{"id":6210,"date":"2014-05-04T19:20:41","date_gmt":"2014-05-04T23:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/?p=6210"},"modified":"2014-05-07T15:19:42","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T19:19:42","slug":"joe-zee-reflects-on-fits-graduating-fashion-design-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/2014\/05\/04\/joe-zee-reflects-on-fits-graduating-fashion-design-talent\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Zee reflects on FIT&#8217;s graduating fashion design talent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;These people&#8230;I don&#8217;t know who they are, but I know they&#8217;ve traveled from four corners of the world to come to FIT.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/downloads\/artanddesign\/files\/2014\/05\/JoeZ1-1.jpg');\"  href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/files\/2014\/05\/JoeZ1-1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6211\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/2014\/05\/04\/joe-zee-reflects-on-fits-graduating-fashion-design-talent\/joez1-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/files\/2014\/05\/JoeZ1-1.jpg?fit=922%2C494&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"922,494\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"JoeZ1-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/files\/2014\/05\/JoeZ1-1.jpg?fit=300%2C160&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/files\/2014\/05\/JoeZ1-1.jpg?fit=922%2C494&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6211 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/files\/2014\/05\/JoeZ1-1.jpg?resize=300%2C160\" alt=\"JoeZ1-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/files\/2014\/05\/JoeZ1-1.jpg?resize=300%2C160&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/files\/2014\/05\/JoeZ1-1.jpg?w=922&amp;ssl=1 922w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They blow me away with their talent, and if that&#8217;s what they are doing at the school level&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/downloads\/artanddesign\/files\/2014\/05\/JoeZ3-21.jpg');\"  href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/files\/2014\/05\/JoeZ3-21.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6216\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/2014\/05\/04\/joe-zee-reflects-on-fits-graduating-fashion-design-talent\/joez3-2-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/files\/2014\/05\/JoeZ3-21.jpg?fit=800%2C440&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,440\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"JoeZ3-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/files\/2014\/05\/JoeZ3-21.jpg?fit=300%2C165&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/files\/2014\/05\/JoeZ3-21.jpg?fit=800%2C440&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6216 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/files\/2014\/05\/JoeZ3-21.jpg?resize=300%2C165\" alt=\"JoeZ3-2\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/files\/2014\/05\/JoeZ3-21.jpg?resize=300%2C165&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/files\/2014\/05\/JoeZ3-21.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t wait to see what they do when they actually get out in the world and can do it for real. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/downloads\/artanddesign\/files\/2014\/05\/JoeZ-4-2.jpg');\"  href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/files\/2014\/05\/JoeZ-4-2.jpg\"><img 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