Celebrating FIT at 75
Welcome to this special issue commemorating FIT’s diamond anniversary! These pages are a nostalgic journey through the college’s rich and […]
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Author: Damian Dominguez
Who Were They?
The following quotes were taken from the oral histories in the Gladys Marcus Library’s Special Collections and College Archives. […]
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FIT Logos, Then and Now
By those measures, the FIT “button” logo is a feat of brilliance: simple, bold, and instantly recognizable. Developed by renowned […]
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Meet Six Couples Who Found Love at FIT
Stephanie Blanks Stevenson, Cosmetics, Fragrance, and Toiletries ’83 and Brian Stevenson, Advertising and Communications Stephanie: “It was 1981. I was […]
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How Two Beloved Professors Met as FIT Students
In 1962, a professor harshly criticized some drawings by student Steven Stipelman ’63, an aspiring illustrator. Later, Stipelman was approached […]
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In the Beginning
Seventy-five years after FIT’s founding, as fashion degree programs have become commonplace worldwide, it’s hard to grasp just how radical […]
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Still Singing After All These Years
When Renée Minus White began taking classes at FIT in the early 1960s, she had already performed with the likes […]
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An Artistic Life
I lived on Union Turnpike in Flushing, across the street from Jamaica Estates, where Donald Trump was brought up. As […]
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This Campus Photo Is Blowing Our Minds
Squint a little: Yes, come to think of it, Robert Cronbach’s 1976 bronze sculpture, Eye of Fashion, does resemble a […]
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Choreographing the Ballroom Scenes on FX’s Pose
In spring 2017, Twiggy Pucci Garçon was both excited and worried to hear that Ryan Murphy, producer of Glee and […]
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