Category Archives: Work

Work by an alum, student, or professor of FIT.

ALL THE SCHOOL’S A STAGE

FIT is in bloom this month — and we’re not talking boring old flowers. Through May 23, the culminating work of 800 graduating Art and Design students is displayed all throughout the school; for example, Accessories Design and Photography in … Continue reading

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WHAT I LEARNED FROM STARTING A MEN’S UNDERWEAR BRAND

Vasumathi Soundararajan, Fashion Design ’10, chief underwearist of the new brand Ken Wroy, recounts her most salient lessons from her first year in business. When doing market research, sales associates are the best teachers. They do like to talk. I … Continue reading

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INSIDE THE JEWELRY DESIGNER’S STUDIO

Independent jewelry designers can often be found at the bench, hammering away at itty bits of metal. But corporate designers work much differently. Charu Mehta, Jewelry Design ’11, associate jewelry designer for the Adelington Design Group, part of Fifth & … Continue reading

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THE BEST DESIGN JOB YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF

In the Spring 2013 issue of Hue, textile designers and developers at four companies talked about their process. A fifth, Yuko Yamaguchi, Illustration ’10, at Tom Cody Design, didn’t fit in the issue. But Hue thinks her job, and her … Continue reading

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FIT ALUMNUS DRESSES MISS UNIVERSE; OR, GLOBAL POWER SHIFTS WEST

Each year, the Fashion Design department selects two graduating students to participate in the Supima Design Competition, an interschool challenge to make garments out of Supima cotton. Last year, Kyle Pearson, Fashion Design ’12, was selected. His inspiration for the … Continue reading

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