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Dusting off your ugly Christmas sweater for a holiday Zoom call? The popular knit wasn’t always viewed as “ugly” according to Lisa Donofrio, assistant chair of FIT’s Fashion Design department, in The Wall Street Journal. Take a look at how the sweater craze has transformed over the years: http://on.wsj.com/38y3aUP
Dusting off your ugly Christmas sweater for a holiday Zoom call? The popular knit wasn’t always viewed as “ugly” according to Lisa Donofrio, assistant chair of FIT’s Fashion Design department, in The Wall Street Journal. Take a look at how the sweater craze has transformed over the years: http://on.wsj.com/38y3aUP
Happy Holidays from FIT! The college will be closed from Thursday, December 24, 2020 through Friday, January 1, 2021, and will reopen on Monday, January 4, 2021.
Animation by Angela Diep, Advertising and Digital Design '20
Fall 2020 complete. ✅ You did it! You triumphed through a year with unparalleled challenges. Check out a few selections of final term garments and projects. Continue to share your work with us using the hashtag #unconventionalminds.
(📸 L-R: Instagram users @lunalegaspi, @jess_bozzello, @ashleyhooligan, @yovnqbvck, @emersonkobak, @juniperscribe, @lastroe)
Marvel fans! Did you catch The Museum at FIT in a recent episode of Marvel’s digital series Storyboards? Tune in to see Marvel’s Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada discuss fashion and storytelling with Samhita Mukhopadhyay, the executive editor of Teen Vogue.
The Executive Editor of Teen Vogue talks to Joe Quesada about how clothes make the character -- and tell the stories of their times!
Who’s ready for winter break?! Good luck to everyone finishing their finals and remember to stay safe this holiday season!
🎥: Charlie Shelton, Advertising and Digital Design '21.
Scenes from last night’s #firstsnow. ❄️
📸: Marty Sullivan II, Advertising and Marketing Communications ‘19
"Having 3D avatars that can be dressed and animated creates an exciting opportunity for fashion designers," shares Michael Ferraro, executive director of the FIT DTech Lab, speaking about the rise of fashion and gaming for NYLON.
From Burberry's runway show Twitch stream to Balenciaga's new collection debuting within a video game, gaming and fashion's relationship has been steadily brewing for some time.
During a worldwide pandemic, how do you nurture the holiday spirit? Join us on Monday, December 14, at 5:30pm EST for our next Hue Live featuring FIT alumnus Benjamin Bradley, the host of Netflix’s reality series Holiday Home Makeover With Mr. Christmas. Free and open to the public: bit.ly/HueLiveChristmas
Architectural Digest celebrates alumna Esha Ahmed as “One to Watch” in its December 2020 issue. Ahmed, the head of Makrosha, a textile company that sources fabrics from artisans across the globe, said, “There’s only a handful of people in the world who can do high-end hand weaving. My goal is to prevent that craft from vanishing.”
AD’s newest One to Watch is producing wildly inventive fabrics during the pandemic from the comforts of a Berkshires barn
Everyone Wins, the high-quality, upcycling fashion label launched by FIT grad Alan Eckstein, Advertising and Marketing Communications ’12, is rethinking vintage for COVID times.
The label’s motto, “Nothing New,” speaks to the collection which uses only pre-existing materials and vintage designer clothing. Eckstein transforms existing garments, creating one-of-a-kind pieces by adding patches and other embellishments. Learn more about the label and Eckstein here: https://bit.ly/33BqRKn
Faculty from the School of Art and Design will host webinars and review requirements for admission this Sunday, December 6 at our Virtual Portfolio Day. Register here: bit.ly/37n8zOd
Why is it called Black Friday? Shawn Grain Carter, associate professor of Fashion Business Management, spoke with The New York Times about how the retail bonanza got its name.
Black Friday: Holiday Shopping in a Pandemic Last Updated Dec. 2, 2020, 6:46 a.m. ETDec. 2, 2020, 6:46 a.m. ETThis briefing has ended. Follow our latest coverage of markets, business and the economy.Here’s what you need to know:The dominant retailers thrive. Everyone else just hangs on.The pandemi...
A team of three female Fashion Business Management seniors—Muskaan Arora, Joyce Ishikawa, and Sofia Simoniello—placed third in the Adobe Analytics Challenge 2020, among a field of over 1,600 competitors!
