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May 08, 2013

The Future of Fashion is Revealed at FIT

Tomorrow’s Top Designers Display Their Talent on the Runway Read More
April 23, 2013

RetroSpective: On View at The Museum at FIT in New York City

May 22, 2013 – November 16, 2013   Read More
April 19, 2013

Three Ways to Catch the Future of Fashion FIT’s Annual Fashion Show

Live on the Runway
Live on the Web
and 
Live in 3D Read More
April 10, 2013

Ou Ma Wins Loehmann’s NY Design Challenge

Fashion Design student creates an avant-garde evening wear design based on iconic New York City landmark, the Guggenheim Museum. Read More
April 10, 2013

Sehyun Park Wins 2013 Joe’s Blackbook Design Scholarship Competition

Receives $10,000 Scholarship in Women’s Wear Category Read More
March 19, 2013

Forward Fashions for Fall 2013 on the Runway at FIT

Approximately 80 outstanding looks created by graduating Fashion Design students will be selected from a field of 330, including sportswear, special occasion, knitwear, intimate apparel, and children’s wear. Read More
March 21, 2013

George Kaufman, Kay Krill, Stefano Tonchi to be Honored at FIT Annual Gala

“FIT is extremely fortunate to have three outstanding honorees this year,” said Dr. Joyce F. Brown, president of FIT. “Each brings a wealth of experience, expertise, and creativity to their respective fields." Read More
March 19, 2013

FIT Dean Interviewed on Business Insider

Steven Frumkin discusses how technology has empowered shoppers to become the driving force of retail trends.  Read More
March 19, 2013

Co-Founder and CEO of Rent the Runway to Speak to FIT Students

Since launching Rent the Runway, Jennifer Hyman has managed marketing, merchandising, technology, and operations. Read More
March 06, 2013

FIT President Receives City & State’s Above and Beyond Award

Dr. Joyce F. Brown is being honored in the Public Service category for her achievements as an educator and academic administrator.   Read More
February 28, 2013

Faculty Member Illustrates 2013 Lunar New Year Stamp

This is Kam Mak’s sixth design in the U.S. Postal Service's twelve-year series to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Read More
February 20, 2013

Students and Professor on Good Day NY

Their Design Relief Project offers free design plans to Long Beach families whose homes were damaged by Hurricane Sandy.   Read More
February 04, 2013

Boots: The Height of Fashion

On View at The Museum at FIT March 5 through April 6, 2013 Read More
January 17, 2013

FIT Student is Miss America 2013

Mallory Hagan, an Advertising and Marketing Communication AAS student, is the 92nd Miss America. Read More

Jewelry Design Students Win Eyewear Design Contest

Everything is in focus for Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) Jewelry Design students Patricia Tovar and Sun Hyang Ha, winners of Silhouette Optical Ltd.’s first design contest at FIT.  Read More

Toy Design Program Founder and Chair to be Inducted into Toy Industry Hall of Fame

Judith Ellis founded the nation’s first baccalaureate program in Toy Design, which launched in 1989 at FIT. The program has more than 350 alumni who have designed more than 3,500 products. Read More
December 06, 2012

Michael Kors Endows Scholarship at FIT

FIT has received a $1 million gift from fashion designer and FIT alumnus Michael Kors to establish an endowed scholarship for a Fashion Design student. Read More
October 25, 2012

Shoe Obsession Exhibition

The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology presents Shoe Obsession, an exhibition that examines our culture’s ever-growing fascination with extravagant and fashionable shoes. On view February 8 - April 13, 2013. Read More

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April 30, 2013

Fashion Institute of Technology Commended by Mayor Bloomberg for Meeting – and Exceeding – the Mayor's “Carbon Challenge”

City’s PlaNYC Initiative Designed to Cut Greenhouse Gases, Improve Air Quality, and Fight Climate Control Read More
April 04, 2013

Freddie Torberntsson Wins Maybelline Packaging Design Competition

Design to Go Into Limited Production Read More
March 27, 2013

FIT Hosts Talk by Rabbi Isidoro Aizenberg and Exhibition of Paintings: Genocide Among the Flowers

FIT’s 12th Annual Holocaust Commemoration
Free and Open to the Public Read More
March 11, 2013

FIT President and MFIT Director Selected as New York City “Makers”

Profiles on WNET/Channel Thirteen Website Include Women Who Have Inspired Them

Thirteen Celebrates Women Is in Partnership with PBS Documentary Makers: Women Who Made America

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