Ann Yee (DENYC 2014) Parke & Ronen (DENYC 2012) I also attended this event with Instructor Melissa Hall: http://www.refinery29.com/2014/09/73904/bill-cunningham-fern-mallis-interview Favorite bits: “Fashion is armor to get through life.” “I eat with my eyes.” (In response to question about food. When he moved into his new […]
Category: Students
Congrats to student Julian Andres Arango!
Click below to read the article about student Julian Andres Arango! Going Backstage with Julian Andres Arango of ‘A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder’ By Danielle Contray, August 18, 2014 The lead dresser for the Tony-winning musical shares how he made it to Broadway, […]
Michele Savoia
The Center for Professional Studies mourns the loss of our instructor, colleague, friend and FIT grad, Michele Savoia. Savoia was in the very first Menswear Design class at FIT and after graduating went on to a wonderful career as a custom tailor and costume designer.He […]
Alice + Olivia Ready-to-Wear Fall 2014
By Lesly Xochmitl & Orialys Coriano, FIT Hot Topics Interns Alice + Olivia’s Ready-to-Wear Fall 2014 collection depicted garments that are “dark, sexy, and all tied back to a Victorian element,” (just as Bendent previously stated). She was inspired by Benjamin Lacombe’s fantasyland and whimsical […]
Are You A Design Entrepreneur?
The second (annual I hope) Design Entrepreneurs NYC program came to an amazing finale Thursday evening September 26 with the announcement of two winners of cash awards of 1st place- $25,000 and 2nd place- $10,000. Becca McCharen owner of CHROMAT (chromatgarments.com) placed first in the […]