Dr. Ron Milon: Bringing Human Rights to Life 

Feldman Center, Room C205 Fashion Institute of Technology, 227 West 27th Street, New York City, NY, United States

Dr. Ron Milon, associate vice president for Academic Affairs, presents a workshop on the United Nations' Universal Declaration on Human Rights.

Dressing Princesses: Documents and Designs for the Period Costume in Korea

Conference Center, Seminar Room 9 227 West 27th Street, New York, NY, United States

As part of the Primary Sources in Costume/Textile History series, the History of Art Department presents Minjung E. Lee, a visiting scholar at University of California-Davis and a costume designer for the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), who will speak on historical Korean costume. This lecture will be of particular interest to those involved in textile conservation, art/museum […]

Fashion Design Garment Construction Kornit Competition Awards Ceremony

Dubinsky Student Center, Eighth Floor Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

Fabric design by Janisha Biyanwila, Textile/Surface Design BFA '16. Earlier this year, Kornit Digital challenged Textile/Surface Design students to create ecologically conscious designs on this year’s theme, "Wearable Water" to be printed digitally onto fabric; three winners and an honorable mention were selected. This summer, Fashion Design students created garments by choosing from the over 20 fabrics submitted for this challenge. Their designs will be […]

MBP Gale Brewer Honors Local Resident at FIT

John E. Reeves Great Hall Conference Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

FIT President Joyce F. Brown welcomes Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer and city and state elected officials to an award ceremony honoring photographer Jane Schreibman for her role in reporting the second, undetonated explosive device in Chelsea in mid September. As you may know from media reports, Schreibman is the Chelsea resident who "saw […]