From Freudian fashion to sumptuous saris, courtly courtesans to iconic opera costumes, we take you "behind the seams" of our recent fashion history-packed day tours of New York City spent at the Fashion Institute of Technology, The New York Historical Society, The Metropolitan Opera and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

Further learning:

Valerie Steele’s Dress, Dreams, and Desire at the Museum at FIT

The New York Sari and The Gay Harlem Renaissance

at the New York Historical

Discounted tickets for The Metropolitan Opera

Antonio Ratti Center

Noel Catherine Vorlée 1783 and ca. 1804 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Man’s Jama with Poppies 

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