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Author: Alexandra Mann

FIT Foundation Board member Bob Fisch awards a $25,000 prize to a Fashion Design or Global Fashion Management capstone project, followed by a reception. on Wednesday, May 15, 2024.

Graduate Students Each Awarded $25,000 Bob Fisch Entrepreneurial Excellence Award

June 24, 2024 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, School of Graduate Studies, Top Stories

On May 22, two students from the School of Graduate Studies each received a $25,000 Bob Fisch Award for Entrepreneurial […]

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Experience the Urgent, Personal Works of FIT’s 2024 Illustration MFA Grads

June 24, 2024 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Events, School of Graduate Studies, Students, Top Stories

In just three years of intensive study, the 16 students in the graduating class of the 2024 Master of Fine […]

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FIT Opens the Beauty Center at FIT

June 10, 2024 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, FIT + Industry, School of Graduate Studies, Top Stories

On Monday, June 3, during a joint meeting of the advisory boards of FIT’s Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing and Management […]

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A Conversation with Inspiring Educator Virginia Bonofiglio

June 10, 2024 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, FIT + Industry, School of Business & Technology, Top Stories

Virginia Bonofiglio, assistant professor and associate chair of Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing, joined FIT as an adjunct in 1996 and […]

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2024 PETE Prize Winners to Launch Adaptive Fashion Marketplace

May 28, 2024 Alexandra Mann Alumni, College & Campus, Diversity, FIT + Industry, Innovation, School of Art & Design, Top Stories

The winners of FIT’s third annual PETE Prize for Entrepreneurs were announced Thursday, May 16, at FIT. The 2024 winning team of […]

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Slow Fashion Capstone Project Highlights Four Sustainable Fibers

May 28, 2024 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Business & Technology, Students, Sustainability, Top Stories

  The 33 students who developed this year’s Textile Development and Marketing capstone project, titled “Farm to Fabric,” describe it […]

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Rebecca Hessel Cohen, Kenneth Cole, Norma Kamali, and Dr. Joyce F. Brown

Kenneth Cole, Rebecca Hessel Cohen, and FIT Alumna Norma Kamali Honored at 2024 Gala

May 13, 2024 Alexandra Mann Alumni, College & Campus, Events, Top Stories

On Wednesday, May 8, FIT held its Annual Awards Gala, which included the Future of Fashion Runway Show presented by Macy’s, […]

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Business Students Present Sustainability Project at World Retail Congress

April 22, 2024 Alexandra Mann School of Business & Technology, Students, Sustainability, Top Stories

A team of students from FIT’s School of Business and Technology, representing the United States, developed an innovative retail concept […]

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A Journey Through American Fragrance with Michael Edwards

April 22, 2024 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Events, Top Stories

Most of us remember the first scent we ever wore, our high school or college fragrance, and the one we […]

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DePaola's reconstruction of Washington's inauguration suit and DePaola with the original suit in a lab

Replicating George Washington’s Silk Suit: A Presidents Day Story

February 20, 2024 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, School of Graduate Studies, Students, Top Stories

Philip DePaola, a second-year student in FIT’s Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice program, grew up visiting Colonial […]

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