Category: student work

  • Deconstructing Knitwear into New Designs

    What’s old can be cut up, re-stitched, and combined with other garments to create complex, fascinating designs – in other words, made new again. Students in Fashion Design Professor Tom Scott’s Intro to Knitwear class (FD357) were assigned to upcycle sweaters donated by C2/Contempo Group, a global sourcing and product development agency. “Every year, we…

  • Collegial Art with Prof. Julia Jacquette

    Energy, excitement, and wide-ranging talent were in evidence in Prof. Julia Jacquette’s Fine Arts course, Painting VI: Sources of Painted Imagery, when Joan Endres from the Dean’s Office came by to view student critiques. Here’s a closer look. The class of 23 students was well along on their assignment, Identity and Cultural Influence, when Endres,…

  • Victor Pickens captures lightning and pride

    It was an evening of performances in praise of the artistry of drag, at Projekt 105 art gallery in Manhattan. It was also the opening of a portraiture series “Drag Queens” by famed photographer Martin Schoeller. With the gallery’s permission, Victor Pickens, (Photography ’23), created a series of his own based on the performances. “It…

  • Don’t Blush! It’s Nicole Windram!

    She’s the fashion director of Blush Magazine who can repurpose clothing as if performing magic tricks. The transformation of one look into a completely different one is a daily personal practice for Nicole Windram. She also applies these skills when styling the layouts for Blush Magazine, FIT’s student-run fashion and culture publication. We talked to…

  • It’s More Than a Game for Clever Evolving Media Students

    Entering FIT’s first full semester of remote learning last fall, Prof. Dan Shefelman says he was searching for a way to approach his Illustration BFA course, Visual Storytelling for Evolving Media II, in an engaging and relevant way. This course, true to its title, is designed to embrace the changing media landscape. “It would be…