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FIT Menswear Fashion Show: 1991 Spring
No full textFIT student fashion show featuring menswear designs.Menswear class of 1991. Student designers include: Victorio Sisto, John Kern, Jo Damasch, Karen Heaney, Earl Hunt, Dilma Diaz, Wanda Golden, Bob Cesar, Brad Volnick, Jodi Madle, Brenna Woods, Andrew Reyes, Carl Chiara, Robert Friederich, Anthony Caputo, Danny Long, Omar McGlone. Guest critic: Tommy Hilfiger. Produced and directed by John Karl. Choreographer: Martin Shows Inc. Student director: D. Long. Mens Fashion Production Club president: D. Long. Menswear Club president: Omar McGlone
FIT Authors Talks: Elizabeth Way on Black Designers in American Fashion
No full textElizabeth Way, associate curator at The Museum at FIT, presents on her book, Black Designers in American Fashion. Q&A to follow.From Elizabeth Keckley’s designs as a freewoman for Abraham Lincoln’s wife to flamboyant clothing showcased by Patrick Kelly in Paris, Black designers have made major contributions to American fashion. However, many of their achievements have gone unrecognized. This book, inspired by the award-winning exhibition Black Fashion Designers at The Museum at FIT, uncovers hidden histories of Black designers at a time when conversations about representation and racialized experiences in the fashion industry have reached all-time highs
Art/Works: Nationalism, Cultural Appropriation, and Design
No full textTeaching Business and Labor History to Art and Design Students presents the Art/Works: Teaching Labor and Capitalism in Art and Design symposium.Panel 7. Nationalism, Cultural Appropriation, and Design: Marc de Jong, Fashion Institute of Technology; Gabrielle Lauricella, Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology; Meeta Roy, Fashion Institute of Technology; Nimet Degirmencioglu, North Carolina State University; Chair: Praveen Chaudhry, Fashion Institute of TechnologyArtists and designers aspire to be creative geniuses, and they often are. But they are also bosses, employees, members of professional associations, and citizens of nations that encourage and restrain their creative work in various ways. Art and design students are generally not taught the intricacies of those other roles, how to navigate them, or how to change them. This virtual symposium brings together professionals and educators to explore pedagogical practices in business and labor history for Art and Design students and curricula. In a series of panels and networking sessions, professionals, educators, and students discuss how art and design industries and careers are shaped by labor practices, unions and collectives, workplace equity (or lack thereof), internships, and the history of racial discrimination, cultural appropriation, and other topics in art and design.The Teaching Business and Labor History to Art and Design project is directed by Daniel Levinson Wilk, Ph.D., and Kyunghee Pyun, Ph.D.Teaching Business and Labor History to Art and Design Students has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Humanities Connections Implementation Grants
2019 Sustainable Business and Design Conference: Fashion 4 Development
No full textModerator: WWD RepresentativeSpeakers: Jeanine Ballone, Fashion 4 Development (F4D); Evie Evangelou, Fashion 4 Development (F4D)The Sustainability Council at FIT hosts a Sustainable Business and Design Conference each spring. The event provides a platform for collaboration and discussion throughout the creative industries, highlighting advances in sustainable design and thought leadership. Environmental and social challenges and potential solutions are explored through innovative student projects, cross-institutional research, and industry partnerships. In recent years, breakout sessions have included topics such as farm-to-fashion, textile development, sustainable fashion supply chain, mindfulness in design, and packaging materials and recycling. The wide-ranging program features keynote speakers, panels, and projects that delve into pressing issues and exciting developments in the industry.This year’s Sustainable Business and Design Conference theme was Innovating for the Future. It offers branding and speaking opportunities, as well as brand logo placement on conference marketing collateral
2019 Sustainable Business and Design Conference: Innovation with PVH
No full textSpeaker: Melanie Steiner, PVHThe Sustainability Council at FIT hosts a Sustainable Business and Design Conference each spring. The event provides a platform for collaboration and discussion throughout the creative industries, highlighting advances in sustainable design and thought leadership. Environmental and social challenges and potential solutions are explored through innovative student projects, cross-institutional research, and industry partnerships. In recent years, breakout sessions have included topics such as farm-to-fashion, textile development, sustainable fashion supply chain, mindfulness in design, and packaging materials and recycling. The wide-ranging program features keynote speakers, panels, and projects that delve into pressing issues and exciting developments in the industry.This year’s Sustainable Business and Design Conference theme was Innovating for the Future. It offers branding and speaking opportunities, as well as brand logo placement on conference marketing collateral
