• A Tribute to Puerto Rican Illustrator Antonio Lopez

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

    Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, curator at El Museo del Barrio, will speak on the legendary Puerto Rican fashion illustrator and FIT alumnus Antonio Lopez, whose work made great strides in exploring and representing the ethnic or racialized body within the world of high fashion. The artist's illustrations are on view in an exhibition, Antonio Lopez: Future Funk Fashion, at the Museo del Barrio through November 26. […]

  • Book Signing: Sketch and Go: 5-Minute Fashion Illustration, With Emily Brickel Edelson

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

    FIT Alumna Emily Brickel Edelson will discuss, demonstrate, and sign copies of her new book, Sketch and Go: 5-Minute Fashion Illustration, by Race Point Publishing. Part technique, part sketchbook, Sketch and Go shares tips and tricks for sketching fashion illustrations quickly. Readers first learn basic fashion illustration skills and practical techniques for inspired "live fashion sketching." Then they sketch their own collections […]