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Seeing Fashion’s Future at the BFA Runway Show

May 11, 2026 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Featured, School of Art & Design, Students

On Thursday, May 7, FIT held its annual Future of Fashion runway show presented by Macy’s. The celebration of creativity […]

Beatrix Mak's mood board for her winning Roc Nation project

Roc Nation and FIT Announce Winner of Inaugural Student Design Competition

April 24, 2026 Alex Joseph College & Campus, FIT + Industry, School of Art & Design, School of Graduate Studies, Students, Top Stories

Roc Nation and FIT today announced the winners and finalists of a design competition hosted by Roc Nation, exclusively for […]

Khoboso Nale stands with a rack of clothing from her capsule collection at Macy's

Macy’s Launches Capsule Collection by Knitwear Designer Khoboso Nale

March 16, 2026 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, FIT + Industry, School of Art & Design, Students, Top Stories

Khoboso Nale, Fashion Design–Knitwear ’25, clearly knows what the stylish young professional woman is looking for: Nale’s debut Macy’s Bar […]

Special Collections Receives Valuable Donation of Gene Moore Images

March 9, 2026 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Featured

Suzanne McMillan Andruskevich and Thomas A. Andruskevich have donated their collection of 685 unique vintage gelatin silver print photographs by […]

Elena Romero, Tetsuo Tamanaha, Michael Kaye, and Joshua Whitehead

Four Professors Present at Academic Conference in Hangzhou, China

February 20, 2026 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Art & Design, School of Business & Technology

Four of FIT’s professors took part in the Second Sino-U.S. Bilateral Academic Conference on Museums Advancing Design Higher Education held […]

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 […]

Model in an elaborate white dress walking toward an audience in a glass-walled room

FIT in 2025: The Year in Photos

December 18, 2025 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Sustainability, Top Stories

As 2025 comes to a close, we look back and marvel at the images that defined a year of discovery, […]

Six dramatic sketches of coats and dresses

Three FIT Students Win CFDA x Veronica Beard Scholarship

November 7, 2025 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, School of Art & Design, Students, Top Stories

Since its inception in 1996, the CFDA Scholarship Fund has awarded $4.4 million to 384 students, supporting the next generation […]

six chairs in the Adapt/Evolve exhibition gallery that each have adaptive design qualities

‘Adapt/Evolve’ Showcases the Power of Inclusive Design

September 22, 2025 Laura Hatmaker Alumni, College & Campus, Diversity, Featured, School of Art & Design

The FIT Art and Design Gallery recently opened Adapt/Evolve, a multidisciplinary exhibition exploring adaptive and inclusive design across fashion, interior, […]

Three men wearing 18th century clown costumes in a production of an opera.

Daniel James Cole Wins Prestigious Award for Costume Design

September 12, 2025 Alex Joseph College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Art & Design

Daniel James Cole, adjunct assistant professor in the Fashion Department, has won the prestigious 2024 Costume Society of America’s Annual […]