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Honoring the Best of FIT’s Faculty
Honoring the Best of FIT’s Faculty
  •   FIT is known globally for its world-class faculty of practitioners and scholars. The 2023 Faculty Recognition Celebration, held May 22 in the Haft Theater, honored the college’s esteemed faculty for their dedication to their students and research. President Joyce F. Brown and Yasemin Jones, acting vice president of Academic Affairs, presented SUNY and FIT awards. The FIT Faculty Excellence Award went to Sarah Blazer, interim director of the Writing and Speaking Studio; Todd Blumenthal, assistant professor of Fashion Business Management; Susanne Goetz, associate professor of Textile/Surface Design; Delphine Horvath, associate professor of Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing; and Brendan Leach, associate chair of the Illustration MFA program. Click here to read the original article.
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Post-Runway Show Awards Gala Raises Funds for FIT Students
Post-Runway Show Awards Gala Raises Funds for FIT Students
  • On May 10, FIT presented the Future of Fashion Celebration and Honors, which included the Future of Fashion runway show and a festive after-party celebrating two special honorees, in addition to outstanding student work. The evening was hosted by supermodel and entrepreneur Ashley Graham and honored industry notables–designer and FIT alumnus Victor Glemaud and supermodel, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Karlie Kloss—as well as outstanding students. The event benefited the FIT Foundation, which supports college initiatives and student scholarships.  Following the runway show, more than 300 guests from the worlds of business and design adjourned to the reception, featuring music by DJ Lina. Click here to read the original article.
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Students’ Designs Dazzle in Future of Fashion Runway Show
Students’ Designs Dazzle in Future of Fashion Runway Show
  • On May 10, FIT hosted the annual Future of Fashion runway show, which for the second year was presented by Macy’s. Held in the Breezeway and emceed by Ashley Graham, model and entrepreneur, the show featured 87 looks created by a select group 2023 graduates of FIT’s Fashion Design BFA program. This year, the featured designs spanned four concentrations: sportswear, knitwear, intimate apparel, and special occasion. Some of the themes were size inclusivity, gender neutral, sustainability, and deconstructed and repurposed. Plenty of bright bold colors and textures were on view. Click here to read the original article.
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Stella McCartney Speaks to Students at FIT
Stella McCartney Speaks to Students at FIT
  • Before her red-carpet appearance at the Met Gala on May 1, eco-conscious designer Stella McCartney spoke with Dr. Valerie Steele, director of The Museum at FIT, in front of a packed audience in the Katie Murphy Amphitheatre. McCartney offered candid and generous responses to questions from Steele and students about growing up in a creative household, the challenges of sustainable and cruelty-free design, and the importance of timeless, well-constructed clothes. Click here to read the original article.
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Advice From Two Sustainability Advocates
Advice From Two Sustainability Advocates
  • “Once you learn what’s going on behind the veil of fashion, it’s very difficult to continue on and ignore it,” said Kerry Bannigan, founder and executive director of the Fashion Impact Fund, in a Globally Connected @ FIT event held April 13 titled, “Why the Fashion Industry Should Strive to Be Sustainable Sooner.” Bannigan, along with Liz Breuer, International Trade and Marketing ’19, cofounder and CEO of New Normal Bureau, spoke about how they became advocates for sustainability in the fashion industry and what students can do in the face of a global environmental crisis. Helen Gaudette, assistant dean for International Education, moderated. Click here to read the original article.
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Studying Iran’s Feminist Revolution
Studying Iran’s Feminist Revolution
  • For generations, women’s rights have been restricted in Iran. As recent political tensions have grown, so have the restrictions. Women’s current protests are a century in the making. Can we call this a feminist revolution? “Back in 2011, I was on the phone with my grandmother in Tehran,” says Dr. Sara Hassani, assistant professor of political science and women’s and gender studies at Providence College. “She told me about an effort she and her friends were partaking in for girls who survived their self-immolations”—the act of setting oneself on fire.  Click here to read the original article.
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Highlights of FIT’s 2023 Sustainability Conference
Highlights of FIT’s 2023 Sustainability Conference
  •   FIT’s 17th Annual Sustainable Business and Design Conference took place March 28 and 29 in the Katie Murphy Amphitheatre, in person for the first time since 2019. The theme was Ideas at Work, to emphasize the way sustainability innovation is translating into action. The conference opened with a conversation between noted author and podcaster Dana Thomas and Maxine Bédat, founder and director of New Standard Institute, a “think-and-do tank” to drive accountability in the fashion industry. They spoke about the lack of regulations and hard data about the environmental impact of fashion brands. Click here to read the original article.  
