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Category: Alumni
FIT Alumni Set Record for Female Entrepreneurs
A recent study confirms FIT’s strong track record of empowering women leaders. Among founders of startups with more than $1 […]
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Multiple Faculty and Alumni Artists in Group Show
Ten artists in the upcoming Pink NYC + Pink SF group exhibition are FIT faculty, alumni, or guest speakers. The show, […]
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Faculty Member and Alumna Produce Breast Cancer Garment
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Here, we update a story we published in 2018 about a collaboration between a […]
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Meet the Grad Overseeing Rihanna’s Lingerie Brand
In September, Rihanna made history by staging a star-powered, mega-inclusive musical fashion show at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn to […]
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Uncommon Design
The first class graduated from FIT’s new Fashion Design MFA program in spring 2019, sending 15 highly original minds into […]
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Conserving a Chanel
The dress needed help. A 90-year-old, Art Deco–inspired masterpiece of beaded silk crepe by celebrated couturiere Gabrielle Chanel, it was […]
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Laura Tanzer
Laura Tanzer, Fashion Buying and Merchandising ’87, is a sustainable designer in Tucson, Arizona. Every aspect of her business, from […]
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Dana Wood
Dana Wood, Marketing: Fashion and Related Industries ’86, is a freelance beauty and wellness writer in St. Petersburg, Florida. She […]
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Irene Cheslock Dobson
Irene Cheslock Dobson, Apparel Design ’59, paints in oils and watercolor in Reading, Pennsylvania. After FIT, she worked in the lingerie […]
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