The competition, which tasked students with analyzing usage data from Nike’s e-commerce platform and mobile app to make business recommendations, was open to colleges and universities worldwide for the first time this year. Read more below.
A team of FIT students took third place in this year’s Adobe Analytics Challenge, an annual competition in which undergraduate and graduate students crunch real data from major corporations and mak…
“I knew this was the type of work I wanted to do when I realized I had the power to help people feel beautiful and confident,” says Photography AAS graduate Sarai Garcia in her interview with The Cut.
For The Cut’s “They Seem Cool” column, Garcia spoke about the creation of her self-portrait series that started this past year while at home. Read the full interview here: https://bit.ly/2VqpAl2
Calling all prospective students! You are invited to join us this Sunday, December 6 at 1pm for our Virtual Portfolio Day. Register here: https://bit.ly/37n8zOd
Did you know that over a third of FIT students describe their designs as fluid? In WWD, Amy Sperber, assistant professor of Fashion Design—and an FIT Fashion Design MFA alum, shares how FIT continues to evolve as brands add more gender neutral and unisex clothing: https://bit.ly/362QTIc
We hope you can take some time away from the screen this Thanksgiving break and check out the Department of Special Collections and FIT Archives coloring book!
The 20 illustrations, chosen by Karen Trivette, head of Special Collections and College Archives, include the renowned Frances Neady collection, shoe designs by Arsho Baghsarian, the Bergdorf Goodman Custom Salon sketch collection, and the Les Robes de Paul Poiret publication: https://bit.ly/39agOQa
Since 2012, the FIT Design Entrepreneurs program has helped emerging designers—from New York City and all over the world—take their businesses to the next level. Whatever the challenge, each designer developed a customized plan, and FIT guided them completely free of charge.
In celebration of the program’s final year, alumni and sponsors reflect on the program’s impact on the industry. Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/2KuvkYx
“A mix of different points of view is important now, more than ever, to create a dynamic collection that speaks to a connected global market,” says Tom Scott, associate professor of Fashion Design, in a WWD story on the rise of coed design duos including FIT alum Luke Meier of Jil Sander. Read more below.
Observers say duos can better shoulder the demands of creative leaders, and dialogue fosters strong design outcomes.
Happy Birthday to FIT alum Calvin Klein!
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Happy Birthday Calvin Klein!
Born on this day in 1942, Klein is one of America's most famous designers. A graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, he is known for streamlined clothes, designer jeans, underwear, and provocative advertising campaigns. From the beginning, Klein intended his clothes to look and feel "easy" and "free," but also luxurious. For this 1987 dress, his bold use of eccentric color and exaggerated proportion are in keeping with the "excess" of 1980s fashion, but he nonetheless reinforces the idea that simplicity and purity are the essence of great style.
Visit our Online Collections to learn more about fashion designers and fashion history. #MuseumFromHome http://fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/
“I didn’t know I could paint every day. This time has opened up a whole new realization of what people are capable of.” While stay-at-home orders were in place, Lori Polson, Advertising Design ’90, rediscovered her love for painting by creating oil portraits for family and friends.
After posting her work on social media, Polson started to receive requests for commissions including a personal invite by her mayor in Woodcliff Lake, NJ, to join the local arts council. Read more about her work in the newest issue of Hue here: https://bit.ly/2Tali02
Elise Doganieri, Advertising Design ’90, the mastermind behind The Amazing Race, came up with the idea after taking a five-week backpacking trip through Europe.
Now in its 32nd season, the show has received numerous accolades including 10 Emmy Awards for outstanding reality competition, in addition to expanding to seven international versions.
Learn more about how Doganieri '90 found her way to Hollywood—and around the world—here: https://bit.ly/3kDsXPI
Already hooked on Netflix’s newest series, The Queen’s Gambit? The New York Times Styles takes a closer look at the show’s 1960s style, inspired by Edie Sedgwick, Jean Seberg, Pierre Cardin, and Balenciaga.
FIT's Cathleen Sheehan, professor and acting chair of the Fashion Design MFA program, sums it up for the Times: "This story brings international glamour, humanity, and relatable history to the game of chess. Each time the scene changed, I found myself excited to see what she’d be wearing next.” Read more: https://nyti.ms/3f9uwnv
Inspiring news from FIT alumna Michelle Smith, Fashion Design ’92! Read more about her brand-new direct-to-consumer luxury casual wear line in The New York Times.
