• 27th on Sale: Benefiting Tomorrow’s Creatives

    John E. Reeves Great Hall Conference Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

    September 23, 11 am–7 pm September 24, 11 am–7 pm FIT presents 27th on Sale, an inaugural experiential shopping event on campus in FIT's John E. Reeves Great Hall. The showcase features a curated multibrand designer sample sale with apparel, accessories, beauty, fragrance, and other exclusive fashion finds. The event will also feature a Shop […]

  • Exhibition: Soil to Surface — Opens

    Art and Design Gallery Pomerantz Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, 227 West 27th Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Women's cooperatives in a process of creating a plant-based paper-like material, and a STUDIO BIRTANE lampshade made using that material. Images courtesy of Birnur Temel Birtane, MILKist Social Design Center. […]

  • 27th on Sale: Benefiting Tomorrow’s Creatives

    John E. Reeves Great Hall Conference Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

    September 23, 11 am–7 pm September 24, 11 am–7 pm FIT presents 27th on Sale, an inaugural experiential shopping event on campus in FIT's John E. Reeves Great Hall. The showcase features a curated multibrand designer sample sale with apparel, accessories, beauty, fragrance, and other exclusive fashion finds. The event will also feature a Shop […]

  • Ta’mir (Repair): Art and Architectural Restoration in Achaemenid Persia

    Virtual event

    From palace facades to carved royal inscriptions, discover how the Achaemenids maintained, mended, and renewed their monumental architecture. This virtual symposium brings together scholars to explore ancient repair practices of care, materials, techniques, and what they reveal about craftsmanship in the ancient world. Architectural repair, تعمیر or ta'mir, in modern Persian usage, was a fundamental […]

  • Fashion Culture: The King of Japanese Kawaii

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

    Image: Cover of Portrait of Sebastian Masuda by GION. Courtesy of Sebastian Masuda. FIT Professor Yuniya Kawamura will be in conversation with fashion and art creator Sebastian Masuda, internationally recognized as the leading figure in Japan’s kawaii (cute) subculture. Masuda understands kawaii not merely as an aesthetic, but as an explicit, nonviolent mode of rebellion […]