Fusion Fashion Tech Summit

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

Discover the future of fashion at the Fusion Fashion Tech Summit during Climate Week NYC and the 79th United Nations General Assembly. This one-day summit unites industry leaders to drive sustainability and circularity in the $2.5 trillion fashion industry. Learn how embracing circular business models can reduce carbon emissions by 25% and unlock a $700 […]

Talking Trade at FIT: Opportunities with Foreign Trade Zone and Understanding Landed Costs

Haft Theater Marvin Feldman Center, New York City, NY, United States

The sessions will cover landed costs in the global supply chain, tariff mitigating strategies, fashion industry applications, services of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Department of Commerce Resources, insurance, and bonding requirements. This event is part of the International Trade and Marketing Department’s Talking Trade at FIT series. This event is for […]

Block Printing Traditions in India

Art and Design Gallery Studio, Room D223 Fashion Institute of Technology, 227 West 27th Street, New York, NY, United States

Participants will directly engage with Indian block printing techniques, including how to make layouts on material, gaining an overview of various contemporary uses and applications.  Sunaina Bhalla is an artist living in Singapore. Educated in India, she moved to Tokyo in the late 90's and has spent the last two decades in various parts of North […]

Fashion Culture: Spanish Fashion in the Age of Velázquez

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

Courtesy of Yale University Press. In this lecture, cultural historian Amanda Wunder will talk about researching her book Spanish Fashion in the Age of Velázquez, the first archival study of dress at the court of Philip IV, as told through the life and work of royal tailor Mateo Aguado. Tailor to the queens of Spain […]