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Sustainable Fashion Initiative Features Student Designs and Kerry Washington as Panelist
Sustainable Fashion Initiative Features Student Designs and Kerry Washington as Panelist
  •   On Thursday, March 16, Marie Claire and Kering held a sustainability-themed event, Fashion Our Future, featuring an exclusively FIT pop-up exhibition showcasing the work of seven Fashion Design students from the MFA and BFA programs, as well as a panel discussion featuring FIT President Joyce F. Brown. Marie Claire and Kering launched Fashion Our Future in 2022, an initiative focusing on fashion and sustainability and featuring a diverse group of leaders in the sustainable fashion space coming together to discuss a way forward. Actor and event panelist Kerry Washington—who is on the cover of the current issue of Marie Claire—joined the students in the exhibition space and talked with each of them about their designs. Click here to read the original article.
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Revisiting the Life and Work of Elizabeth Hawes
Revisiting the Life and Work of Elizabeth Hawes
  •   What does “Fashion Is Spinach” mean? For Elizabeth Hawes, the American fashion designer, celebrated author, activist, and social critic, it meant the fashion industry is as nonsensical as the statement. The most famous of Hawes’ books (she published nine), Fashion Is Spinach was called an incendiary critique of the fashion industry when first published in 1940. In recent years, Hawes (1903–1971) has come to seem increasingly relevant for her progressive stance on class, gender, and environmentalism in fashion. Click here to read the original article.
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SJC Executive Director on the Justice Film Fest and Upcoming Activities
SJC Executive Director on the Justice Film Fest and Upcoming Activities
  •     On March 3 and 4, FIT hosted two days of programming for the Justice Film Festival, brought to the college by the executive director of the Social Justice Center at FIT, Nicole Finigan Ndzibah. She spoke with us about collaborating with the festival and upcoming SJC events. Click here to read the original article.
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Applications Now Open for 2023 PETE Prize for Entrepreneurs
Applications Now Open for 2023 PETE Prize for Entrepreneurs
  •   The PETE Prize for Entrepreneurs, a student award that recognizes excellence in the development of fresh and creative ideas that are translated into business plans leveraging innovative design-oriented thinking, is now accepting applications for its 2023 prize through March 27. The PETE Prize includes a $30,000 cash prize and recognizes excellence in the development of fresh, creative ideas that are translated into business plans leveraging innovative, design-oriented thinking. The winning team will also receive office space and marketing, legal, financial, creative, and operational guidance on how to build and launch an innovative company. Click here to read the original article.
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FIT Is a ‘Top Producing Institution’ for Fulbright Scholars
FIT Is a ‘Top Producing Institution’ for Fulbright Scholars
  •     FIT was named a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Top Producing Institution for the 2022–23 academic year, underscoring the college’s global reach. The honor was given to 174 colleges and universities this year. Fulbright is the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program. Since its inception in 1946, there have been more than 400,000 participants from all backgrounds and fields, from the United States and over 160 other countries. A central goal of the program is to form bonds and mutual understanding between countries. Click here to read the original article.
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‘Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous’ Opens at The Museum at FIT
‘Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous’ Opens at The Museum at FIT
  •   On Tuesday, February 7, The Museum at FIT (MFIT) held the opening reception for Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style. Co-curated by Elizabeth Way, associate curator of costume at MFIT, and Elena Romero, journalist and assistant chair of Marketing Communications, the exhibition celebrates the birth of hip hop and its influence on fashion over the past five decades. This is the largest and most comprehensive exhibition to explore this revolutionary and influential style, and features over 100 garments and accessories that capture the pivotal moments in hip hop fashion’s evolution. Click here to read the original article.
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Student Curators on Their Black History Month Exhibition
Student Curators on Their Black History Month Exhibition
  •   For Black History Month, Black FIT students created an exhibition that expressed their perspective in Out of Body or Out of Place? The exhibition includes visual depictions of intense racial dysmorphia, impostor syndrome, and ostracism. The curators were Rukaiah (Ruki) El, Fine Arts ’24 (with a double minor in Art History and African American & Africana Studies) and Kira Cunningham, Fashion Design ’25, both members of the Black Student Union. El is the Director of Digital Media/PR for the BSU and Cunningham is the Treasurer. Click here to read the original article.
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MFA Alum Illustrates Housing Discrimination Feature for ‘The New York Times’
MFA Alum Illustrates Housing Discrimination Feature for ‘The New York Times’
  •   John P. Dessereau, Illustration MFA ’19, drew a full-page illustration for the cover of The New York Times Real Estate section. The section, which came out Sunday, Jan. 15, the day before Martin Luther King Jr. Day, was devoted to the problem of discrimination toward Black Americans in the housing industry. The topic was approached from myriad perspectives: real-estate brokers, home appraisals, historic preservation, and more. Click here to read the original article
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