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Fab 5 Freddy, Aya Kanai, Elizabeth Sweetheart & Emily Spivack

Teaches at Museum of the City of New York - Public

Fab 5 Freddy was born in Brooklyn. He exploded on the scene in the late ‘70s as one of the first graffiti artists to exhibit his paintings internationally. In the late ‘80s, he hosted the MTV program YO! MTV Raps, which became the highest rated show on the channel and spread hip hop culture internationally.

Aya Kanai has been chief fashion director at Cosmopolitan, Seventeen, Good Housekeeping, Redbook, and Woman’s Day, and is a judge on Project Runway Junior. She has worked in print editorial, celebrity dressing, online retail, and advertising at a variety of fashion-related companies and publications including Teen Vogue and Nylon magazine.

Elizabeth Sweetheart is an artist and textile designer. She has designed hand-painted prints for clothing designers including Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren. Known as the "Green Lady of Brooklyn" she has dressed completely in green and decorated her home in the color for more than 20 years, and has become a well-known phenomena both in New York City and internationally.

Emily Spivack (moderator) is an artist, writer, and editor whose work draws from contemporary culture, fashion, history, and our relationship to everyday objects. She is the author of Worn in New York and the New York Times best selling Worn Stories, has a recurring column for the New York Times called “The Story of a Thing,” and recently had a project at MoMA entitled “An archive of everything worn to MoMA from November 1, 2017, to January 28, 2018.”

Reviews of Fab 5 Freddy, Aya Kanai, Elizabeth Sweetheart & Emily Spivack

(1 Review)
  • Worn in New York

    Reviewed by LEONIDAS L. on 12/12/2018
    It was a nice outing and I enjoyed the panel giving their background experiences on their favorite pieces or for one sweet lady her favorite color!

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