Cheddar News' Shannon LaNier visits the new exhibit at the Fashion Institute of Technology called "Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: 50 Years of Hip Hop Style." The exhibit tracks the birth of hip hop to the present, with over 100 garments and accessories. The museum touts it as the largest and most comprehensive exhibition of the hip-hop style.
Textiles and fabrics play a major part in our lives. Jordana Munk Martin, founder of Blue: The Tatter Textile Library, spoke with Cheddar News about the dimensional cultural arts organization that focuses on textiles, why the library is painted blue and how it plays a major role in academics.