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Fashion Culture: Parts of Fashion: Curating in Focus

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

Join us for a panel discussion that brings together two MFIT exhibitions: Statement Sleeves curated by MFIT Curator of Costume and Accessories Colleen Hill, and Untying the Bow, organized by students in FIT’s Fashion and Textile Studies master’s degree program. Hill will be in conversation with FIT faculty member Sarah Byrd and graduate student Claire […]

Defying Expectations: Trailblazing Women in the Creative Industries with Alina Cho

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

Join us for a special conversation hosted by FIT in collaboration with Carolina Herrera. The conversation will be moderated by journalist Alina Cho with a panel featuring trailblazers of the creative industries, including President Joyce F. Brown, stylist and model Dara Allen, photographer Camila Falquez, Whitney Museum of American Art assistant curator Rujeko Hockley, and […]

Globally Connected @ FIT: Getting in Touch with Aegean Dress History

Virtual event

How do archaeologists study the production and consumption of clothes in prehistoric times? In what ways was dress important in prehistoric communities? Why should contemporary fashion designers learn about textile archaeology and dressing in antiquity? After briefly presenting the fundamentals of practicing textile archaeology without archaeological textiles—the most common case for archaeological projects in prehistory—and […]

Demystifying Artist Statements

Writing and Speaking Studio, Room C612 227 West 27th Street, New York, NY, United States

Constellate : to group, cluster, or collect related elements; to gather. Together we will constellate our ideas, influences, and creative goals into effective artist statements. Two Sessions: Thursday, March 14 Thursday, April 18 Both sessions: 5–6:30 pm Writing and Speaking Studio, Feldman Center, Room C612 This event is for FIT students only; RSVP on FITLink or […]

Fireside Chat with Layana Aguilar

Robert Lagary Board Room Marvin Feldman Center, Ninth Floor, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City , NY, United States

As part of Women's History Month, FIT alumna Layana Aguilar will speak to Nicole Finigan Ndzibah, executive director of the Social Justice Center at FIT, and the FIT community about her experience emigrating to the U.S., studying fashion at the college, and her subsequent success launching her own brand. She'll also discuss her participation on […]