Fashion Culture: 50 Years of The Museum at FIT: Fashion as Cultural Heritage
No full textOn Thursday, March 14, 2019, as part of its ongoing 50th anniversary celebration, The Museum at FITheld this panel discussion about fashion museums, the fashion industry, and the cultural heritage of fashion. Panelists include Dr. Valerie Steele, director of The Museum at FIT; Professor Susan Scafidi, director of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham University; and moderator Felicia Caponigri, an American lawyer and PhD student at IMT School for Advanced Studies in Lucca, Italy
Annette Piecora interview, 1994 December 1
No full textAnnette Piecora joined FIT in 1977 as a clerical assistant under Gladys Marcus and Jean-Ellen Gibson, the chair of the social science department. Piecora would work in both the personnel department and faculty services department before finding a long-term position in the president’s office. Piecora mentions meeting her husband, Professor Steve Harrington of the social services department, through FIT. Piecora worked with Marvin Feldman and Allan Herschfield, and discusses how she began working for the Board of Trustees as assistant secretary of the college. Piecora expresses excitement for recent funding which would allow distance learning and talks of planning an upcoming 50th anniversary holiday party. She then lists many changes at FIT in faculty and student make-up and also mentions how its rapid growth and budget cuts have led to a loss of community in some senses. However, she credits the important work of the union in restoring gain-sharing relationships and holding the college together. Picora describes her work with the Student Faculty Cooperation which determines funding for various arms of Student Life. Finally, she remembers the dedication of the Marvin Feldman Center and goes on to discuss budget cuts and her own work on the union’s executive committee
Jean Ellen Giblin interview, 1994 November 21
No full textJean Ellen Giblin, the Vice President of Academic Affairs at the time of this interview, explains how she came to FIT as an economics professor in 1970. She was later Chair of the Social Science Department as well as the curriculum committee. After a time, she was asked to work on the development of the new upper division program which had a marketing option in international trade. She talks fondly of that creative work and how it led her to become the acting Dean of the Business and Technology Department, and ultimately led to her role at the time of the interview. Giblin reflects on the intimate nature of FIT when she joined and how that has evolved due to the growth of the school and its development of a 4-year program. Industry pushed for the creation of a 4-year program, though FIT maintained an upside-down approach to education wherein specialties were taught before general liberal arts. Giblin discusses FIT’s approval by the Board of Education and SUNY, and then talks about the support provided by the Educational Foundation. She talks about how industry advisory boards keep each program relevant, and then launches into a discussion about FIT’s international and domestic student body and how it has evolved through the years. FIT has also evolved its own programs to serve a wider array of industries in the city. Giblin praises the wide-ranging work of unions at FIT. She then discusses statutory campuses and FIT’s graduate program launched by Bob Gutman. Finally, she talks about the inherent creativity of the faculty and discusses the future of the school
Interview of Rosalind Snyder, founding Dean of FIT, 1984 November 1
No full textRosalind Snyder, Founder Dean Emeritus 1944-1963 of FIT, discusses the Institute’s inception at the Central High School of Needle Trades, it’s founding vision, and it’s progression to a college-level institution. Snyder describes the educational trajectory that led to her initial post as Assistant Director alongside Dr. Mortimer Ritter at FIT. She describes the early demographics of students and the evolution of FIT’s curriculum and educational policy, detailing close relationships with the fashion industry itself. Snyder discusses the spirit of collaboration and creativity in the early days of FIT, listing founding educators and innovators who helped the Institute flourish. Snyder pays particular attention to the 1950s wherein FIT found a home on 27th street and, in 1951, was authorized as a community college; cementing its status as an academic institution of note. Snyder retired from her post in 1963, but asserts her continued belief in the permanence of FIT’s unique vision of creative exploration
Shoe Symposium: Head to Toe
No full textMFIT curators Melissa Marra-Alvarez and Elizabeth Way talk about their exhibition "Head to Toes" for The Museum at FIT's 25th academic symposium "Stilettos to Sneakers: A Virtual Shoe Symposium" on December 3, 2021. This virtual event brings together scholars and curators and their new research on the social and cultural significance of shoes