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Category: Diversity

Lizzo Performs at Pride Island in FIT Graduate’s Design

June 28, 2018 Alexandra Mann Alumni, Alumni Home, Diversity, Top Stories

When Grace Insogna (BFA, Fashion Design ’18) designed her knitwear look for her thesis capsule collection, she never imagined it […]

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FIT student Kyle Brogan

Disability Is Diversity, Says Fashion Design Student

June 12, 2018 Alex Joseph College & Campus, Diversity, Hue Magazine, School of Art & Design, Students, SUNY

In January, Teen Vogue featured you in an article about disability representation in fashion. How did that come about? My roommates got […]

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Ellen Lynch Coaches Special Olympics Swim Team

June 12, 2018 Alex Joseph College & Campus, Diversity, Faculty/Staff, Faculty/Staff Home, Hue Magazine

Professor Ellen Lynch, Accessories Design, teaches FIT students the finer points of creating footwear—lasts, uppers, the anatomy of the foot. […]

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Call for Proposals: 2018-19 Diversity Grants

January 19, 2018 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Diversity, Faculty/Staff

The Diversity Council is inviting proposals for educational projects, scholarly research, creative endeavors, and professional activities that promote the council’s […]

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MFIT Curator McClendon on “The Body: Fashion and Physique”

December 4, 2017 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Diversity, FIT + Industry, FIT + Industry Home

Diversity and inclusiveness are a part of FIT’s mission. What follows is the third in a three-part series covering events at […]

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Korean Student Organization at FIT Holds Pi Exhibition

May 1, 2017 Laura Hatmaker Diversity, Faculty/Staff, Students

  KSOF (Korean Student Organization at FIT) held in its first Pi (π) Exhibition, which included 30 artists from seven different art schools […]

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FIT Hosts Fulbright Panel on Diversity

April 26, 2017 Julianna Dow College & Campus, Diversity, Faculty/Staff

Fulbright Association’s New York Chapter held the chapter’s first event in the 2017 Fulbright Alumnus-in-Residence series on April 20 at […]

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Film Screening: ‘Bayard & Me’ and ‘Brother Outsider’ With Walter Naegle

September 22 at 4:10 pm - 7:00 pm
Tue 26

Book Launch Event: Jane Austen’s Wardrobe, with Hilary Davidson

September 26 at 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Wed 27

Fashion Culture: Rodney Smith: A Leap of Faith

September 27 at 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Thu 28

Spotlight: Experts Talk [the Age of AI in] Writing and Speaking Pedagogy

September 28 at 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Thu 28

Globally Connected 2023: Meet Our New Faculty—Part 2

September 28 at 1:15 pm - 2:00 pm

THE MUSEUM AT FIT

dress made to look like a Hershey's chocolate barFood & Fashion on Display Through Nov. 26

The exhibition explores how food themes and motifs are used to comment on critical topics from luxury, gender, and consumerism to sustainability, social activism, and body politics. More details

FROM THE SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN BLOG

“ROPA PINTADA” BY DEBORAH KRUGER (FORM BASED ON TUNIC-LIKE HUIPIL FROM CHIAPAS AND GUATEMALA)
“Ropa Pintada,” by Deborah Kruger.

Flight Patterns

Internationally recognized artist and alumna Deborah Kruger credits FIT for the textile and design influences in her feathered works that will soon be touring across the U.S. Read more

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