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Panel Discussion: The Many Colorways of Sneakerheads with Bobbito Garcia

Katie Murphy Amphitheatre Pomerantz Art and Design Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

Calling all sneaker fanatics, sneaker enthusiasts, sneakerheads, and sneaker fans. Legendary air personality, sneaker author/designer/historian, award-winning filmmaker and former professional basketball player in Puerto Rico, New York City native Bobbito Garcia is a freelance creative who has put an indelible footprint on multiple urban movements including the sneakerhead culture. Bobbito, aka Kool Bob Love, will discuss […]

Fashion Revolution Week Conference: Tracing the Journey

Haft Theater Marvin Feldman Center, New York City, NY, United States

As part of the international Fashion Revolution campaign, come learn about supply chain transparency, fair trade, human rights, and sustainability in fashion. Ask questions, and interact with sustainability experts in the fashion industry. See how you can effect change, and find out how they did it. Conference speakers: Amy Hall, director of social consciousness, Eileen […]

Denim Day

For this event we ask that all members of the FIT community make a social statement with their fashion by wearing jeans on this day as a visible means of protest against the misconceptions that surround sexual assault. The information provided here is taken from denimdayinfo.org. "Denim Day is a worldwide initiative to prevent sexual […]

#ColoringIsDope with Illustrator Mike Perry

Gladys Marcus Library, Goodman Resource Center, Sixth Floor Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

Come color and draw while Broad City illustrator Mike Perry talks about his creative process. This event is open to the FIT community only. 

Fashion Culture: Loulou & Yves: The Untold Story of Loulou de la Falaise and the House of Saint Laurent

Katie Murphy Amphitheatre Pomerantz Art and Design Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

Cover of Loulou & Yves. Courtesy of St. Martin’s Press. Join Christopher Petkanas and MFIT Deputy Director Patricia Mears for a discussion of the history of muses in fashion—especially Loulou de la Falaise, whose bohemian spirit and fearless sense of style caught the attention of Yves Saint Laurent. She is the subject of Petkanas’s new […]