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Tag: Cultural Fellows

Globally Connected @ FIT: Sashiko and Cultural Sustainability for the Japanese People

March 7, 2023 Laura Hatmaker

Engage with sashiko, a traditional Japanese embroidery type, in this conversation with Atsushi Futatsuya, sashiko artisan and founder of Upcycle […]

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cover of Fat Fashion book; Yuniya Kawamura; Paolo Volonte

Who’s Afraid of Fatness in Fashion?

November 9, 2022 Alex Joseph College & Campus, Diversity, Events, Faculty/Staff, FIT + Industry, Top Stories

Would you consider fashion to be size-inclusive in 2022? If you answered yes, Paolo Volonté, author of Fat Fashion: The […]

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Globally Connected @ FIT: Designed for the Future: Creating with the Planet in Mind

February 15, 2022 Laura Hatmaker

Traditionally the fashion industry has operated on through a linear economy, following the take-make-waste trend for products. Our current climate […]

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Globally Connected @ FIT: Building Bridges: Experiences from Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL)

October 7, 2021 Laura Hatmaker

Join us for a conversation about building bridges between students in the United States and Lebanon through the virtual exchange […]

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Globally Connected @ FIT: Cultural Appropriation in Fashion and Entertainment

November 6, 2020 Laura Hatmaker

Guests: Dr. Yuniya (Yuni) Kawamura, Professor of Sociology Dr. Jung-Whan (Marc) de Jong, Associate Professor of Sociology In this talk […]

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Sungwoo Roh upcycling sneakers in her workshopOld and Improved

Find out more about how four FIT community members are upcycling, which is one of the fastest-growing trends in fashion, projected by industry analysts to exceed $11 billion in sales by 2029.

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Image: Bag, Yovani Castellon. Photo by Mikey Gulcicek.

Cross-Pollination: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Check out work from this collaborative project between students and faculty at FIT and in Mexico, and Singapore that used The Museum at FIT’s recent Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis as inspiration. Find it in the Goodman Center Lobby, near the museum galleries, through April 19.

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