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FIT 4th Semester Student Fashion Show: 1992 Spring
No full textFIT student fashion show featuring clothing designed by 4th semester F.I.T. students. "Fashion Momentum: Spring 1992." Designs feature Sportswear, Knitwear Design, Current Scene, Plus Sizes, Intimate Apparel, Tailored Design, Design Studio, Award Winners.NOTE: portions of this video may be muted due to copyright
Ogilvy Afrofuturism Fashion Show
No full textThe Ogilvy Afrofuturism Fashion Show closed out Black History Month 2022 with an exploration of Afrofuturism and fashion in partnership with FIT. The fashion show features creations from up-and-coming designers Khyri Ford, Zhané Norman, Abigail Ohene-Kyei, and Bryan Wilson Jr
Sustainable Business and Design Conference: 2022 Pathways to Impact: Impact Video - Grad Student Highlight
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.Graduate student Hillary Higginbotham talks about her project in World Dress and Textiles in Museum Collections
Faces and Places in Fashion: Ludwig Heissmeyer and Rebecca Kita of Carolina Herrera
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.Ludwig Heissmeyer and Rebecca Kita, Vice President of Product Development and Vice President of sales at Carolina Herrera, join us for Faces and Places in Fashion
Unstoppable: Fashion Design MFA Showcase 2021
No full textThe School of Graduate Studies presents a video showcase from the Fashion Design MFA program’s class of 2021 titled Unstoppable. This video features 14 designers discussing their points of view and the inspiration behind their graduate collections. As the title suggests, the video also represents the students’ tremendous determination in the face of the pandemic year.Through a process of exploration, discovery, and faculty mentorship, each student has created their fashion collection and accompanying video with an understanding of their potential to claim their own space in the field of fashion design
Globally Connected: Global Identities in Focus: The New Fashion Vanguard of Eastern Europe
No full textAs we look to a post-pandemic world, a new generation of designers, artists and creative leaders are reimagining the future of fashion. We talk to those working in the rapidly growing creative economy of Eastern Europe to discuss their work, inspiration and the creative influence of the region.Hosted by Zeke Edwards, a Cultural Fellow and undergraduate student in the Entrepreneurship for the Fashion & Design Industries program and Marissa Lee, an undergraduate student in the Advertising & Marketing Communications program. Zeke works as a fashion sales and marketing specialist and Marissa is the Junior Editor at Mission Magazine and a freelance writer.Panelists: Maia Gogiberidze: As the founder & CEO of Materiel Tbilisi, Gogiberidze has used her expertise to build a contemporary fashion house in partnership with one of Georgia’s oldest apparel manufacturers. Materiel has a sustainable focus and serves as a launching pad for many of the country’s top designers. In 2016, Gogiberidze expanded her work in founding Tbilisi-based concept store DOTS, interacting with foreign markets and customers alongside those in her native Tbilisi.Salome Mikashavidze: Originally from Georgia, Salome built a foundation working with noteworthy Tbilisi-based brands, including the likes of Materiel Tbilisi. Transitioning to her work as founder & CEO of fashion sales and PR agency NOIZY, Mikashavidze currently works with a number of the country’s most prominent emerging designers and creatives. She is a Tbilisi tastemaker and expert fashion brand developer who is actively shaping the creative landscape of Georgia
FIT presents Steve Madden
No full textIn 1990, with 1 billion in merchandise annually in 60 countries. When Madden visited FIT on April 12, to be interviewed by Amy Levin, founder and creative director of CollegeFashionista.com, students lined up hours in advance and filled every seat in the Katie Murphy Amphitheatre. Madden, wearing his trademark baseball cap, discussed his influences and dispensed uncensored advice to his enthusiastic fans
Changemakers in Action: Keynote Speaker: Stacy Flynn
No full textCarrie Phillips, Co-Founding Partner, BPCM, in Conversation with Stacy Flynn of Evrnu, keynote speaker for the 15th Annual Sustainable Business and Design Conference.Stacy Flynn is the CEO and a founding partner of Evrnu, a textile innovations company. An accomplished sustainable systems expert, Flynn is committed to developing innovative fiber technologies that reduce textile waste and preserve natural resources. Under Flynn’s leadership, Evrnu is working to solve the most pressing challenges facing the global textile and apparel industry. In 2019 Evrnu debuted NuCycl, a technology that transforms garment waste into a resource by recovering the raw materials for reuse. Evrnu has been recognized as an organization making notable contributions to the circular economy as well as being named in 2018 Fast Company World Changing Ideas.Flynn is a TEDx and keynote speaker and a passionate voice of authority advocating for materials reuse for sustainability in textiles. She is an Unreasonable Impact Fellow, along with a cohort of CEOs that are advancing other world-changing ideas.Prior to founding the company in 2014 with her business partner Christo Stanev, Flynn worked as a global textile specialist for nearly two decades in roles at DuPont, Eddie Bauer, and Target. She holds an MBA in Sustainable Systems from Presidio Graduate Institute and a Bachelor of Science degree in Textile Development and Marketing from the Fashion Institute of Technology
Changemakers in Action: Education of Women and Girls, A Global Challenge and UN Sustainable Development Goal
No full textA discussion moderated by Dr. Deborah Berhanu with Asmeret Berhe-Lumax, Gelila Bekele, and Dr. Theanne Schiro
Sustainability Awareness Week 2021: FIT Biodesign Roundtable with FIT’s Sustainability Ambassador, Amber Valletta
No full textBiodesign Challenge is an educational program and competition that is shaping the first generation of biodesigners. FIT has partnered with the Biodesign Challenge to envision, create, and critique transformational applications in biotech. FIT students have won the Biodesign Challenge and have started their own businesses using their sustainable designs to solve environmental industry challenges.FIT’s Sustainability Ambassador, Amber Valletta, will sit down with previous FIT Biodesign winners to discuss the significance of biotechnology in fashion design, how brands can incorporate these sustainable materials into their products and the overall impact it will make on the future of fashion and the environment.Sustainability is a key component of FIT’s mission and is embedded in the college’s curriculum and operations. During virtual Sustainability Awareness Week, we invite our community to learn about recent innovations from leaders in the industry, FIT students, faculty, staff, and alumni; experience FIT’s efforts to make a positive impact on the earth; and discover new ways to live with a smaller footprint