February 8–April 23, 2023 Special Exhibitions Gallery Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the birth of hip hop by examining the roots and history of hip hop fashion from its inception to the present time. This exhibition will explore themes such as the transition of hip […]
This workshop luncheon brings FIT scholars, educators, and administrators together to consider issues related to forced and voluntary displacement, and how they relate to questions of thinking, teaching, and shaping our community. Assistant Dean Helen Gaudette (Office of International Programs) and Director Marie Mekari (International Student Services) will present an overview of our displaced student […]
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR MAY 2. Find the new listing here. Retail design, fashion merchandising, set design, furniture, packaging, interiors, architecture, fine art rendering... little-known architect and designer Jock Peters, a largely forgotten figure of early Los Angeles modernism, did it all. Professor Christopher Long presents his new book titled Jock Peters, Architecture […]
From over 200 looks submitted by graduating students in the 2023 class of the Fashion Design BFA program, judges select which looks will appear in The Future of Fashion runway show held May 10. The day after the judges have made their selections, an exhibition of all submitted garments will be on view to the public from 9 […]
Professor Hilary Davidson discusses her book, Dress in the Age of Jane Austen: Regency Fashion. Lavishly illustrated with paintings, drawings, historic garments, and fashion plates—including many previously unpublished images—this authoritative yet accessible book will help readers visualize the external selves of Austen’s immortal characters as clearly as she wrote of their internal ones. The result […]
