Tag: Trends

  • Time for a Wardrobe Change!

    After so many weeks of cold weather, it’s finally time for a wardrobe change! New York summers are hot and sweaty, but they are also filled with fabulous summer outfits. Practicality influences fashion choices and designs. It isn’t just a coincidence that summer clothes are made out of lighter fabrics such as linen and cotton;…

  • Fashion Forecasting: Seeing into the Future

    Have you ever wondered who decides that olive is the “color of the season”? Or who says that chokers are a “thing” again? These trends are determined by Fashion Forecasters, or as I like to call them, the Fairy Godmothers of style. By collecting styles from the past and from the present, these trend detectives and fashion…

  • FIT Photography Class Trends 2016

    Hey Precollegers! Unlike most of the courses offered at FIT, photography is one of the subjects that isn’t fashion oriented. Walking around campus on a Saturday or Sunday, you’ll see a majority of precollege students donning the newest trends and designer clothing and accessories. However, in the photography department, things run a little differently. Not…

  • What is Fashion Forecasting?

    Hello readers! I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. As the semester comes to an end in 3 short weeks, I thought I would go over what I’m learning in HFM 060: Fashion Forecasting: Seeing Into The Future. I took this course because I’ve always wondered why certain trends happen. Is there a science…

  • Fashionable Students of F.I.T

    If I had a list of ‘awesome amazing days,’ today would definitely top the list, no doubt. For today’s Fashion Forecasting class, we visited 6 retailer stores: H&M, Zara, Gap, Urban Outfitters, Uniqlo, Victoria’s Secret. No, this wasn’t a shopping trip; we used our skills and gathered data from taking notes on the clothes to predict…

  • Trends?

    For me, my view on the importance of following trends goes both ways. For instance I don’t think people should have to be “slaves” to the trends each season brings (unless they want to!), people should be able to wear whatever they like despite whether it’s trendy or not. And that’s typically how I am,…