Fashion and farming, a fitting match for FIT students

Fashion and farming happen to be two of the oldest words in the English language yet are on the tongues of today’s emerging design talent. The dual industries also happen to be top sources of pollution, also something which preoccupies the upcoming generation. A group of students from Fashion Institute of Technology’s MFA Fashion Design program, which launched in 2017, traveled to Peru for a two-week field trip to explore the country’s sourcing and manufacturing operations. They presented their individual findings in a symposium which covered topics from Peru’s economy, its ethical credentials, knitwear capabilities, to agriculture and shearing practices.