events/symposium/latin-american-and-latinx-fashion/ 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 Ne