When Kenyan Connie Aluoch ’02 was working on her BFA in Fashion Design, she had a life-changing internship with the […]
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Author: Alex Joseph
Street Life
Street photographer Arlene Gottfried, Photography ’72, was obscure for most of her life. Now that’s changing. Gottfried’s work is currently […]
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A Student Makes Stylish Garments to Help Her Professor, a Breast Cancer Survivor
In fall 2017, Yoko Katagiri, adjunct assistant professor, gave an impassioned talk to her Fashion Economics class. A survivor of […]
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Manhattan Borough President Honors Photography Faculty
On September 14, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer recognized Curtis Willocks, adjunct instructor of Photography, at a reception the Schomburg […]
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A Vestment Designer Looks at The Met’s “Heavenly Bodies”
Heavenly Bodies, the Costume Institute show at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, brings together fashion, which I know about, and […]
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Preeminent Documentarian Frederick Wiseman Comes to FIT
No one in the world makes movies like director Frederick Wiseman. His earliest documentaries, including Titicut Follies (1967), which exposed the […]
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Disability Is Diversity, Says Fashion Design Student
In January, Teen Vogue featured you in an article about disability representation in fashion. How did that come about? My roommates got […]
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Ellen Lynch Coaches Special Olympics Swim Team
Professor Ellen Lynch, Accessories Design, teaches FIT students the finer points of creating footwear—lasts, uppers, the anatomy of the foot. […]
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Broad City Illustrator Visits FIT’s Library
On April 25, Brooklyn-based illustrator Mike Perry came for a conversation and coloring event for students, alumni, faculty, and staff […]
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Alumna’s Gallery Makes a Splash on the NY Arts Scene
One evening in March, students from FIT’s Art Market Studies MA program gathered in the new namesake gallery of Meredith […]
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