ACI Presents Valerie Steele: The Exhibitions and the Fashionable

Friday, February 13, 2026 

5:30 pm - Hosted beverages 

6 pm - Valerie Steele Lecture + Q&A 

TICKETS: $30 for ACI Members* and $40 for Non-Members. 

*ACI Member tickets will discount at checkout

$15 for Students with current school I.D. Seats will be provided at event check-in with I.D.

Arizona Costume Institute invites you to an engaging presentation and lecture with Valerie Steele, director, chief fashion curator and author. Discover her acclaimed exhibitions at the F.I.T Museum and hear insights from her work with iconic fashion designers, retrospective collections, and decades of curating noteworthy fashion exhibitions.   

The Museum Store will feature Valerie’s latest book, Dress, Dreams, and Desire: A History of Fashion and Psychoanalysis. Valerie will be signing a limited number of copies. PhxArt Members receive 10% off after signing in with their primary email. 

This lecture is open to the Public.