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Designer Spotlight: André Courrèges
No full textThe Museum at FIT presents its Designer Spotlight series where MFIT curators explore objects in our permanent collection that highlight a specific designer's work and contributions to fashion.In this video, Colleen Hill, curator of costume and accessories at MFIT, explores the stylish suits and future-forward accessories by designer André Courrèges
Fashion Culture: Jeffrey Gibson and Korina Emmerich in Conversation
No full textIn a conversation moderated by Regan de Loggans (Mississippi Choctaw), Jeffrey Gibson and Korina Emmerich will discuss their experience working as Native Americans in creative industries, weaving in current issues of diversity and sustainability. Gibson is an award-winning Choctaw-Cherokee artist, whose work combines traditional Native American elements with contemporary references. Emmerich is the founder of EMME, a fashion brand, which reflects her indigenous heritage stemming from the Coast Salish territory, Puyallup tribe
New York City and the Invention of America: Abigail DeVille
No full textAbigail DeVille visits Professor Daniel Levinson Wilk's class, New York City and the Invention of America.Maintaining a long-standing interest in marginalized people and places, Abigail DeVille, Fine Arts ’09, 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 burial ground in Harlem, and a new sculpture in Madison Square Park.DeVille often works with objects and materials sourced from the area surrounding the exhibition site, and her theatrical aesthetic embodies the phrase, “One person’s trash is another person’s treasure.” Though collected objects are essential to her installations, DeVille’s priority is the stories her installations can tell. DeVille’s family roots in New York go back at least two generations; her interest in New York City, and her work about it, is both personal and political
FIT Talks: Roberta Elins Interview
No full textAlex Joseph, Managing Editor of FIT's Hue Magazine interviews Roberta Elins, Professor in FIT's Advertising and Marketing Communications program, and President, United College Employees of FIT.Roberta Elins, professor in FIT's Advertising and Marketing Communications program, and President, United College Employees of FIT began teaching at FIT in the mid 1980s, and became the President of the school's union, the United College Employees of FIT (NYSUT) in 2012
FIT Talks: Albert Kresch Interview
No full textAlbert Kresch was a professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) from 1951 to 1986, one of the longest professorial tenures in FIT's history. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the Great Depression forced his family to move to New York when he was around 8 or 9 so his father could find better work opportunities. He became interested in the fine arts while attending Seward Park High School, and studied for a short time with Hans Hoffman before being drafted into the Air Corps in WW2. He was hired to teach art classes at FIT by Frank Shapiro in 1951, and taught until his retirement in 1986.In this interview, Mr. Kresch recalls his 95 years of life, including his childhood in Brooklyn, what inspired him to get interested in art, his student relationship with the artist Hans Hofmann, his time in the air corps during WW2, and his time at FIT, Parsons, and Pratt working as an art professor
FIT Talks: Gavrik Losey, son of Elizabeth Hawes, Interview
No full textIn this interview, Rebecca Arnold, Lecturer in the History of Dress and Textiles at The Courtauld Institute of Art, interviews Gavrik Losey about his mother, American fashion designer Elizabeth Hawes
Hue Live: Lyn Slater
No full textHue is the official magazine of the Fashion Institute of Technology, a State University of New York college of art and design, business and technology, and Liberal Arts.FIT’s Hue Live is a series of intimate conversations featuring the people and stories that define FIT. Starting this spring, when connecting the FIT community around common interests and pursuits is more important than ever, Hue’s managing editor Alex Joseph, will speak with some of FIT’s most talented and influential alumni across a range of industries.Hue Managing Editor Alex Joseph hosts a conversation with social media influencer Lyn Slater.Lyn Slater is a cultural influencer and recently retired professor of social welfare. She started the blog and social media project, Accidental Icon five years ago as a platform through which she could explore her interest in fashion. Since then she has been widely featured in print and broadcast media. She has become a role model for the idea that re-imagining and re-invention is possible at any time throughout the lifespan and her posts are essential reading for many in the fashion industry
Drawing Upon Inequities
No full textPlease join FIT Library Special Collections and College Archives (SPARC) for an informative and spirited conversation on coping with and moving past inequalities in the field of fashion illustration. Join Christianna Rice, moderator and FIT graduate student in Fashion and Textile Studies, and SPARC faculty and staff as they pose timely questions to our esteemed panelists.Panelists include Rongrong Devoe, Jasjyot Singh Hans, Angelica Hicks, Veronica Miller Jamison, Lamont O'Neal, Jonquel Pickney, Shireen Soliman, Glenn Tunstal
Faces and Places in Fashion: Fashion Service Network
No full textPart presentation, part Q&A, FIT's "Faces & Places in Fashion" lecture series is an opportunity to connect students and the public alike to the pulse of the fashion industry in an open and conversational setting.Michael Stanley moderates a panel of representatives from the Fashion Service Network: Stuart Kagel COO of 24 Seven Inc.; Andrew Jassin, founder of Jassin-O'Rourke Group, LLP; Linda Gaunt of Linda Gaunt Communications. After introducing themselves and describing their backgrounds, the panelists discuss how Fashion Service Network assists fashion companies seeking to expand, strengthen, and energize their business with design, commercialization, distribution, merchandising of fashion goods
Faces and Places in Fashion: Roberto Faraone Mennella & Amadeo Scognamiglio
No full textPart presentation, part Q&A, FIT's "Faces & Places in Fashion" lecture series is an opportunity to connect students and the public alike to the pulse of the fashion industry in an open and conversational setting.Business and design partners Mr. Mennella describe how they broke into fashion and couture jewelery. Together, in 2001, after earning law degrees in Italy and studying at Parsons and FIT, they established Faraone Menella R.F.M.A.S., successfully marketing their designs to high-end retailers like Bergdorf Goodman and Nieman-Marcus and have established their own store on 57th Street in New York City