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Tag: human rights

Ethical Threads: Behind the Global Apparel Industry’s Push for Human Rights

August 28, 2018 Jonathan Vatner Alumni, Alumni Home, FIT + Industry Home, Sustainability

In 2013, dozens of American and European fashion firms were producing garments at the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh when […]

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Fashion Revolution Week Conference: Tracing the Journey

April 11, 2018 Laura Hatmaker

As part of the international Fashion Revolution campaign, come learn about supply chain transparency, fair trade, human rights, and sustainability […]

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Mon 02

Language Exchange

October 2 at 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Tue 03

Language Exchange

October 3 at 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Tue 03

Fashion Culture: Fashion’s Role in Black Protest, 1863–1963

October 3 at 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Wed 04

FIT Library Special Collections and College Archives Welcome Wednesdays

October 4 at 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Mon 09

Talking Trade at FIT: WITA on Career Pathways Panel

October 9 at 3:15 pm - 6:00 pm

THE MUSEUM AT FIT

dress made to look like a Hershey's chocolate barFood & Fashion on Display Through Nov. 26

The exhibition explores how food themes and motifs are used to comment on critical topics from luxury, gender, and consumerism to sustainability, social activism, and body politics. More details

FROM THE SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN BLOG

“ROPA PINTADA” BY DEBORAH KRUGER (FORM BASED ON TUNIC-LIKE HUIPIL FROM CHIAPAS AND GUATEMALA)
“Ropa Pintada,” by Deborah Kruger.

Flight Patterns

Internationally recognized artist and alumna Deborah Kruger credits FIT for the textile and design influences in her feathered works that will soon be touring across the U.S. Read more

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