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  • Farm-home inspiration for handbag finalist

    Rachel Ellner

    It’s all gone into her handbag:  The upstairs dresser in her grandparent’s Midwest farmhouse, memories of dressing up in vintage clothes, ballet and tap dance classes. For Kathleen Friedman, finalist for the Independent Handbag Designer Award, her sources of inspiration are as suggestive of  a romance novel as they are for accessories design. “My bag was…

  • From the desk of Edward Irizarry

    Rachel Ellner

    Ad man from the 60’s Edward J. Irizarry & FIT student in his 80s, GOING STRONG @ 90. #StayingInTheZone   by Edward J. Irizarry “He charmed the young ladies in the class with recollections of his days working on the Sears Roebuck Catalog” says Prof. Debbie Deas of a more recent class Mr. Irizarry attended, CG 111 Survey…

  • FIT students clutch finalist spots in handbag contest

    Rachel Ellner

    Thanks to three FIT students, “Handbag Decision Paralysis,” may become more serious for the handbag obsessed. Coined by Wall St. Journal reporter Rachel Dodes, the term playfully refers to those with “commitment phobia in the accessories milieu.” In early May it was announced that FIT’s Stephanie Carnes, Palwasha Iqbal and Kathleen Friedman were finalists in the…

  • Congratulations fashion design students Milan!

    Rachel Ellner

    FIT’s graduating Milan students wreath their college pinnacle!

  • Communication Design students moving forward

    Rachel Ellner

    “When first-year Communication Design students put up their work and stand back, they say ‘Wow! I didn’t realize I did this much!’” says Prof. Leslie Blum about the end-of-year review of student work from the two-year foundation program. “Now everything they’ve done in the first year makes sense to them.”  The design principals are the same…

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