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"You may be on winter break, but that doesn&amp;#39;t mean you can&amp;#39;t get some good learning done in the next few weeks. We&amp;#39;re not talking about the kind you&amp;#39;ll be graded on though! Holiday vacation is a perfect time for pleasure learning, and there are a whole lot of fashion lessons to be learned thanks to a slew of amazing exhibits.\n\n Since Teen Vogue is based in New York, we took it upon ourselves to check out two exciting shows that just opened up in our fine city. First up: the Museum of the Fashion Institute of Technology&amp;#39;s Fashion and Technology exhibit.\n\n The Museum at FIT has some of the best fashion exhibits in the country, due in large part to director Valerie Steele (who, by the way, has a PhD in fashion from Yale). Fashion and Technology spans 230 years of history, starting with some of the first examples of machine-knit garments from the late 1700s and ending with a look into the future with a video featuring clothing made from bacteria and Diane von Furstenberg&amp;#39;s work with Google Glass.\n\n In between, there&amp;#39;s a fascinating look at important developments in material and technique. It may seem funny to think of rubber as &amp;quot;technology&amp;quot;, but shoes like a pair of 1920s Keds (which are on display) were a revelation less than a hundred years ago. The zipper? Another key piece of technology. The same goes for sequins, pleather, and stilettos. Even puffer coats and Doc Martens \u2014 both of which you&amp;#39;ll probably be sporting this winter \u2014 have an important place in fashion tech history. Dresses made of sonic fabric and thermochromic ink will impress, as will a Courr&amp;amp;egraveges suit designed for space travel.\n\n Thirty blocks north is another gem: The Art of Scent at the Museum of Arts and Design. Beauty exhibits are pretty difficult to come by, and this one happens to be curated by former New York Times perfume critic Chandler Burr, one of the foremost experts in the field.\n\n The exhibit is exceedingly elegant, comprised of a dozen scent pods along the white walls of a single gallery. Each pod emits the scent of a fragrance, from Guerlain&amp;#39;s Jicky to Daniela Andrier&amp;#39;s Untitled. The scents are arranged chronologically and were chosen by Burr because of their contributions to the evolution of the scent world. You&amp;#39;ll recognize some of the heavy hitters like Chanel No. 5 and Dolce &amp;amp; Gabbana&amp;#39;s Light Blue, and learn about the introduction of synthetic raw materials and the various olfactory trends from decades past.\n\n Not visiting (or going home to) New York for break? You&amp;#39;re in luck. We&amp;#39;ve also rounded up the best fashion exhibits from around the world. Click through, and get planning!\n\n Fashion and Technology is on view through May 8 at the Museum at FIT and The Art of Scent is on view through Feb. 24 at the Museum of Arts and Design, both in New York City.\n\n\n\nThe Art of Scent exhibit at MAD."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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