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Unveiling the Graduates 2023 collection: Fashion Institute of Technology

As the class of 2023 completes their academic journey in becoming fashion professionals, the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) recently showcased the graduates' final collections with huge success. Stepping into the fashion industry, those collections play a crucial role for graduates to expand their network and share their work. As the...

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With Love Halston scholarship awards return to FIT

The third With Love Halston scholarship awards took place on May 15 at a select gathering at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT). The scholarship, founded by the late American fashion designer Roy Halston Frowick’s niece, Lesley Frowick, to celebrate and honor his fashion legacy, launched in spring last year with a glittering affair at NYC...

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FIT honours Karlie Kloss and Victor Glemaud at Future of Fashion Celebration

The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York has announced a date for the Future of Fashion Celebration and Honors, where notable fashion figureheads Victor Glemaud and Karlie Kloss will be celebrated on May 10, 2023. The event will be hosted by prominent model Ashley Graham. Glemaud, a designer and alumnus of the university, will be...

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Afterpay invites Gen Z designer Colin LoCascio to conduct student workshop during NYFW

Afterpay launched its fourth season as principal partner of NYFW with a focus on the future of our industry and a student-centered event held in the Xperience Center of Spring Studios. Afterpay with IMG invited NYC fashion students from a selection of local schools to participate in a live, interactive workshop with young designer Colin LoCascio...

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Museum at FIT: Celebrating 50 Years of Hip Hop in American fashion

When you open the doors of the Museum at FIT their red carpet guides you down two roads, one of which leads you through double doors decorated with two photos of fashionable everyday New Yorkers taken by photographer Jamel Shabazz. As you walk through and down the stairwell you’re greeted with more colorful photos taken by Shabazz which all...

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Leonard A. Lauder launches cosmetics scholarship fund with FIT

Fashion school the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York has announced a new one million dollar scholarship in collaboration with Leonard A. Lauder, former chairman of global cosmetics giant the Estée Lauder Companies (ELC), as per a press release shared by the school. The new FIT opportunity, entitled ‘Scholarship in Cosmetics and...

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Bloomingdale’s and FIT launch Sustainable Innovation Fund

US fashion department store chain Bloomingdale’s is celebrating its 150th anniversary this autumn and has teamed up with the Fashion Institute of Technology to launch the Bloomingdale's x FIT Sustainable Innovation Fund. It has also announced the launch of its new social purpose platform entitled b the change. The aim of the Sustainable Fashion...

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FIT Class of 2022 MFA fashion students present thesis collections entitled Unbound

Fashion Institute of Technology presented its class of 2022 MFA design students this week in a runway show in the school’s Pomerantz Center. Collectively entitled “Unbound” the work of the 13 graduates was each introduced by a short video created by the student which captured the mood behind their thesis collection. Then models wearing 5 of...

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FIT Class of 2022 Future of Fashion Graduate Show

The Fashion Institute of Technology runway show returned in person this week for the first time in three years with an outdoors catwalk erected on the breezeway between Manhattan’s 7th and 8th avenues. Sponsored by Macy’s, FIT’s Future of Fashion class of 2022 had been mentored by industry critics such as designers Sally LaPointe and Jeffrey...

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FIT and Elmira College partner to advance the Tommy Hilfiger Fashion Business School program

The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) and Elmira College (EC) have partnered to advance students’ who complete Elmira’s Tommy Hilfiger Fashion Business School program; it is a business education programme that provides real-world fashion industry experience. The aim of the partnership is to encourage EC graduates who complete the programme...

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American Alliance of Museums reaccredits MFIT with highest national recognition afforded museums

The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (MFIT) has been reaccredited with the highest national recognition afforded museums in the United States by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM). Three percent of the nation’s estimated 35,000 museums are currently accredited. Every ten years, museums must meet specific standards following a...

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Halston's legacy inspires the future of fashion on his 90th birthday

The family of late designer Halston, along with the team behind WithLoveHalston.org hosted an afternoon of fashion, art and anecdotes last Sunday in New York City to honor what would have been the designer’s 90th birthday. Fashion luminaries such as Fern Mallis, Ken Downing, designers Ralph Rucci, Naeem Khan, and jeweler David Yurman, were on...