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Using Biodesign, Students Invent Sustainable Textiles

June 25, 2019 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Innovation, Sustainability, Top Stories

What if our world’s most pressing environmental crises could be solved by looking to nature? The Biodesign Challenge, now in […]

Two Rankings Recognize FIT for Its Exceptional Value

June 19, 2019 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Rankings, Top Stories

As a community college within the State University of New York system, FIT offers an outstanding education at an affordable […]

Graduating Student Solves a Wedding Dress Dilemma

June 19, 2019 Julianna Dow School of Business & Technology, Students, Top Stories

In China, the traditional wedding gown is a red silk qipao, a body-hugging dress. In the West, white gowns with […]

Students Research Synthetic Biology at Brooklyn Lab

June 17, 2019 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Innovation, Sustainability, Top Stories

For two years, FIT has partnered with Genspace, a synthetic biology lab in Brooklyn, to provide bench space and mentorship […]

FIT Named Among Best Fashion Schools in the World by Business of Fashion

June 12, 2019 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, FIT + Industry, Press, School of Art & Design, School of Business & Technology, School of Graduate Studies, Top Stories

FIT has been named among The Best Fashion Schools in the World 2019 in the fourth edition of the Business […]

FIT DE Winners Nora Gardner and Fiona Morrison

Fiona Morrison and Nora Gardner Top the Competition in FIT Design Entrepreneurs Closing Event

June 6, 2019 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, FIT + Industry, FIT + Industry Home, Top Stories

On Wednesday, June 5, FIT wrapped its seventh annual Design Entrepreneurs program. Twelve designer finalists presented business plans to a panel of industry […]

You Better Work!

June 3, 2019 Julianna Dow Alumni, Hue Feature, Hue Magazine, School of Art & Design, Top Stories

Zaldy has designed almost every outfit the drag superstar has worn in public since the 1993 video for “Supermodel,” Ru’s […]

David Yurman Donates Private Gemstone Collection to FIT

May 19, 2019 Julianna Dow Hue Feature, Hue Magazine, School of Art & Design, Top Stories

This trove, valued at almost half a million dollars, was owned by jeweler David Yurman, co-founder with his wife, Sybil, […]

Surfers, Rejoice! A New High-Tech, Fashion-Forward Wetsuit

May 13, 2019 Julianna Dow School of Business & Technology, Top Stories

There’s no reason a surfer shouldn’t look stylish while shredding waves. Most full-body wetsuits, however, are drab and, because they’re […]

IBM and FIT Announce Collaboration to Help Build the Creative Fashion Workforce of the Future

April 24, 2019 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, FIT + Industry, Top Stories

The FIT/Infor Design and Technology Lab (DTech Lab) and IBM today announced a collaboration that will transform how the fashion […]