Boots: The Height of Fashion

Boots: The Height of Fashion examined how boots emerged as a modern fashion phenomenon during the last century and evolved to become a staple of the fashionable woman's wardrobe. The exhibition featured 20 pairs of women's boots from the museum's permanent collection, including boots originally worn by fashion icons Jane Holzer and Tina Chow. Boots, as objects, are expressive of power, and the exhibition explored this concept via three significant sub-themes: sex, rebellion, and status.

Students in the Fashion and Textile Studies M.A. program at FIT's School of Graduate Studies collaborated with the Museum at FIT to present Boots: The Height of Fashion.