This past Saturday, I attended the CFDA/Cosmpolitan Fashion Career Summit at Hearst Tower. The day started at 8:15 with registration and breakfast (the muffins were to die for). The event consisted of various sessions with multiple speakers in each session. Some of the speakers were Joanna Coles (the Editor-in-Chief of Cosmpolitan), Cynthia Rowley, Jenn Rogien (Costume Designer …
Category Archives: Events in NYC
Amateur Nights Are the Best Nights
New York is the place to be for established and up and coming performers alike. Seeing your favorite actor in a Broadway show, or your favorite band at the Gramercy Theater is exciting. Yet there is something very exhilarating and distinctly “New York” about hearing an unknown and getting that feeling you just saw the …
Notes From the 6 Train: From the Closet to the Catwalk
Here’s a secret of mine. Sometimes I fear of that I will learn the fashion industry so intimately that I will fall out of love. Fashion and I were introduced early in high school and much like a first crush; it became impossible to ignore her beauty, confidence and freedom. Enthralled, I had to learn more. …
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Sushi Night
There are those nights that you will never forget, and this was one of them for me. Truth is, when I picked FIT one of my decisive factors was its location. New York City is the fashion capital of the world and the city that never sleeps, hence it was perfect for Fashion Merchandising and …
Fashion Evolution: Consumer Power
This was an amazing event I got to attend last Thursday at the Scandinavia House. (the best part, it was completely FREE!) After the host of the event(Yoko Sekiguchi, President of Ampleen) came as a guest speaker to my Import and Export Class, she cordially invited some students to join the event. I for one …