纽约服装技术学院博物馆（The Museum at FIT）成立于1969年，由纽约时装技术学院创办（Fashion Institute of Technology）。该博物馆专门用于展览时装，它以其创新和获奖的专题展览闻名于世。该博物馆从20世纪70年代开始，举办过200余场展览，而《展览主义》一书收录了其中约33场最具影响力的展览，包括“时尚与超现实主义（Fashion and Surrealism）”展览会（1987年）——这是一场具有开拓意义的展览，探索了艺术和时装的关系；“紧身衣（The Corset）”展览会（2000年），一场美丽而才华横溢的对服装史上最具争议服饰的探索；“童话时装（Fairy Tale Fashion）”展览会（2016年），这是一次充满魔力的展览，着眼于像是玻璃鞋、小红帽这些被施了魔法，有独特魅力的具有象征意义的物件。

《展览主义》一书也聚焦于近期的获奖展览，例如从“时尚的同性文化史:从衣柜到T台

（A Queer History of Fashion: From the Closet to the Catwalk）”展览会（2013年）到“黑人时装设计师（Black Fashion Designers）” 展览会（2017年）。书中所收录的每场展览都插入相应的艺术装置照片、单一服饰的图片以及说明文字——解释这场展览会的重要性以及它展出的物品。本书作者提供一个**吸引力的、“幕后”的视角来审视举办一场展览会的流程。

Founded in 1969 by the Fashion Institute of Technology, The Museum at FIT is a specialized fashion museum famous for its innovative and award-winning exhibitions. The museum has been the site of more than 200 exhibitions since the 1970s, and Exhibitionism commemorates approximately 33 of the most influential of these, including Fashion and Surrealism (1987), a groundbreaking show that explored the relationship between art and fashion; The Corset (2000), a beautiful and brilliant exploration of the most controversial garment in fashion history; and Fairy Tale Fashion (2016), a magical look at the such enchanted and emblematic items as the glass slipper and the red riding hood.

Exhibitionism also includes highlights from more recent, award-

winning exhibitions, such as A Queer History of Fashion: From the Closet to the Catwalk (2013) and Black Fashion Designers (2017). Each exhibition included in the book are illustrated using installation photos, images of individual garments, and texts that explain the importance of the exhibition and the objects it featured. The authors provide an engaging, “behind the scenes” look at the process of exhibition making.