Big news for FIT resources: The college’s Special Collections and College Archives, a unit part of the Gladys Marcus Library, has unveiled its renovated space worth $3.6 million dollars. The facilities house and protect the approximately 6,000 linear feet of rare and fragile fashion, retail, and related materials in the collection. These include original works …
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Hi all! With the crisp weather *hopefully* in full effect, there are plenty of fun things to do in NYC for the changing season. Here are my recommendations for fun in fall: Attend one of Brooklyn Grange Rooftop Farm’s many rooftop events. It’s the world’s largest green roof farm! They have tons of cool happenings, like rooftop …
Hello there! As a honor student we have to complete three extra curricular activities per semester, which means after being in the honors program for a few years we run out of ideas… As a result we often receive emails giving us suggestions on activities to do. As a huge fan of museums I love doing …
The Couture Council of The Museum at FIT held its annual luncheon on Wednesday, September 7th, honoring Thom Browne with the 2017 Couture Council Award for Artistry of Fashion! The luncheon raised $937,000, with all proceeds benefiting The Museum at FIT. This is the second-highest-grossing luncheon for the museum. President Joyce F. Brown of FIT welcomed an audience of 500 …
Hi all, I hope your semester has been productive thus far! To keep the new-semester momentum rolling, help FIT’s Team AlgiKnit win National Geographic’s Chasing Genius Challenge! Team AlgiKnit has been selected as a finalist in the National Geographic Chasing Genius Challenge for creating sustainable textile materials. WOO! They are the proud winners of the 2016’s Biodesign …
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