Join us in the Writing and Speaking Studio for friendly conversation, cultural exchange, and language practice (Italian, English, French, Spanish, Tamil, etc.). Languages used will depend on participants in attendance. All languages and levels of fluency and comfort are welcome! This event is for the FIT community only; to RSVP, email your name and the […]
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Join us in the Writing and Speaking Studio for friendly conversation, cultural exchange, and language practice (Italian, English, French, Spanish, Tamil, etc.). Languages used will depend on participants in attendance. All languages and levels of fluency and comfort are welcome! This event is for the FIT community only; to RSVP, email your name and the […]
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Patrick Kelly, denim overalls dress, fall 1987, France, gift of Bjorn G. Amelan and Bill T. Jones, 2016.82.9 Join fashion historian and assistant professor at Parsons School of Design Jonathan Michael Square and MFIT associate curator Elizabeth Way for a conversation on the significance of fashion and self-presentation for Black Civil Rights leaders from the […] |
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The FIT Library's Special Collections and College Archives unit invites FIT students to an open house in celebration of American Archives Month. This event is for the FIT community only. |
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The Campus Anti-Violence Education Group invites the FIT community to participate in the Domestic Violence Awareness Resource Fair on Thursday, October 5, from noon to 2 pm in the Breezeway […] |
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The Washington International Trade Association (WITA) Academy, in partnership with FIT's Department of International Trade and Marketing, presents a three-hour online event designed to teach FIT students about careers in international trade and business. Students will gain insight from trade professionals, pose questions to policymakers, and learn about exciting career opportunities in international affairs, business, […] |
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October 10–13, 2023 The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion hosts Civility Week, a week of activities, talks, and workshops aimed at achieving the goals of FIT’s civility initiative. The initiative is aimed at engaging our community in a discussion of respectful ways of living and learning in a higher education environment. FIT encourages our community to […]
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Image courtesy of Remigio Mestas. Join master artisan Remigio Mestas and color specialist Liz Galván as they discuss the significance of color in Zapotec textiles. Participants will have the opportunity […] |
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October 10–13, 2023 The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion hosts Civility Week, a week of activities, talks, and workshops aimed at achieving the goals of FIT’s civility initiative. The initiative is aimed at engaging our community in a discussion of respectful ways of living and learning in a higher education environment. FIT encourages our community to […]
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On October 11, a memorial to the victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire will be unveiled on the façade of the Asch/Brown Building on the corner of Washington Place and Greene Street where the fire took place in 1911, almost halfway between the Draft Riots and March on Washington. We will meet at 10:30 […]
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This FIT Authors Talk will be held in the Gladys Marcus Library and is for students and employees only. Adjunct Professor Lamont A. O'Neal talks about his book Illustrated Men: Drawing and Rendering the Male Fashion Figure. A book signing will follow. Illustrated Men is a how-to guide in the drawing and rendering of the […]
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Zaha Hadid for United Nude, metallic vinyl shoes, 2013, France, museum purchase, 2013.83.1 MFIT director and chief curator Valerie Steele and curator of costume and accessories Colleen Hill, discuss their new Taschen book, Shoes A-Z: The Collection of The Museum at FIT. Hundreds of groundbreaking designs, rare ephemera, and original sketches are presented in the […] |
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October 10–13, 2023 The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion hosts Civility Week, a week of activities, talks, and workshops aimed at achieving the goals of FIT’s civility initiative. The initiative is aimed at engaging our community in a discussion of respectful ways of living and learning in a higher education environment. FIT encourages our community to […]
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Elisa Palomino Learn about new models of sustainable textiles in this conversation on connections between anthropology, fashion, and indigenous knowledge. Elisa Palomino will introduce the transformation of marine waste into leather as an alternative raw material for fashion in contemporary sustainable fashion practice, alleviating the pressure of over-produced textiles. Exploring issues related to the ingenuity […] |
