The Future of Fashion: Judging Day Exhibition

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

From over 200 looks submitted by graduating students in the 2017 class of the Fashion Design BFA program, judges select which looks will appear in The Future of Fashion runway show held in May. The day after the judges have made their selections, an exhibition of all submitted garments will be on view to the public from 11 am to […]

Open Hours With President Brown

Office of the President Feldman Center, Room C908

President Joyce F. Brown will hold an “open hours” session in her office for those interested in meeting with her one on one. Please sign in upon arrival; meetings take place on a first come, first served basis. Each meeting will be limited to 15 minutes.

UCE of FIT Lecture: Street Vendors and Community Organizing in New York City

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

Photo courtesy of the Street Vendor Project. Columbia University visiting scholar Sirine Mechbal will present her research on street vendors in New York City, with a specific focus on Egyptian and Mexican vendors, and the Street Vendor Project.

Wrinkle-Free Design: Blueprint for Health and Longevity

Katie Murphy Amphitheatre Pomerantz Art and Design Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

Universal design advocate Cynthia Leibrock will speak about how to improve health and longevity for people of all ages and abilities through design. The award-winning interior designer and author will discuss and illustrate, by the example of her own home, an approach that makes design of products, systems, activities, and environments universally accessible.

Film and Media Screening Series: Touch with Shelly Silver

Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center, New York City , NY, United States

In this film directed by Shelly Silver, a man returns to his childhood home in Chinatown after 50 years to care for his dying mother. Throughout the film he remains nameless. He is a librarian, a re-cataloguer, a gay man, a watcher, an impersonator. He passes his time collecting images that he puts before us—his witnesses […]