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Kurta Collaboration Exhibit: FIT and India’s Pearl Academy

by Rachel Ellner Posted on November 3, 2021

The current “Style Journey” exhibition in the Art and Design Gallery has an extensive section on contemporary kurtas, hand-embroidered and collaboratively designed by FIT Textile/Surface Design students and by Fashion Design students from Pearl Academy in India. We asked Textile … Continue reading →

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A Passage to India 20 Feet at a Time

by Rachel Ellner Posted on December 17, 2018

There was a special rapport and intimacy shared at the recent fabric and embroidery workshops led by Dr. Vaddi Sarvani from the National Institute of Fashion Technology in Hyderbad, India. The visiting professor spent a week teaching saree draping and … Continue reading →

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