With her husband, Michelle Smith built a successful clothing brand on the idea of demure femininity. Then she ripped up her life.
"For the first time since Ben’s death, I will spend this Veterans Day blanketed in the glow of the moon with my brother by my side." Toy Design alumna Annie Sklaver Orenstein wrote a moving story for TIME about finding solace in her brother's diaries after he was killed in Afghanistan. #VeteransDay
The further our country got from the ideals that Ben held so close, the more I was drawn to his diaries
Abigail DeVille, Fine Arts ‘09, reimagines the Statue of Liberty’s torch in a public art installation for her first New York solo exhibition at Madison Square Park. The installation titled “Light of Freedom” serves “as a response to what happened this summer and what’s continuing to happen in terms of the calls for this racial reckoning,” says DeVille to The New York Times.
This Thursday, November 12, at 2pm, DeVille will join current FIT artist fellow Christopher K. Ho as part of an ongoing virtual artist talk series hosted by the FIT School of Art and Design Gallery. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/2UfIomp
In her first New York solo exhibition at Madison Square Park, Abigail DeVille conjures a long line of freedom fighters.
A photo by Olivia McDowell, Photography ‘21, for FIT alumnus Michael Kors's spring 2021 show was recently featured in full-page ads for The New York Times and WWD! In under four days, McDowell captured a vibrant image of a New York rooftop garden on medium format film. Read more about her journey to being selected below.
Olivia McDowell is a self-proclaimed workaholic. So when the 22-year-old learned that Michael Kors, an FIT alumnus, had reached out to FIT Photography students for an image to represent his upcomin…
Don’t forget to RSVP for our upcoming Family Weekend, November 13 and 14! Learn more: https://bit.ly/381ZGM1
Here's how the concept of wellness is changing. In their capstone presentation, graduates from FIT's Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing and Management (CFMM) program analyzed its global impact and the future of holistic well-being for consumers. Learn more here and check out the link to the full presentation.
On Wednesday, October 28, two teams of graduates from FIT’s master’s degree program in Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing and Management (CFMM)—known as the beauty industry’s think tank—presented th…
Students from FIT in Italy captured their brilliance in a moving short film that detailed the completion of their capsule collections. Like many who returned home due to the global pandemic, these students tapped into their creativity as they were forced to create their garments by hand. The video, shot completely on iPhones, demonstrates their patience, courage, and resilience.
Featured students:
Marie Vilanova, Cyberscape
Jialin Zhao, Stop Slut Shaming Me
Yatong Wang, Shadow
Marina Lukin, Outside-In
Tongxin Cai, The Blooming of Life
Michelle Lun Lopez, 168HRS
Andrea N. Diaz Aviles, Canvas
Jessica Nicole Contreras, Dual Affliction
Nell Mary Tercek, Second Skin
Lauren Santaniello, Compression
Yican Yu, (My) Chemistry
For #ElectionDay, we’re sharing two mural projects from members of the FIT community who have used their creative talents to help get the word out about voting.
Illustration faculty member Dan Shefelman and FIT alums Victor Saint-Hilaire ‘13 and Angel Garcia ‘13 partnered with MTV to chalk a barge on the East River. Daniel Bonilla, Computer Animation and Interactive Media ’09, painted “Go Vote. Your Vote Matters” mural on Dyckman Street in Upper Manhattan. Read more about their projects below.
The 2020 election has been called the most important in American history. Two mural projects from the FIT community are helping get the word out about voting. To promote the first Vote Early Day, M…
“Being recognized as a L’Oréal Paris Women of Worth elevates the work we do at The Evoluer House and significantly brings attention to the needs and life stories of so many girls of color from marginalized communities, amplifying how they too can grow up to not only be healthy, happy and strong but as powerful leaders of change throughout the world.”
FIT alumna Cheryl Ann Wadlington is one of L'Oréal Paris Women of Worth for 2020. The program honors extraordinary women for philanthropic work in their communities. Read more about Wadlington and The Evoluer House below.
PHILADELPHIA (PRWEB) October 21, 2020 -- This year, Cheryl Ann Wadlington, the Founder and Executive Director of The Evoluer House — an innovative and dynamic nonprofit organization which delivers empowerment programs that help girls of color to envision a future devoid of disadvantages and filled...
