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Faces and Places in Fashion: Gloria Hartley
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.Gloria Hartley, assistant professor of fashion buying and merchandising at FIT, describes the Tutu Peace Foundation and Trust and shows a video where she interviews three women associated with the foundation
FIT Menswear Fashion Show: 1987
No full textFIT student fashion show featuring menswear designs.Menswear class of 1987. Student designers include: Paul Turley, Benson Chan, Keith Yip, Stephen Watson, Lori Watkins, Bari Faye Schossler, Carl James, Michael David Thomas, Timothy Reukauf, Carter Cohen, Michael Cronin, Robert Cramer, Jason Siegel, Terrence Scott Essary, John Russel, Mario Disilvestro, Kathleen Saxby, Andrew Nowell. Critic award presented by Sal Cesarani. Produced by Bill Martin Shows
FIT Menswear Fashion Show: 1996 Fall
No full textFIT student fashion show featuring menswear designs.Menswear Fashion Production presents: Style Show '96. Presented by the Menswear Fashion Production Club and the Menswear Club to benefit the Children's Hope Foundation. Host: Josette Grippo. Featuring designs from Yves Saint Laurent, Andrew Fezza, Klurk, Jhane Barnes, Wilke Rodriguez, Perry Ellis, Richard Tyler, Herbie Severe, Scott Pollard & Jordan Koh, Gene Meyer, Ufuk Arkun, Front Homme Tech, Rex-Techt by Front NY, Tommy Hilfiger, Todd Oldham
Fashion in the Nineties Symposium: Patricia Mears, "Spectacle: Fashion on Parade"
No full textMFIT Deputy Director Patricia Mears reviews the many groundbreaking runway shows from the 1990s for The Museum at FIT's 26th academic symposium “Reinvention and Restlessness: Fashion in the Nineties” on February 11, 2022. This virtual event that focuses on the 1990s, explores how concepts such as globalism and technological advancement shaped fashion of the era
Versace: The Complete Collections: Tim Blanks in conversation with Valerie Steele
No full textTim Blanks, editor-at-large of The Business of Fashion and Dr. Valerie Steele, director and chief curator at The Museum at FIT, discuss Blank’s book "Versace: The Complete Collections." This is a comprehensive presentation of Versace’s womenswear collections from its 1978 debut to today, seen through stunning catwalk photography. It is a celebration of more than forty years of Versace’s trendsetting creations
Sustainable Business and Design Conference: 2022 Pathways to Impact: Valuing Progress Over Perfection
No full textFIT’s 16th annual Sustainable Business and Design Conference: Pathways to Impact centers on four core themes that highlight the intersectionality of sustainable practices. Over the course of two intensive days, attendees will be immersed in keynotes, talks, and panel discussions providing pathways to Social Justice x Social Responsibility, Environment x Materials, Consumption x Waste, and Design x Business. The speakers are trailblazers in numerous facets of sustainability and emphasize the FIT community’s commitment to best practices in all its operations—including student projects, faculty and staff initiatives, and campus facilities.Conversation: Dr. Deborah Berhanu, Associate Professor, Science & Mathematics, FIT; Lauren Ritchie, Founder, The Eco Justice Project
Sustainable Business and Design Conference: 2022 Pathways to Impact: The Fashion Farmer
No full textFIT’s 16th annual Sustainable Business and Design Conference: Pathways to Impact centers on four core themes that highlight the intersectionality of sustainable practices. Over the course of two intensive days, attendees will be immersed in keynotes, talks, and panel discussions providing pathways to Social Justice x Social Responsibility, Environment x Materials, Consumption x Waste, and Design x Business. The speakers are trailblazers in numerous facets of sustainability and emphasize the FIT community’s commitment to best practices in all its operations—including student projects, faculty and staff initiatives, and campus facilities.Conversation: Lorenza Wong, Fashion Farmer; Melissa Marra-Alvarez, Curator of Education, The Museum at FITLorenza Wong is a textile consultant and an adjunct professor of Textile at Fashion Institute of Technology and Parsons School of Design – The New School. Lorenza is known to be a highly creative and technical textile innovator with a passion for sustainable textiles. She has more than 30 years of industry experience and achievements as a fashion and apparel executive, with expertise in global raw material sourcing, fabric research and development, textile innovation, and product lifecycle management. Lorenza is dedicated to making local natural raw materials available and accessible through regenerative farming.Melissa Marra-Alvarez is curator of education and research at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (MFIT). Melissa is a co-curator of the upcoming MFIT exhibition Food and Fashion (2023). Her previous exhibitions include Minimalism/Maximalism (2019) and Force of Nature (2017), and she co-curated Head to Toe (2022) and Fashion & Politics (2009). Her research interests lie in the intersections between fashion, the natural sciences, and sustainability, as well as new perspectives in the study of fashion as visual culture. She holds an MA in Museum Studies: Fashion and Textile History from the Fashion Institute of Technology
Interview of Christine Pupillo, Leonard Trattner, and Harry Greenberg of the Patternmaking Department, 1995 February 27
No full textThis is an interview with three professors of the patternmaking department at FIT: Christine Pupillo, Leonard Trattner, and Harry Greenberg. At the time of the interview, Trattner was chair of the department. Greenberg started at FIT in 1947 and describes an incident that occurred during the Board of Education’s two-day exam, which was a prerequisite to patternmaking instruction. The three delve into FIT’s uniquely specialized program wherein students learn to make slopers. Trattner, a 9th generation textile worker, started as an FIT student in 1964. He discusses his upbringing and life-long connection to the garment industry. They talk about what the union has done for the industry at large and innovations of their department, including classes taught in foreign languages for international students. The three discuss the department’s highly successful VFI program which brings in students who have dropped out of high school or had minor encounters with law enforcement. Greenberg and Pupillo describe their experiences as first-generation immigrants, how that experience often relates to their students, and their own very early starts in the garment industry. As most faculty do, they remain involved in the industry to stay abreast of technological advancements. Greenberg talks about meeting his wife and how he came to be recruited for his initial position. The three discuss the minutiae of patternmaking and the skills their students take to the field. They then talk about changes in student demographics and their hopes for an upper division. Finally, they discuss the Irving Curtis Scholarship Fund and the Harry Greenberg Scholarship Fund, as well as the scholarship provided by Symphony Fabrics
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.The Fashion Service Network consists of a group of experienced professionals who assist fashion companies seeking to expand, strengthen, and energize their businesses. Four members of this organization participate in a panel discussion, giving practical advice strategies for employment and for entering the fashion industry, and addressing students and faculty who are considering new FIT entrepreneurial programs, start-up challenges, etc.Participants: Michael Stanley (Rosenthal & Rosenthal), Andrew Jassin (Jassin O'Rourke Group), Tom Nastos (ENK International Trade Events), Steve Defontes (Big Idea Advertising), Stuart Kagel (24Seven)
Faces and Places in Fashion: Lily Yan Zhou: Han couture influenced by historic Chinese dynasties
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.Ms. Zhou describes the origins of the Han Couture design line and competition, shows a video with selections from a recent competition, and then has two of her colleagues model several garments