Week of Events
Maker Minds Event: Button Maker Activity
Maker Minds Event: Button Maker Activity
The Gladys Marcus Library invites students to come and make their own wearable buttons. Bring printed photos, original art, magazines, and more to fit the 1-inch or 2.25-inch buttons. Great for Valentine's Day! This event is for the FIT community only.
Fashion History Timeline Kickoff Event
Fashion History Timeline Kickoff Event
FIT's School of Liberal Arts and professors Justine De Young and Lourdes Font invite the public to a the kickoff of the Fashion History Timeline, an open-access source for fashion history knowledge, featuring objects and artworks from over 100 museums and libraries that span the globe. The timeline website offers well-researched, accessibly written entries on specific […]
Maintaining Healthy Professional Relationships: A Night with Jennifer Baumgardner
Maintaining Healthy Professional Relationships: A Night with Jennifer Baumgardner
Author Jennifer Baumgardner, via Soapbox Inc. Author Jennifer Baumgardner will present a talk titled "Maintaining Healthy Professional Relationships," which will be followed by a Q&A with current FIT students interning in their field and Baumgardner. Jennifer Baumgardner is a writer, activist, filmmaker, and publisher whose work focuses on sexual violence and scapegoating, abortion, bisexuality, and radical […]
One Billion Rising
One Billion Rising
Stop by to learn more about the One Billion Rising movement, the largest mass action to end violence against women in human history, which began on Valentine's Day in 2012. This year's the theme of solidarity remains the focus of One Billion Rising. We ask that you join us as the FIT Dance Company, Cheerleading […]
Fashion Culture: Norell: Master of American Fashion
Fashion Culture: Norell: Master of American Fashion
Cover of Norell: Master of American Fashion. Courtesy of Rizzoli. Join Jeffrey Banks, co-author of Norell: Master of American Fashion, Ellin Saltzman, former fashion director and senior vice president at firms such as Saks Fifth Avenue, Macy’s and Bergdorf Goodman, Stan Herman, designer and former president of the CFDA, and Ralph Rucci, couturier, artist and […]