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October 10–13, 2023 The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion hosts Civility Week, a week of activities, talks, and workshops aimed at achieving the goals of FIT’s civility initiative. The initiative is aimed at engaging our community in a discussion of respectful ways of living and learning in a higher education environment. FIT encourages our community to […] |
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September 18–October 15, 2023 Art and Design Gallery The FIT Foundation, in partnership with the FIT DTech Lab, presents the evolution of The Unwearable Collection by Boehringer Ingelheim: pieces that are impossible to wear and impossible to ignore. The Unwearable Collection Exhibition—inclusive of "Uncertainty," the fifth piece designed by FIT’s Fashion Design MFA students Natalia […] September 16–October 15, 2023 The Museum at FIT, Gallery FIT Founded in 2019, the Loop for Good is a collegewide interdisciplinary experiential learning project focused on sustainability and technology. This year’s exhibition celebrates the fifth anniversary of the Loop for Good. The exhibition theme is “Digital Athletes for Sportsmanship” to promote respect, ethics, and fellowship […] |
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October 16–20 Sustainability is a key component of FIT’s mission and is embedded in the college’s curriculum and operations. During Sustainability Awareness Week, from October 16 to 20, we invite our community to learn about recent innovations from leaders in the industry, experience FIT’s efforts to make a positive impact on the earth, and discover […]
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Join us in the Writing and Speaking Studio for friendly conversation, cultural exchange, and language practice (Italian, English, French, Spanish, Tamil, etc.). Languages used will depend on participants in attendance. All languages and levels of fluency and comfort are welcome! This event is for the FIT community only; to RSVP, email your name and the […] |
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October 16–20 Sustainability is a key component of FIT’s mission and is embedded in the college’s curriculum and operations. During Sustainability Awareness Week, from October 16 to 20, we invite our community to learn about recent innovations from leaders in the industry, experience FIT’s efforts to make a positive impact on the earth, and discover […]
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Join us in the Writing and Speaking Studio for friendly conversation, cultural exchange, and language practice (Italian, English, French, Spanish, Tamil, etc.). Languages used will depend on participants in attendance. All languages and levels of fluency and comfort are welcome! This event is for the FIT community only; to RSVP, email your name and the […] |
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October 16–20 Sustainability is a key component of FIT’s mission and is embedded in the college’s curriculum and operations. During Sustainability Awareness Week, from October 16 to 20, we invite our community to learn about recent innovations from leaders in the industry, experience FIT’s efforts to make a positive impact on the earth, and discover […]
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The FIT Library's Special Collections and College Archives unit invites FIT staff and administration to an open house in celebration of American Archives Month. Students who weren't able to make the first Welcome Wednesday on Oct. 4 are also free to join. Join via Instagram Live @FITSpecialCollections or visit in person in Room E435. This […]
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At this event, artists Steve Locke and Karyn Olivier will speak on a panel with Patricia Eunji Kim regarding the current landscape/dialogue surrounding public commemorative art in the U.S. and the experience of designing a commemorative work of art. They will offer thoughts on design possibilities for the two events we seek to remember—one tragic, […] |
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October 16–20 Sustainability is a key component of FIT’s mission and is embedded in the college’s curriculum and operations. During Sustainability Awareness Week, from October 16 to 20, we invite our community to learn about recent innovations from leaders in the industry, experience FIT’s efforts to make a positive impact on the earth, and discover […]
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The Gladys Marcus Library will host a conversation between legendary Vogue style director Grace Coddington and iconic British fashion photographer and director Willie Christie. Christie will talk about his first-ever book of photography, Willie Christie—A Very Distinctive Style: Then and Now. A Q&A will follow. Willie Christie was born a while ago. During the ‘70s […] |
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October 16–20 Sustainability is a key component of FIT’s mission and is embedded in the college’s curriculum and operations. During Sustainability Awareness Week, from October 16 to 20, we invite our community to learn about recent innovations from leaders in the industry, experience FIT’s efforts to make a positive impact on the earth, and discover […]
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On Apple TV+'s hit series The Morning Show, Jennifer Aniston's character, Alex Levy, hosts an opulent gala to support FIT's scholarship program. After the campus screening, attend a panel discussion covering FIT's involvement and the episode's exciting fashion. The panel will feature The Morning Show's executive producer Kristin Hahn and costume designer Sophie de Rakoff, […] |
