Month: April 2012

  • Look what I stepped upon.

    While assisting a FIT Library visitor the other day, I stumbled upon an amazing article on custom shoes in a periodical called, of all things, World of Footwear.   Israeli designer, Kobi Levi is always on the creative edge when it comes to inspiring fancy footwear.   Take a look at these and other new designs and…

  • Summer dressing

    Woot!  Summer (dressing) is coming! The weather has been really warm here in the city.  Trees are blooming on 27th street, the sun is shining, Spring Break is gone already!  You all are working on final projects, the fiscal year is drawing to a close, and that can only mean one thing!  It’s going to…

  • Fashionable words

    Here at FIT, we all think about fashion a lot. Which is different from how I grew up. I remember my mom always taking time to point out well-made fabric, thick seam allowances, good linings and natural fibers. She’d learned this stuff from her grandmother, who was a dressmaker in Greenpoint, Brooklyn in the 1890s.…