#NationalAuthorsDay: #DoNotErase, a collection of photographs that celebrate mathematical explorations by FIT Associate Professor of Photography Jessica Wynne, will be published In spring 2021 by Princeton University Press.
Created with help from mathematicians around the world, the images capture formulas that tackle topics including dynamic motion, kinetic theory, and hyperbolic geometry. Read our profile of Wynne in the latest issue of Hue: https://bit.ly/3jLfNQ7
Start your Halloween 🎃 weekend by checking out Witchy Business, an animated short developed by Dillon O’Keefe, Computer Animation ‘20!
Magic happened when Wacom brought two teams of animation students together and gave them a week to produce 45-second animated shorts. Computer Animation student Dillon O’Keefe was on Team East. Eac…
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Who’s ready for winter break?! Good luck to everyone finishing their finals and remember to stay safe this holiday season! 🎥: Charlie Shelton, Advertising and Digital Design '21.
Students from FIT in Italy captured their brilliance in a moving short film that detailed the completion of their capsule collections. Like many who returned home due to the global pandemic, these students tapped into their creativity as they were forced to create their garments by hand. The video, shot completely on iPhones, demonstrates their patience, courage, and resilience. Featured students: Marie Vilanova, Cyberscape Jialin Zhao, Stop Slut Shaming Me Yatong Wang, Shadow Marina Lukin, Outside-In Tongxin Cai, The Blooming of Life Michelle Lun Lopez, 168HRS Andrea N. Diaz Aviles, Canvas Jessica Nicole Contreras, Dual Affliction Nell Mary Tercek, Second Skin Lauren Santaniello, Compression Yican Yu, (My) Chemistry
FIT x COTERIE: The Future of Fashion 2020
How will the pandemic change the fashion business? As the industry continues to evolve in our new landscape, FIT’s experts weigh in and predict its future. Read the full story now in the newest issue of Hue magazine. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3nMRAwe 🎥: Rachael Park, Communication Design ’12
TODAY is the final day to register to vote in New York for the upcoming election! 📮 Visit our website to sign up using TurboVote. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/FITVotes 🎥: Brit Shaked '20
House of Yes Kae Burke
Best of luck to Jenny Feng ‘20 as she competes in the 13th annual Supima Design Competition on Thursday, September 10, at 3pm! Watch the live show here: https://bit.ly/3gOvBjA
Masks are a regular feature of pandemic life, and we might be wearing them for many seasons to come. Where does function end and fashion begin? Hue magazine interviewed alumni designers, curators from the Museum at FIT, a journalist, and an accessories professor to get the scoop on face mask style. Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/2EQp6Q2
As FIT’s 75th anniversary year ends, we’re taking a moment to celebrate our community’s extraordinary achievements in creating positive change for a better future. In this challenging year, we are working toward positive change for FIT’s future. In a collaboration with Montefiore Hospital, faculty members Barbara Seggio and Lauren Zodel created “baby slips,” a garment that helps prevent new mothers from dropping their babies. FIT received its first patent in November 2019. (Note: Video was created in 2019)
For FIT’s 75th anniversary, we’ve created a series of one-minute videos that together encapsulate the college's innovative, forward-looking people and projects that sit at the intersection of science and design. Lucy Chen, Fashion Design '19, studied the 3D fashion design software Browzwear in FIT’s Infor/DTech Lab; later, she got a job as a 3D materials librarian with Browzwear. #FITCelebrates75
Today, on the 30th anniversary of the signing of the American with Disabilities Act, we are featuring two FIT grads and their phenomenal work to create wearable designs for people with disabilities. Caitlin Robbins, Technical Design ’16, created clothes for her father, who has ALS and is in a wheelchair, for her capstone project. She’s now a designer for Tommy Hilfiger’s Adaptive Line.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), signed into law on July 26, 1990, prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life. In honor of this landmark decision, we are sharing videos from two FIT grads who have designed inspiring projects to create wearable designs for people with disabilities. Alumnus Keith Kirkland, Accessories Design ‘10, helped develop a watch that uses haptic (touch) technology to help a blind man run the TCS New York City Marathon.
