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Fashion and Textile Studies’ Exhibition Examines Utilitarian Fashion

March 9, 2026 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, School of Graduate Studies, Students, Top Stories

What happens when garments designed for protection, durability, and labor move beyond necessity and into the realm of fashion? Beyond […]

student working on a garment at a dress form in an FIT classroom

FIT Named One of the World’s Best Fashion Schools by ‘Vogue Business’

January 20, 2026 Laura Hatmaker Alumni, College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, FIT + Industry, Rankings, School of Art & Design, School of Business & Technology, School of Graduate Studies, School of Liberal Arts, Top Stories

FIT has been named one of the world’s top fashion schools by Vogue Business in its latest global roundup. The […]

Second Live Art Duel Showcases FIT Creatives at Work

November 17, 2025 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Featured, School of Art & Design, School of Business & Technology, School of Graduate Studies, Students

On Nov. 13, FIT hosted the Second Annual Live Art Duel in the John E. Reeves Great Hall, bringing together […]

Rebecca Jumper Matheson and cover of the book Artisans and Designers

Rebecca Jumper Matheson Publishes Book on Phelps Associates

November 11, 2025 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Graduate Studies

Rebecca Jumper Matheson, adjunct instructor in Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice, has published a new monograph, Artisans […]

Freelance conservator Janet Lee demonstrates to a group of graduate students, surrounding her work table, how to construct storage mounts for textile fragments in the first year Collections Management course in FIT's School of Graduate Studies.

Callie O’Connor Publishes Article on FIT’s Textile Studies in Leading Conservation Journal

November 6, 2025 Kim Masibay College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Museum, School of Graduate Studies

Callie O’Connor, assistant conservator at The Museum at FIT (MFIT), was lead author of a feature published in the October […]

Stephan Kanlian Receives Award From Beauty New York

November 3, 2025 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Graduate Studies

Stephan Kanlian, professor and associate chair of Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing and Management, received the Impact in Shaping Future Leaders […]

Bob Fisch Gifts $1.5 Million to FIT to Name Presentation Hall in New Building

October 31, 2025 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, School of Graduate Studies

FIT has announced that Bob Fisch—philanthropist, retail entrepreneur, motivational author, and FIT Foundation Board member—has gifted $1.5 million to the […]