月別アーカイブ: Jul 10th, 2025

“Is fashion art?” – Interview with Valerie Steele (Director of the FIT Museum) by Yusuke Koishi (KLEINSTEIN).

10 Jul, 2025

KLEINSTEIN representative Yusuke Koishi interviewed Valerie Steele, director and chief curator of the FIT Museum (Fashion Institute of Technology Museum) in New York, who is renowned as a leading authority in fashion studies and has curated numerous impressive fashion exhibitions. Their dialogue cov …

KLEINSTEIN representative Yusuke Koishi interviewed Valerie Steele, director and chief curator of the FIT Museum in New York and a leading authority in fashion studies. Their dialogue covered topics from fashion and art to fashion research and the future of Japanese fashion. This interview was published in Tokyo Art Beat to commemorate the June publication of “Fashion Theory: Selected Works of Valerie Steele” (Adachi Press), compiling her theoretical writings.