Take a look at the thesis collections of Fashion Design BFA graduates Elle Klein, Yajie Niu, Sanmati Shetty, and Annette Stone for WWD. Their designs will be included online as part of FIT's 2020 Future of Fashion. Video courtesy of Misty White Sidell and Phoebe Bradford from WWD.
Here’s to the Class of 2020! 🎓 We wish you much happiness and boundless success in your future. #FITGrad
We're continuing to celebrate grads this week! On Thursday, May 21, check back for a full video featuring the FIT community including a special message from Fashion Design alumnus Michael Kors.
Day two! The Fashion Institute of Technology Library staff is sending our grads a "hats off" for all your hard work! Show off your school spirit today using #FITGrad or visit our website: https://bit.ly/2WHiPNd
Now more than ever, we miss our 2020 grads and the opportunity to celebrate their achievements—together, in person. 🎊 Distance won’t stop us from bringing our pride and enthusiasm to FIT grads across the globe! 🎊 Join us on May 18-21 for a virtual graduation celebration. We look forward to your participation across the amazing FIT community. Newly accepted students: That means you, too! Check back here on Monday, May 18 for an announcement about our virtual activities. #FITGrad
We asked FIT faculty, “What’s your message to our students right now?” Their answers, composed of praise, encouragement, and hope, remind us to stay optimistic in this challenging time. FIT faculty, if you have a message to share, please email Alexander Joseph, Hue magazine’s managing editor, at [email protected]. #unconventionalminds
Congrats to FIT's Fashion Design MFA first graduating class on their inaugural fashion show at Pier59 Studios last Friday, February 7! The show marks a milestone for us during our 75th anniversary as this is the first time students are presenting their own show at New York Fashion Week. Read more here: http://bit.ly/37end8f
In 1944, visionaries Max Meyer and Dr. Mortimer C. Ritter created FIT, the first college devoted to the apparel industry. This year, the college reached its 75th anniversary, and we’re celebrating! Celebrate with us at our commemorative website, 75.fitnyc.edu. #fitcelebrates75
Happy Holidays from FIT! The college will be closed starting Tuesday, December 24, 2019 through Wednesday, January 1, 2020, and will reopen on Thursday, January 2, 2020. ☃️
Happy #Diwali! 🎉 FIT’s Indian Cultural Society commenced their celebration of the Hindu New Year by creating Rangoli, an art form in which patterns are made on the floor using colored rice, dry flour, colored sand, or flower petals.
The second annual Civility Week begins today through Friday, October 25! FIT's Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is hosting a week of activities, talks, and workshops aimed at achieving the goals of engaging the college community in a discussion of respectful ways of living and learning. Visit our website to learn more: http://bit.ly/2Vc8dDF
Enjoy this recap from Disney on Broadway x FIT's exhibition opening reception! 💫 A huge thank you to our guests and Disney on Broadway’s leading stars for attending. Have you stopped by to see the designs? The exhibition is free and open daily to the public through Sunday, October 13 at the Pomerantz Center. Special shout-out to Broadway Inspirational Voices for joining us to celebrate the opening!
#TechTuesday: When FIT School of Art and Design received a state-of-the-art digital embroidery machine as part of a major 25-machine donation from Brother Sews, the Hue team tested it out for the summer 2019 cover. The final result, stitched on the Brother PR1050X, has 29 colors and 155,183 stitches, took five hours of continuous sewing to create. The cover design features FIT alum Anna Forde, International Trade and Marketing '18. Read the current issue here: http://bit.ly/2njBKhu
ICYMI: Watch as ten FIT students present their contemporary designs of Disney on Broadway's leading female characters on Strahan, Sara and Keke!
We’re LIVE with FIT’s 2019-2020 Common Read author, Lesley Nneka Arimah. Arimah is the author of “What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky” and is in conversation with FIT student, Mariah Alvira. Learn more about this year’s Common Read here: http://bit.ly/2YMT7bI
Meet Thaddeus Coates, Advertising Design '20. Read our profile on Thaddeus and check out the new issue of Hue Magazine at hue.fitnyc.edu
We caught up with Tommy Hilfiger at today's FIT Design Entrepreneurs event. He will judge today's final presentations in the program, where one brand is awarded $100,000 towards their business. The program provides emerging designers the opportunity to grow their brand, while boosting the creative the economy. Learn more about the program here: fitnyc.edu/designentrepreneurs #FITDE #FITUnconventionalminds
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