October 22-24, 2015 New York City, NY, U.S.A.
The Adrian G. Marcuse Library at LIM College is excited to host the fifth annual Fashion: Now & Then Conference, a three day conference in which participants will discuss the past, present, and future uses of fashion information and the global reach that the fashion industry possesses. Participants will be drawn from the fashion industry, libraries, archives, academic institutions, publishers, collectors, and museums to represent a full range of expertise. The theme for this year’s Fashion: Now & Then Conference is Passé, Presente, ?? . We are looking forward to presentations that will demonstrate how fashion information and the global reach of the fashion industry has evolved through time and how it will continue to evolve in the future.
About LIM College {LIM College http://www.limcollege.edu/}, founded in 1939, is focused exclusively on the study of business and fashion, offering an MBA program with concentrations in Fashion Management and Entrepreneurship, MPS programs in Fashion Merchandising & Retail Management, Fashion Marketing, Visual Merchandising, and Global Fashion Supply Chain Management, a BS degree in International Business, bachelor’s degrees in Fashion Merchandising, Visual Merchandising, Marketing, and Management, and associate degrees in Fashion Merchandising. LIM College provides a well-rounded education through the combination of in-class instruction and required internships. Located in four buildings in Manhattan - the nation’s fashion and business capital - LIM College gives students vast opportunities for hands-on experience and professional development. Alumni have gone on to excel at top companies, including The Jones Group, Saks Fifth Avenue, Barneys New York, Chanel, and Macy’s.
About the LIM College Library and Archives The Adrian G. Marcuse Library houses a unique, specialized collection, focusing on the fashion industry and LIM College’s major areas of study in a variety of formats (books, magazines, DVDs, e-books, electronic databases). The LIM College Archives consists of three major collections: LIM College Records, Special Collections, and Rare Books. The mission of the LIM College Archives is to identify, collect, organized, describe, preserve and make accessible the enduring records of LIM College and materials related to the fashion industry. For more information on the conference, please check out the { Fashion: Now & Then blog http://fashionnowandthen.blogspot.com/}. For more information on the schedule, please check out the {Adrian G. Marcuse Library website http://lim.ent.sirsi.net/client/default}. You can register {here https://www.eventville.com/catalog/eventregistration1.asp?eventid=1011569}.