Simran Singh: Patterns of Life

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

Simran Singh—author, humanitarian, storyteller, and FIT alumna—brings a unique experiential evening of light, love and conscious exploration of the inner and outer worlds. Three-time Gold Award-winning author, radio show host, and publisher, Singh encourages individuals to consciously integrate and align their lives through compassionate presence and witnessing. Singh's talk will be on the topic of […]

Dean’s Forum: The Business of Gender Neutral Fashion: The Future Is Fluid

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

The Jay and Patty Baker School of Business and Technology, in collaboration with the Technical Design department, presents a Dean's Forum on the Business of Gender Neutral Fashion, featuring a fashion show followed by a panel discussion with the designers. The event is funded by the Student/Faculty Corporation. The panel will be moderated by Catherine […]

Exhibition: The Traphagen School: Fostering American Fashion — Closes

Gallery FIT, The Museum at FIT Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

Grenelle-Estévez, evening set, circa 1957, gift of Sylvia Levine. March 5–30, 2019  Gallery FIT The Traphagen School: Fostering American Fashion explores the legacy of one of the first institutions dedicated to educating fashion industry professionals in New York City. The impact of the school, in operation from 1923 to 1991, will be explored through an introduction […]

Exhibition: Threads of Bondage, Invisibility, and Style Influence: Hidden African American Contributions to American Couture (Revisited) — Closes

Dubinsky Student Center, Fourth Floor Corridor Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

February 11–March 31 It is estimated that between 1525 and 1866 some 12.5 to 15 million African men, women, and children were violently forced from Western and Central Africa into brutal captivity to provide labor for the Western Hemisphere. Approximately 450,000 of the 10.5 million who survived the overseas voyages were sent to North America […]

World Affairs Lecture Series: Yemen’s War: Ignored or Forgotten?

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

Sama’a Al-Hamdani will discuss the war in Yemen at this World Affairs Lecture, moderated by Yasemin Celik Levine, director of the Presidential Scholars Program. Al-Hamdani is a visiting fellow at Georgetown University Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and director of the Yemen Cultural Institute for Heritage and the Arts. The Department of Social Sciences’ World […]