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FIT Biodesign Challenge Presentations

Robert Lagary Board Room Marvin Feldman Center, Ninth Floor, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City , NY, United States

Please join us for the final presentations from students in the FIT Biodesign Challenge. Presentations will start at 6 pm, followed by a reception and interactive presentations by the teams. Light refreshments will be served. These students have worked all semester on identifying global problems and designing solutions inspired by and using nature and sustainable […]

Exhibition: Fabric In Fashion — Closes

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

Traina-Norell, “Indian sari” silk brocade dress, circa 1955, gift of Mildred Morton. December 4, 2018–May 4, 2019  Fabric In Fashion explores the role played by textiles in forming the silhouette in Western fashion over the last 250 years. The examination of textiles is often separated from that of the fashionable silhouette, yet historically, textiles were as […]

Fashion Design AAS Exhibition: Juxtaposition — Closes

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

May 1–5 Selected works by graduating Fashion Design AAS students will be on display. Exhibition hours are 9 am to 9 pm. This exhibition is free and open to the public.

Nicole Sealey: Poetry and Power: A Reading and Discussion

Barnes & Noble at FIT Breezeway between Dubinsky Student Center and Business and Liberal Arts Center, New York City , NY, United States

Born in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, and raised in Apopka, Florida, Nicole Sealey is the author of Ordinary Beast, finalist for the PEN Open Book and Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards, and The Animal After Whom Other Animals Are Named, winner of the Drinking Gourd Chapbook Poetry Prize. Honored with numerous awards, prizes, and fellowships, she […]

Fashion Culture: Liya Kebede in Conversation with Elizabeth Way

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

Liya Kebede by Silja Magg. Accomplished supermodel and designer Liya Kebede joins Museum at FIT Assistant Curator of Costume Elizabeth Way to talk about lemlem, Kebede’s collection of women’s, men’s and children’s clothing, made entirely in Africa. The core collection is handwoven from natural cotton in Kebede’s native Ethiopia. Women artisans are at the heart […]