7 events found.
Week of Events
Sustainability Awareness Week
Sustainability is a key component of FIT’s mission. During this year's Sustainability Awareness Week, October 1 to 5, the FIT community will learn about and experience some of the recent developments in this arena. The week's events, held at different locations on campus, include: A History of Sustainable Fashion: a discussion with Museum at FIT curator Colleen […]
Sustainability Awareness Week
Sustainability is a key component of FIT’s mission. During this year's Sustainability Awareness Week, October 1 to 5, the FIT community will learn about and experience some of the recent developments in this arena. The week's events, held at different locations on campus, include: A History of Sustainable Fashion: a discussion with Museum at FIT curator Colleen […]
Sustainability Awareness Week
Sustainability is a key component of FIT’s mission. During this year's Sustainability Awareness Week, October 1 to 5, the FIT community will learn about and experience some of the recent developments in this arena. The week's events, held at different locations on campus, include: A History of Sustainable Fashion: a discussion with Museum at FIT curator Colleen […]
Sustainability Awareness Week
Sustainability is a key component of FIT’s mission. During this year's Sustainability Awareness Week, October 1 to 5, the FIT community will learn about and experience some of the recent developments in this arena. The week's events, held at different locations on campus, include: A History of Sustainable Fashion: a discussion with Museum at FIT curator Colleen […]
Sustainability Awareness Week
Sustainability is a key component of FIT’s mission. During this year's Sustainability Awareness Week, October 1 to 5, the FIT community will learn about and experience some of the recent developments in this arena. The week's events, held at different locations on campus, include: A History of Sustainable Fashion: a discussion with Museum at FIT curator Colleen […]
Exhibition: Crafting Change: New Textile Work by Students, Faculty, and Alumni — Closes
September 15–October 6, 2018 The work of FIT students, faculty, and alumni takes center stage in the FIT exhibition Crafting Change. Organized by the Textile/Surface Design Department in conjunction with New York Textile Month, the works featured in Crafting Change use long-established techniques in a modern context to explore the shifting boundaries between art, design, […]
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New Academic Building Town Meeting
New Academic Building Town Meeting
The college anticipates beginning construction of the New Academic Building later in the fiscal year, and we will be holding two town hall meetings to present the final building design and plans to the FIT community. The two meetings will be: Tuesday, September 4, 5–6 pm Tuesday, October 2, 1–2 pm SHoP Architects will provide […]
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FIT Board of Trustees Meeting
FIT Board of Trustees Meeting
The FIT Board of Trustees holds its October meeting. For more information, contact the Office of the President, (212) 217-4000. This event is open to the public.
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A Conversation About Human Trafficking
A Conversation About Human Trafficking
The Campus Anti-Violence Education Group hosts a session on human trafficking, a human rights issue that impacts a number of U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals including Goal No. 5: Gender Equality, and Goal No. 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth. Featured panelists will provide an overview of what is happening with forced labor, sex trafficking, and related issues and how […]
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Scents and Sensibilities: A Workshop on Fragrance in Poetry with Moira Egan
Scents and Sensibilities: A Workshop on Fragrance in Poetry with Moira Egan
This hands- and nose-on workshop will explore techniques that can be used to conjure the intensely evocative (yet vastly underrepresented) sense of smell. The most ephemeral of the senses, scent is, paradoxically, the one that is most intimately linked to memory, bypassing conscious thought to hit straight at the centers of memory, inducing poignant nostalgia […]
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Fashion Culture: ‘Proust’s Duchess’ with Caroline Weber
Fashion Culture: ‘Proust’s Duchess’ with Caroline Weber
Cover of Proust’s Duchess, courtesy of Alfred A. Knopf. Author Caroline Weber takes us into the daily lives of three women who were superstars of fin-de-siècle Parisian high society, “paragons of elegance, nobility, and style.” Behind the glamour, they endured loneliness, rigid social rules, and loveless marriages, yet inspired novelist Marcel Proust to heights of […]
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C Future Conference
C Future Conference
Linda Wells. Image via NYTimes.com. Photo by Joel Barhamand for The New York Times. The FIT Foundation sponsors the C Future Conference, an immersive conference organized by College Fashionista featuring talks from leaders in the fashion, beauty, media, and tech industries—an event for honest and diverse career advice to help guide students' professional journey. Students who […]
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Fall 2018 Open House
Fall 2018 Open House
The Fall Open House is designed especially for prospective students and families who are interested in learning more about FIT. Explore FIT's 29 undergraduate majors in fashion, visual arts and design, business, film and media, and the liberal arts Meet current students and FIT faculty members Speak with representatives from the Admissions, Financial Services, and […]