For eight years, the FIT Design Entrepreneurs program helped emerging designers—at first only from New York City and later from […]
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Category: Alumni
Podcasts by FIT Community Members Named “Best” by Vogue
Dressed: The History of Fashion, a podcast created and hosted by FIT Special Collections Associate April Calahan and FIT alumna […]
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FIT Alumni and Faculty Murals Promote Voting
The 2020 election has been called the most important in American history. Two mural projects from the FIT community are […]
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Suffragists Inspire Virtual Hat Exhibition
What’s going on inside the average American voter’s head at this point is an open question. What’s worn on that […]
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Beyoncé Wore Many Alumni Designs in Black Is King
Black Is King, Beyoncé’s feature-length visual album inspired by The Lion King, is not only an inspiring tale encouraging Black […]
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This Alum Replaced the Skirt on a Degas Sculpture at The Met
The Metropolitan Museum of Art reopens August 29, but for months its collections have been tantalizingly out of reach. Curator’s […]
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How an Alum Created a Promo for BET’s American Injustice
“When I was a student at FIT, I didn’t even know my job existed,” says Jo-Well Paupaw, a senior writer […]
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An Easy Ice Cream Recipe From a Legendary Baker
It’s hard to believe, but this rich chocolate cream is made with cocoa powder, not chocolate. I use cocoa because […]
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Readers Wanted
Shortlisted for the 2020 Women’s Prize for Fiction and a Good Morning America Book Club Pick, Dominicana (Flatiron Books, 2019) […]
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An FIT Guide to Binge-Watching
Staying indoors to protect ourselves and others from the coronavirus, we’ve found ourselves watching more TV than ever before. Turns […]
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