Digital Initiatives

A platform created by the Gladys Marcus Library to showcase everything that makes FIT a unique educational institution. This open access digital archive is designed to collect, preserve, and provide access to the intellectual and creative output of the FIT community.

An online video platform of lectures, events, and instruction curated by the FIT Library.

A collection of tens of thousands of fashion images curated by the FIT Library over the course of decades. This collection includes magazine and newspaper clippings, runway shots, fashion illustrations and promotional materials. Access is restricted to members of the FIT community.

A platform created by the FIT Library's Special Collections and College Archives to showcase the rare and unique materials from our collections that have been digitized, including original fashion sketches, photographs, illustrations, and historic fashion plates.

From 1941 to 2014, Ruth Finley published the Fashion Calendar, an independent, weekly periodical that served as the official scheduling clearinghouse for the American fashion industry. Digitized by the Fashion Institute of Technology, the Fashion Calendar is now searchable, graphable and mappable.

The FIT Digital Image Library (FITDIL) is an online digital repository of art history images for FIT's History of Art department. Access to the majority of content is restricted to members of the FIT community. Check here for more information.

An initiative of the FIT Library to showcase the scholarship and creativity of the FIT community, as well as to promote our collections.

Led by Professor Anna Blume (History of Art Dept.), this initiative is a resource for the study of the aesthetically complex, anomalous ancient Native American lithics known as bannerstones.

An augmented reality (AR) experience that allows users to “try on” rare and unique materials from the FIT Library’s Special Collections and College Archives (SPARC). With a variety of hats, scarves, and earrings featured in original fashion sketches by legendary artists, this AR experience brings historic source material to life.

A timeline highlighting key moments in FIT's illustrious history