I went with my friend to the museum of FIT because she needed to write her own blog and I volunteered to go with her because I could write about the museum too. I don’t have a good sense of fashion. I just put on whatever is clean early in the morning. Even though I don’t know fashion, the museum was really interesting. The theme of the clothing on display was the force of nature. Therefore,
the designs on the clothing were based on the colors and patterns seen in nature. I saw many dresses that had the patterns of flowers, crocodile’s skin, birds, zebra, giraffe, tiger, space, and many other designs. I also saw a hat looked like a bird nest. The details were amazing but I wouldn’t wear it. It was really fun to walk around the exhibit. It was quite small. There were panels are the bottom that tells us about the clothing and also about the history of how nature and the clothes interact. I know that in the past, many of clothes were many out of animal skin and caused those populations of animals to decrease. I didn’t know that space was part of nature because I thought that
nature was about life on Earth. But I guess nature is also about life in space and life in general. In addition, I learned that fashion is trying to find ways reduce greenhouse gas emissions and also find ways to reduce the damages that the fashion industries have placed on the Earth and its natural resources. All in all, it was an interesting experience. I won’t be going back anytime soon. I advise people who are interested to go. The nature theme is still on until November 18. There is also an exhibition about fashion from the extreme available now until January 6, 2018.