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Commencement 2017: H. Carl McCall
No full textGreetings: H. Carl McCall, Chair, SUNY Board of Trustee
Sustainability: A Campus Community Discussion (2017 Committee on Sustainability)
No full textThe Faculty Senate Committee on Sustainability held a town hall event featuring Jessica Schreiber, founder of FABSCRAP, with panelists discussing sustainability in the classroom. Faculty facilitators were Asta Skocir, Knitwear, Arthur Kopelman, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor, and Amy Lemmon, English and Communication Studies
Methods of Basic Sewing, v. 20. Inserted Neckline Placket
No full text“Methods of Basic Sewing” was produced by FIT in 1982 and is still used today. It’s an FIT classic!Instructor, Nurie Relis; Technical supervision, Hedda Gold; fashion illustration, Linda Tain; television supervision, Lee White; produced and directed by Jeffrey Buchman
Library Professional Development Day: Greenspace NYC
No full textThe FIT Library's 2018 Professional Development Day was "Go Green: Eco City Living" and featured guest speakers on a variety of subjects relating to sustainability.Greenspace NYC is a non-profit collaborative that develops and curates free educational programming, hands-on workshops, and public design projects that encourage dialogue, enliven public spaces, and promote the future of a more equitable and sustainable city
Library Professional Development Day: Sun Tect's Andrew Haner
No full textThe FIT Library's 2018 Professional Development Day was "Go Green: Eco City Living" and featured guest speakers on a variety of subjects relating to sustainability.suntect is a full service architectural studio committed to working with a client’s goals collaboratively, achieving program and budgetary goals with progressive design.Andrew Haner has over a decade of experience in architectural design and construction, specializing in commercial, residential, retail, and interiors work. Involved on projects from conception to completion, Andrew consults with clients to determine program needs, prepares budgetary analysis and space planning, executes construction drawing sets, and provides construction administration.Committed to sustainable design, Andrew became a LEED AP and acted as project manager for L’Oreal USA’s first LEED-CI Silver project in New York City while on staff at Allen + Killcoyne Architects. This sensitivity towards environmental considerations continues to manifest itself in every project suntect designs.When not in the studio, Andrew continues to shape the public discussion on architecture and sustainabilty by contributing as a faculty member at local colleges and universities. Andrew is a Registered Architect in New York State and LEED Accredited Professional
Ballerina Symposium: Theresa Ruth Howard "Dark Muse: Balanchine and Blackness"
No full textBallerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse was The Museum at FIT’s 23rd academic symposium. The one-day event explored the ways in which twentieth-century ballerinas and their glamorous, romantic costumes profoundly inspired modern fashion. #BallerinaExhibitionTheresa Ruth Howard danced with Dance Theatre of Harlem and was a founding member of Armitage Gone! Dance. Founder and curator of Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet, a website documenting nearly 500 dancers of color, Howard has become an internationally recognized teacher, lecturer, and consultant
Faces and Places in Fashion: William L. McComb
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.Recently appointed CEO of Liz Claiborne, Mr. McComb describes his early career in merchandising and his arrival at LIz Claiborne at a time of great change. He explains the recent strategy for purchasing the Juicy Couture, Kate Spade and Mexx companies and the hiring of Isaac Mizrahi to update the Liz Line. He identifies fit and seasonal availability as the two biggest problems that fashion merchandising is facing
Faces and Places in Fashion: Vickt Tiel
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.After graduating from Parsons, Ms. Tiel settled in Paris with a business partner and set up a boutique called Mia and Vicky, where among other things she designed what she calls the world's first mini skirt. Ms. Tiel explains that she is just finishing a memoir called "The Power of a Dress" where she remembers and credits all of the people who mentored her in her career and describes how she made it as an artist. Her current concentration is bridalwear for Bergdorf Goodman. A brief video illustrates highlights from her career
Are Face Masks Fashion?
No full textMasks are a regular feature of pandemic life, and we might be wearing them for many seasons to come. Where does function end and fashion begin? Hue magazine interviewed alumni designers, curators from The Museum at FIT, a journalist, and an accessories professor to get the scoop on face mask style