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SUMMARY:Talking Trade at FIT: A Day In the Life of a Senior Director of Sales
DESCRIPTION:This event is a fireside chat with Tracey Lundquist\, senior director of Sales for Belle Aire Creations\, a company creating unique\, on trend sensorial experiences that captivate consumers by weaving together perfumery\, flavor\, science and the art of storytelling. She will discuss compliance\, supply chains\, and marketing. \nThis event is being held in collaboration with the Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing department and is part of the International Trade and Marketing Department’s Talking Trade at FIT series. \nThis event is free and open to the public; no registration is required. 
URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/talking-trade-at-fit-a-day-in-the-life-of-a-senior-director-of-sales/
LOCATION:Katie Murphy Amphitheatre\, Pomerantz Art and Design Center\, Fashion Institute of Technology\, New York City\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conversation,Public
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SUMMARY:'96 lbs. of Dynamite': A ReelAbilities Film Screening and Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for this free screening of the new documentary film 96 lbs. of Dynamite\, followed by a Q&A with people involved in the film moderated by FIT Film and Media Professor Emma Ben Ayoun. This screening is part of ReelAbilities Film Festival 2026\, a festival celebrating disability-focused media worldwide. \nAbout 96 lbs. of Dynamite\nWhen filmmaker Loren Goldfarb first notices Chad “Shorty” McDaniel in a Florida pool hall\, he underestimates the man using the motorized wheelchair\, until Chad starts winning. A lot. “96 lbs. of Dynamite”  follows Chad\, a witty\, fierce pool player born with brittle bone disease\, as he battles low expectations\, discrimination\, and physical barriers on his journey from a rural Mississippi upbringing to high-stakes amateur tournaments out West. As Chad confronts personal loss and life-altering choices\, the film presents an energetic\, humorous\, and deeply personal portrait of a man who\, despite being told he wouldn’t survive childhood\, refuses to shrink his life\, or his ambition. \nThis event is free and open to the public.
URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/96-lbs-of-dynamite-a-reelabilities-film-screening-and-qa/
LOCATION:Film and Media Screening Room D207\, Pomerantz Center\, New York City \, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Public
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SUMMARY:FIT Archives Salon: Collecting Sub Cultures—Goth and Japanese Lolitas
DESCRIPTION:For this third FIT Archives Salon event\, FIT Professor Summer Lee will be in conversation with Charlene Fossum to discuss the small collection of underground media\, including magazines like Propaganda and Carpe Noctem\, which she collected in her youth and recently donated to the archive. Charlene and Summer will discuss how underground media unified goth and dark subculture in the 1980s and 1990s\, and explore its implications for contemporary scholars. \nSummer Lee is a fashion historian who holds an MA in Fashion and Textile Studies from FIT\, where her qualifying paper was an exhibition project titled Emo: Spectrum of Subcultural Style. She has been teaching at FIT as an adjunct instructor since Fall 2023 and currently teaches Youth Subculture\, Identity\, and Fashion: A Sociological Perspective in the Social Sciences Department. \nBorn and raised in suburban Philadelphia\, Charlene Fossum became interested in goth subculture as a fan of British new wave and synthesizer-based music in the 1980s. Collecting magazines and catalogs was a way to keep abreast of alternative culture\, and to share the styles\, music\, and interests with members of her local alternative community. She later became interested in Japanese culture and comics in the late 1980s\, and began collecting manga\, as well as culture and style magazines in the 1990s. Fossum attended the School of Visual Arts from 1990 to 1994\, earning a BFA in illustration. She married in 1996 and came to reside in Brooklyn where she works on various personal projects of embroidered textile art and pointillism illustration. She donated her magazine collection to FIT’s Special Collections to ensure it would be accessible for subculture studies. \nThis event is free and open to the pubic. \n REGISTER ON EVENTBRITE
URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/fit-archives-salon-collecting-sub-cultures-goth-and-japanese-lolitas/
LOCATION:Gladys Marcus Library\, Goodman Resource Center\, Sixth Floor\, Fashion Institute of Technology\, New York City\, NY\, 10001\, United States
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SUMMARY:Fashion and Textile Studies Symposium: Negotiating Femininity: Constructing Ideals
DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to invite you to the annual student symposium of FIT’s Master of Arts degree program in Fashion and Textile Studies: History\, Theory\, Museum Practice. \nThis year’s theme is “Negotiating Femininity: Constructing Ideals” and will be held from 1 to 5 pm\, on Saturday\, May 2\, in the Katie Murphy Amphitheatre at FIT\, at Seventh Avenue and West 27th Street. \nThis year’s symposium explores how femininity is shaped\, interpreted\, and lived through the intersections of body\, dress\, fashion\, and materiality. By considering the gap between ideals and lived perspectives\, the speakers ask: Who defines femininity? How are these identities created and maintained? These presentations examine the socio-cultural pressures and power dynamics embedded in ideas of femininity\, alongside the ongoing tensions inherent within constructions of feminine aesthetics. \nThe papers establish femininity as a concept shaped by enduring structures\, yet one open to constant reinterpretation and challenge. Collectively\, they address how the pluralities of feminine ideals are disseminated\, enforced\, and subverted. The program spans contemporary Tumblr feminism; mannequins and the body; Tang dynasty cross-dressing; post-human feather couture; delicate sylphs; and the objectification of eyes. The areas of influence encompass technology and online cultures\, media\, retail environments\, beauty\, the fashion system\, and performance. \nFemininity is approached as historically and culturally contingent\, but simultaneously as an eternal ideal. Across a broad temporal scope\, gender is shown to emerge from the negotiated relationships between experience\, presentation\, and identity. Ultimately\, the symposium offers critical reflections on how the perception and reception of feminine identity has been negotiated across time and space by engaging with diverse standards\, ideals\, and perspectives \nProgram: \n\n1 pm: Welcoming remarks by Fashion and Textile Studies Chair Dr. Hilary Davidson\n1:10 pm: Guest speaker panel\n1:30 pm: Light break\n1:40 pm: “Posthuman Plumage and Feminine Masquerade: Schiaparelli’s The Agony and the Ecstasy (Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2026)\,” by Abigail Adams\n2:10 pm: “The Sylph: Etherealizing The Female Form\,” by Thomasina Sanders\n2:40 pm: “The Sweet Subversion of 2010s Tumblr Feminism\,” by Andy Salzer\n3:10 pm: Refreshment break\n3:30 pm: “Surface Vision: Looking at Eyes\, Race\, and Cosmetic Aesthetics\,” by Vivian Yip\n4 pm: “Women’s Cross-Dressing in Tang (618–907) China: Hybridity\, Gender and Fashion\,” by Xiaoye Du\n4:30 pm: “The Mannequin as a Mirror: the Feminine Body\, Desire\, and Consumer Culture in the Twentieth Century\,” by Chloe Johnson\n5 pm: Closing remarks by Dr. Hilary Davidson\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. \n RSVP FOR THE SYMPOSIUM
URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/fashion-and-textile-studies-symposium-negotiating-femininity-constructing-ideals/
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