School of Graduate Studies – Page 6

A Conference at FIT Focuses on Designing for Empathy

October 13, 2023 Alex Joseph College & Campus, Innovation, School of Graduate Studies, Sustainability, Top Stories

On October 26 and 27, FIT’s Exhibition and Experience Design MA program will host the annual Designing for Empathy summit. […]

FIT’s Fashion Design MFA Class of 2023 Presents UNI / VERSAL

September 18, 2023 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, School of Graduate Studies, Top Stories

FIT’s Fashion Design MFA Class of 2023 presented UNI / VERSAL, a runway show featuring their graduate collections, at Spring […]

Jane Austen Scholar Hilary Davidson Publishes Three Articles

September 5, 2023 Irina Ivanova Faculty/Staff, School of Graduate Studies, Top Stories

Historian Hilary Davidson, chair, Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice, has been busy this summer. Ahead of the […]

Fall 2023 convocation in Katie Murphy Amphitheatre, audience, with Yasemin Jones at the podium

Meet FIT’s 24 New Faculty Members

August 21, 2023 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Art & Design, School of Business & Technology, School of Graduate Studies, School of Liberal Arts, Top Stories

For fall 2023, FIT welcomed 24 new classroom and non-classroom faculty members. Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs Yasemin Jones […]

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 […]

Unwearable Collection: Uncertainty design; student designers at a table

Impossible to Wear. Impossible to Ignore.

July 3, 2023 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Featured, Innovation, School of Graduate Studies, Students

Fashion Design MFA students, in consultation with world-renowned designer Bart Hess, designed a garment that will be part of his […]

One woman is gesturing toward a garment on a mannequin in a museum exhibition.

Is Fashion Corrupting Art? A Conversation With Natasha Degen

June 23, 2023 Alex Joseph College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Graduate Studies, Top Stories

Fashion exhibitions have become an increasingly popular mainstay at museums—nearly 1.7 million people visited The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 2018 […]

students and professors in front of the Taj Mahal in India

The Future of Global Beauty Consumers and Talent

June 13, 2023 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Graduate Studies, Top Stories

On June 22, the Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing and Management (CFMM) Class of 2023 gave its capstone presentation, titled Beauty […]

Recipients of the 2023 Bob Fisch Graduate Student Awards for Entrepreneurial Excellence Announced

May 31, 2023 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, School of Graduate Studies, Students

Retail pioneer, student mentor, and bestselling author Bob Fisch presents two $25K awards to graduate students from Fashion Design and […]

Sustainable Fashion Initiative Features Student Designs and Kerry Washington as Panelist

March 20, 2023 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Featured, FIT + Industry, School of Art & Design, School of Graduate Studies

On Thursday, March 16, Marie Claire and Kering held a sustainability-themed event, Fashion Our Future, featuring an exclusively FIT pop-up […]