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The Executive Committee of the Fashion Institute of Technology Board of Trustees and of the FIT Student Housing Corporation will hold a meeting remotely by conference call. Live public access available is at fitnyc.edu/executivecommittee. This event is free and open to the public — and is being held remotely. Use the link above. |
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Exhibition: Vanishing Community, Vanishing Cultures: The Yörüks of Taurus Mountains, Turkey — Closes
Exhibition: Vanishing Community, Vanishing Cultures: The Yörüks of Taurus Mountains, Turkey — Closes
The Gladys Marcus Library is temporarily closed. February 3–March 31, 2020 Vanishing Community, Vanishing Cultures: The Yörüks of Taurus Mountains, Turkey was inaugurated by the photographer and professor Praveen K. Chaudhry, Social Sciences, along with ethnographer Souzeina Mushtaq. Chaudhry and Mushtaq have been working on the issues of nomads and weavers in Kashmir and Tibet for […]
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POSTPONED Poet Solmaz Sharif will read from and discuss her groundbreaking book of poems, LOOK (Graywolf Press, 2016), a finalist for the National Book Award. LOOK asks readers to see the ongoing costs of war as the unbearable loss of lives and also the insidious abuses against everyday speech. A book signing will follow, courtesy […] |
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Robin Givhan photographed by Helayne Seidman. POSTPONED Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Robin Givhan will discuss the current relationship between fashion, politics, and power. Drawing on her experience as fashion critic for The Washington Post, Givhan will address such potent sartorial symbols as the MAGA hat, the Pussyhat, and the white suit. All Fashion Culture events are free, but registration […] |
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Dimitri Dimizas, Hold It Together, 2014, steel and concrete. The Art and Design Gallery is temporarily closed. March 17–April 7, 2020 This exhibition calls attention to each artist’s distinct visual voice, while simultaneously inviting them to engage with one another in a curated discourse. Conversations: Artworks in Dialogue brings together a group of 23 artists whose works […] |
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POSTPONED April 14 and 15, 2020 The Sustainability Council at FIT hosts a Sustainable Business and Design Conference each spring. The event provides a platform for collaboration and discussion throughout the creative industries, highlighting advances in sustainable design and thought leadership. Environmental and social challenges and potential solutions are explored through innovative student projects, cross-institutional research, and […] |
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POSTPONED April 14 and 15, 2020 The Sustainability Council at FIT hosts a Sustainable Business and Design Conference each spring. The event provides a platform for collaboration and discussion throughout the creative industries, highlighting advances in sustainable design and thought leadership. Environmental and social challenges and potential solutions are explored through innovative student projects, cross-institutional research, and […] |
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The meetings of the FIT Board of Trustees and FIT Student Housing Corporation Board will be held remotely by conference call on Thursday, April 16, 2020. Public session: 9:30 am […]
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Bestselling journalist Dana Thomas has traveled the globe to discover the visionaries who are propelling the industry toward a more positive future. These designers and companies are striving to reclaim traditional craft and launch cutting-edge sustainable technologies to produce better fashion. In this webinar, industry icon and creator of New York Fashion Week Fern Mallis will […]
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The first-ever Hue Live event—being held online through Webex—Josh Bennett will discuss his career with Hue Managing Editor Alex Joseph. Josh Bennett, Menswear '12, designs a hand-knitted luxury sweater collection sold at Bergdorf Goodman, and partnered with Marvel to create a limited-edition collection Marvel x Josh Bennett. He was the men’s sweater designer at Tommy […] |
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Charles James ballgown, silk chiffon, satin, netting, and boning, 1954-1955, USA, gift of Robert Wells in memory of Lisa Kirk. The Museum at FIT is temporarily closed. View the online exhibition here. February 7–April 18, 2020 Ballet took its place in the western pantheon of modern high culture during the interwar years of the twentieth century. […] |
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In this virtual Hue Live event, Harlem's Front Row's Brandice Daniel will discuss her career with Hue Managing Editor Alex Joseph. Brandice Daniel, International Trade and Marketing alumna, is a proud fashion outsider from Memphis. She has experience in fashion buying and production, along with a talent for bridging the gap for designers of color. In a […]
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Grazia d’Annunzio at the Paris, Capital of Fashion symposium at The Museum at FIT. POSTPONED Join Stefano Tonchi, former editor-in-chief of W Magazine, and former deputy director of Vogue Italia Grazia d’Annunzio as […] |
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In this virtual Hue Live event, Hue Managing Editor Alex Joseph visits internationally renowned artist Abigail DeVille at her studio. Maintaining a long-standing interest in marginalized people and places, New York-based Abigail DeVille creates site-specific immersive installations designed to bring attention to these forgotten stories, such as with the sculpture she built on the site of a former African American […]
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Erika Massaquoi photographed by Dorothée Brand. POSTPONED Join designer and curator Erika Dalya Massaquoi, PhD, for a discussion of how she built a fashion brand, The OULA Company, that reflects the ethical motivations that are important to contemporary consumers. Massaquoi will discuss economic development, sustainability, and black fashion activism. All Fashion Culture events are free, but registration […] |
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It's Open Mic Week! To close out its Traveling Through Language poetry series, International Student Services invites the FIT community to contribute remotely by sharing a poem—whether written by you or by a favorite poet—or just stop by to listen in. Hosted by David Lawton. Meeting link: https://fitnyc.webex.com/fitnyc/j.php?TID=m3459e86ef37e1a039e90be0c7675b766 Meeting number: 794 546 462 Password: poetry This online event is free […]
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In this virtual Hue Live event, Hue Managing Editor Alex Joseph hosts a roundtable discussion with FIT alumni who are designing masks for the coronavirus protection effort. Fashion designers Caroline Berti, Chloe Dao, and Karen Sabag have been making personal protective equipment for medical professionals and other members of their communities since March. They will share the knowledge and insights […] |
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In this virtual Hue Live event, Hue Managing Editor Alex Joseph hosts a conversation with artist and activist Malene Barnett, Textile/Surface Design '96, and Illustration '94. Malene Barnett is an artist, entrepreneur, and authority on the cultural traditions and practices of art in the African diaspora and how it translates into her vision of the modern black experience. As the founder of […] |
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