Tag: Trends
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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Keeping an Open Mind
For my Fashion Forecasting class, we took a trip to Macy’s. We had an assignment, which was to pick a department (either women’s, men’s, children’s, or accessories) and answer a few questions. Whichever department we chose for the assignment had to be the department we use for our end of semester project, in which we…
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My Final Project: Trend Boards
It’s so sad that this class is coming to an end. I’ve truly enjoyed my class so much and I’ve met some really cool people. Overall, it was an amazing experience and I’ve taken advantage of my Saturdays to learn more about New York City. Now whenever I go into the city with my friends…
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Black, White, and Red All Over
After completing 5 weeks of HFM064: The Ins and Outs of Fashion Merchandising, I have already learned more from my short time participating in my first FIT Precollege Program class, than I have in my many months of online research and Vogue magazine browsing. The extra information I have received in class has really furthered…