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C.J. Yeh and Christie Shin Present at Major Apparel Industry Conference

December 11, 2023 Irina Ivanova Faculty/Staff, FIT + Industry, School of Art & Design

C.J. Yeh and Christie Shin, both members of the Communications Design Foundation Department and coordinators of the Creative Technology and […]

Five people on a stage; Sonja Chapman is second from right.

Supply Chain Issues Abound, but FIT Professors Have Strategies

December 11, 2023 Irina Ivanova Faculty/Staff, FIT + Industry, School of Business & Technology

Two International Trade and Marketing (ITM) faculty and a Production Management faculty member recently participated in the Product Innovation Apparel […]

From left: Mary Addison Davis, Michael Ferraro, Habin Lee, and Edwin Goodman

2023 PETE Prize Winners Develop Therapeutic Athletic Wear for People with Injuries

December 4, 2023 Alexandra Mann Alumni, College & Campus, FIT + Industry, Innovation, Students, Top Stories

The winners of FIT’s second annual PETE Prize for Entrepreneurs were announced during Entrepreneurship Month on Thursday, November 30, at a breakfast […]

Jennifer Aniston's and Nicole Beharie's characters on The Morning Show pose in front of a pink step-and-repeat for photographers; FIT is among the logos on the background

The Morning Show Features FIT—and Talks Costume Design on Campus

October 23, 2023 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Featured, FIT + Industry, Students

“Costume design is the act of taking a character on the page and bringing it to life with clothes,” said […]

Mariah Does Hooke standing next to a mannequin in front of an FIT step and repeat in a Macy's store, holding a Macy's-fabricated version of her winning dress design; the hangtags for the Macy's capsule collection with one tag that reads 'FIT x Macy's' and another that features a picture of Does Hooke and her bio

Student’s Winning Capsule Collection to Be Sold at Macy’s

October 16, 2023 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, FIT + Industry, School of Art & Design, Students

On Tuesday, October 3, Mariah Does Hooke, Fashion Design BFA ’23, arrived on the fourth floor of Macy’s Herald Square […]

Student crouching down on the pavement with the London Tower behind him.

Summer Abroad 2023 Spotlight: FIT Student Nicholas Alexis

August 21, 2023 FIT Newsroom College & Campus, FIT + Industry, School of Business & Technology, Students, Top Stories

Students who study abroad in one of FIT’s 60 international programs consistently say it was one of the most meaningful […]

Karen Trivette and archival photo of Max Meyer sitting painting with his wife

Curator Discusses Her Show about FIT Founder Max Meyer and Alumna Artist Daria Dorosh

August 7, 2023 Alex Joseph Alumni, College & Campus, FIT + Industry, School of Graduate Studies, Top Stories

In the early decades of the 20th century, FIT founder and president Max Meyer (1876–1953), then a buyer for a […]

FIT’s First Student NFT Contest

June 7, 2023 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, FIT + Industry, Innovation, School of Business & Technology, Students, Top Stories

Fabriq Labs, a startup that empowers creatives to use Web3 technologies to improve society, sponsored an NFT contest through FIT’s […]

Victor Glemaud, Karlie Kloss, Dr. Brown, Ashley Graham in front of FIT step and repeat

Post-Runway Show Awards Gala Raises Funds for FIT Students

May 15, 2023 Alexandra Mann Alumni, College & Campus, Events, FIT + Industry, Top Stories

On May 10, FIT presented the Future of Fashion Celebration and Honors, which included the Future of Fashion runway show […]

Cotton Board Honors Sonja Chapman for International Women’s Day

April 10, 2023 Irina Ivanova Faculty/Staff, FIT + Industry, School of Business & Technology

For International Women’s Day— March 8 this year — the Cotton Board highlighted associate professor and board chair Sonja Chapman as […]