Listen to our Spotify playlist of these hits! http://bit.ly/fitcelebrates75 “BE MY BABY,” THE RONETTES (1963). In 2017, Billboard magazine […]
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Category: Alumni
Spotlighting a Barrier-Busting Designer
Last August, historian and curator Rachel Fenderson put on a retrospective exhibition about American couturier Jay Jaxon ’66 at […]
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Pet Fashion Designer to the Stars
Zeroing in on the Black Tech Sector
“I’m reading about all these white guy geniuses and I’m wondering, ‘How do I identify and tell stories about black […]
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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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