Winter Classes!
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Did you know that you can register for Winter classes online?
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The SMARTER* Clothing Project: BYOF Workshop
By Paige Smith, November 13, 2011 12:00 pm
(Bring Your Old Fabric or
Old Favorites)
Perhaps you are a person who collects ill-fitting garments that you never get around to altering or you have a closet full of “I’m sure I will wear it agains”. Maybe you are a designer looking to join the “green” brigade but not quite sure how. Or possibly you just want to know exactly what sustainable is and how you go about starting the journey.
Come join us for the SMARTER workshop where fun meets facts. This workshop will show you just what to do with that sweater you don’t want to get rid of but will never wear, or show you what you can make from that scrap of fabric that you just can’t bear to throw out all the while learning what makes sustainable design sustainable.
On Sunday, December 11, 2011
from 12 – 3pm learn how to fashionably reduce waste with the SMARTER* Clothing Project team; Bridgett Artise, Iliana Quander and Trudy Miller. Bring your choice of Old Fabric or Old Favorites for the first of many BYO Workshops — come with something old and leave with something new!
Materials needed: Old fabric or Old Favorites (sweaters, hand me downs, vintage finds, can’t throw outs, etc)
Location: FIT’s Seminar Room 9 (SR9)
Fee: $20 CLICK TO REGISTER
Lecture and Book Signing
By Paige Smith, October 12, 2011 6:00 am
Lecture and Book Signing: New York Fashion Week by Eila Mell
October 12, 2011 | 5:00 PM | Barnes & Noble at FIT
Journalist Eila Mell discusses and signs copies of her new book, New York Fashion Week: The Designers, the Models, the Fashions of the Bryant Park Era. For more information, contact Barnes & Noble at FIT, 212-217-5690.
Our Fashion Events Planning facilitator and instructor Barbara Berman
is featured in this book!
Are you a story teller of sorts? And a visual artist?
By Paige Smith, October 10, 2011 7:05 am
Joanne Sherrow @ www.funkyjewels.com
Why not combine the talents and try your hand at creating a mini-comic in this 6 week class of visual sequential art. Whether you want to draw graphic novels, manga, superhero, auto-biographical, strips or web comics, this class is a good starting point.
You will develop worlds, characters, and moods. We will discuss story lines and genres. We will map out the entire mini (12 pages) as a story board layout and discuss balloons, panels, pacing, the function of the gutter, icons, using color, and lettering. Hone your personal style.You will become familiar with the tools, techniques and technology possibilities for creating comics. By the end of the class you will have a proof of your creation ready to be printed as an edition.
Joanne Sherrow teaches CTD 213: Photoshop II: Fashion Design & CTD 910: Comics, Cartooning, and the Computer.
Free Event: It’s not what you know, but who you know!
By Christine Helm, October 5, 2011 7:00 pm
Presenters:
Deb Seidman, President, Green Silk Associates, LLC
Deb works with business leaders to design and implement high-performing organizations. Deb has over 25 years experience both as a consultant and as an internal HR manager in global organizations. She has extensive experience in human capital management, including organization design and change management, team effectiveness, meeting facilitation, performance management, talent management, leadership development and process improvement. Deb holds an M.A. from New York University in Politics with a concentration in International Politics and Business, and a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University.Heidi Wooden, Managing Director, The Wooden Hub
Heidi Wooden is the founder of The Wooden Hub, a business strategy and marketing services firm that provides best practices-based, business focused solutions to small and mid-sized organizations. With a commitment to excellence in service, Heidi is responsible for formulating and executing transformational strategies that yield measurable results. She is an accomplished and sought after global marketing executive with 18 years of experience in the technology, financial services, and professional services sectors. Heidi holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, and a B.A. in English Literature from U.C. Berkeley.Offered by the Enterprise Center at FIT, 7th Ave @ 27th St, Suite D130, NYC
US Flag Fashion
By Paige Smith, September 11, 2011 12:00 pm
Cool New York Talk and Tours
Provide trend-tracking opportunities throughout the city’s most vibrant districts that influence culture, fashion, and lifestyle shifts. Listings here: http://www.fitnyc.edu/3057.asp
Sustainability – the Future of Fashion?
By Paige Smith, September 1, 2011 7:16 am
Carmen Artigas Talks Fashion Sustainability,
The Future Of The Industry & Alexander McQueen
Carmen Artigas teaches SUS 012: Ethical Fashion I & SUS 013: Ethical Fashion II.
More info on the Sustainable Design Entrepreneur Certificate Program.
Fall 2011 Hot Topics Catalog!
By Paige Smith, August 23, 2011 10:57 am
Our catalog is now ONLINE!
Also, check out our new (and EASY!)
way to register online for noncredit courses!!
Toddlers Gone So Sweetly….Stylish!
By Emma Sosa, August 10, 2011 10:03 am
Style can perhaps be easily learned when you are young enough. And it certainly helps if you have a mom that’s stylish. Toddlers today are looking better than ever. I guess we can thank Gucci (see video) as well as Rachel Zoe (now a mom) who is starting a kids line.
Don’t we all want to have “lil” ones to dress. I am fortunate to have a 14 year old son. However, dressing a male is somewhat more limiting than dressing a female. Jeremy has developed his own urban street skate style. I guess I might have influenced him somewhat. And I never knew there were so many different styles and brands of sneakers. Currently, I am enjoying checking out his clothing brands and he is learning how to shop wisely online. A good way for mother and son to bond.
This Fall attend Introduction to Fashion Styling and discover the stylist in you. If you are not in New York, check our courses online: Intro to Fashion Styling and The Out of Towners Guide to Online Vintage Shopping.
Very stylishly yours, Emma Sosa
Emma Sosa teaches SXF 300: Secrets from a Professional Shopper, SXS 100: Introduction to Fashion Styling, SXT 500: Star-Quality Vintage Shopping, and SXT 810: “Going Green” and Staying Fashion Right- Earth Friendly Fashion Stores.
Fall Hot Topics Catalog
By Paige Smith, July 8, 2011 10:45 am
Question of the Month –
“When will the Fall Hot Topics catalog/schedule come out?”
Answer –
Themocracy