Susanne Bartsch & Dr. Valerie Steele in Conversation

Susanne Bartsch and Dr. Valerie Steele (director and chief curator of The Museum at FIT) in conversation at The Museum at FIT's 15th fashion symposium, Fashion Underground: The World of Susanne Bartsch, held October 22 & 23, 2015.Suzanne Bartsch has been prominent in New York nightlife since the 1980s. Her penchant for extreme fashion made her name the equivalent of a couture label for party people around the world. Dr. Valerie Steele is director and chief curator of The Museum at FIT. She has organized more than twenty exhibitions, including "Gothic: Dark Glamour" and "Fashion Underground: The World of Susanne Bartsch".The fifteenth annual fashion symposium, Fashion Underground: The World of Susanne Bartsch, explores the creative links between Bartsch's 30 years of sartorial self-expression and its influence on the global fashion scene