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https://youtu.be/NZUZKtko4R0?si=dPwHNvG2-3hMTrkn Alumni networking event: 5 pm Film screening: 6 pm The FIT Film and Media Screening Series will present the documentary Stonewall Uprising as part of FIT's LGBTQ+ History Month programming. FIT alumni are invited to a networking mixer before the screening to meet with fellow alumni and others working in the film and media industry. After the […] |
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The FIT Library's Special Collections and College Archives unit invites FIT faculty to an open house in celebration of American Archives Month. Students, staff and administration who weren't able to make the first Welcome Wednesday events are free to join. Join via Instagram Live @FITSpecialCollections or visit in person in Room E435. This event is […] |
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Two days of the 6th Annual Designing for Empathy Summit and Workshops will take place at the Fashion Institute of Technology. This year, summit organizer ONE (Organization of Networks for Empathy) is inviting multidisciplinary creatives to collectively explore the invisible stories that are often overlooked, yet are critical to our understanding of what empathy is, […]
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Spotlight is an annual series highlighting faculty from across the college who have developed innovative writing and speaking activities and assignments to advance literacy and language learning, discipline-specific communication skills, and culturally responsive communication. Professors Sarah Blazer, Writing and Speaking Studio, and Katelyn Burton Prager, English and Communication Studies, moderate. This fall’s symposium (Sept. 28 […] |
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Two days of the 6th Annual Designing for Empathy Summit and Workshops will take place at the Fashion Institute of Technology. This year, summit organizer ONE (Organization of Networks for Empathy) is inviting multidisciplinary creatives to collectively explore the invisible stories that are often overlooked, yet are critical to our understanding of what empathy is, […] October 27–December 3, 2023 Art and Design Gallery Curated by FIT Associate Professor of Fine Arts Julia Jacquette, this exhibition at the Fashion Institute of Technology features work that utilizes and explores all aspects of repetition and pattern. Pattern is often thought of in terms of art and design: the repetition of shape in surface […]
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Delvaux, french fries and burger miniature leather bags, 2017, Belgium, gift of Delvaux, 2019.87.1 & 2 Join The Museum at FIT for an afternoon of intergenerational activities: a Food & Fashion exhibition tour, games, and a creative dye workshop! Parents and children will have the opportunity to learn more about how food and fashion influence […] |
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The Entrepreneurship Department, Marketing Communications Department, and the Jay and Patty Baker School of Business and Technology present a fireside chat–style conversation with entrepreneur Seth Godin for the FIT community. A Q&A will follow the conversation. Seth Godin is an entrepreneur, best-selling author, and speaker. In addition to launching one of the most popular blogs […] |
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Onur Can Tepe. Onur Can Tepe in conversation with Dr. Souzeina Mushtaq Onur Can Tepe is a writer, filmmaker, and architect based in Rotterdam. His work as an architect has expanded into writing and filming, where space plays an important role. His films deal with societal matters in relation to natural and built landscapes. Souzeina […]
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Lara Roessig. The major exhibition Food & Fashion, on display at The Museum at FIT through November 26, explores the dynamic and exciting relationships between the two related topics. Co-curated by Melissa Marra-Alvarez, curator of education and research, and Elizabeth Way, associate curator of costume at MFIT, the exhibition features over 90 works, including garments, […] |
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November 3–22 Iron23, 29 W. 23rd St., New York City The FIT community is invited to attend the immersive exhibition Reverso Stories as part of a special partnership between The Museum at FIT and Jaeger-LeCoultre. Located at Iron23 in Chelsea, the exhibition will run November 3–22. A fascinating retrospective that leads visitors through nine decades […]
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BH signature ramen print set, Bobblehaus, 2020. Photograph by Madeleine Thomas for Bobblehaus. The Food & Fashion Symposium features preeminent food and fashion scholars, as well as designers, chefs, and artists, exploring how, for over two centuries, food culture has impacted fashion and vice versa. Topics include sustainability, the creative overlap between fashion and food […]
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As part of the Art History and Museum Professions Association (AHMPA) Presents Series, art historian and queer activist, Dr. Flavia Rando, will speak on collecting and managing archival resources, a […] |
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