De Young created the Fashion History Timeline as a pilot program with her undergraduate history students in 2015. It launched […]
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Wearable Art
Clothes are intimate. They’re meant to be on a body, to sheathe that body, to move with that body. And if […]
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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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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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The Past Recaptured
A moment of silence, please, for that deceased institution known as Ye Olde College Yearbook. Social media, among other forces, […]
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A Friendship, Years in the Making
At FIT, mentorship doesn’t stop at graduation It’s not just the high-level industry experience and connections that make FIT faculty […]
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