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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 […]

FIT Authors Talk: Emil Wilbekin

Virtual event

Join us as FIT Professor Emil Wilbekin talks about his notable career in fashion and journalism and beyond! Emil Wilbekin is an American journalist, media executive, content creator, culture critic, and human rights activist. He has written for a number of publications, including People, the Associated Press, and The New York Times. He was a […]