The Center for Professional Studies mourns the loss of our instructor, colleague, friend and FIT grad, Michele Savoia. Savoia was in the very first Menswear Design class at FIT and after graduating went on to a wonderful career as a custom tailor and costume designer.He had a very high profile clientele and truly was a walking encyclopedia on all things important in the Men’s business.His sense of fit, image and styling was unparalleled.You could not stump him and his advice was spot on in terms of what to wear when. His own avant garde appearance, complete with numerous tattoos only […]
Author: Joan Volpe
Fashion Week: Fall 2014
By Jove: The Biz Buzz Aha weekly tidbits for the HT Insider What starts in the middle and is nine days long? Fashion week is here and typical of this business we all love – it didn’t start on a Monday and it will go for nine days and nights but to us it is “Fashion Week.” Of course, the big debate is always about what is more exciting, the clothes on the runway or the ones on the attendees entering the venues. And in case you did not know, sadly after the continuity that Bryant Park added with a […]
Super Bowl Sunday Fashion
By Jove: The Biz Buzz Aha weekly tidbits for the HT Insider Who says that football and Fashion don’t mix? Isn’t fashion behavioral? Fashion is defined as what is accepted by the majority at any given time. So this weekend represents the official “unofficial” National Holiday- Super Bowl Sunday and it is the fashion to get involved, for sure. Whether you are into the game, into the food, watch for the ads or put up with the play just to get to the half time show, join your fellow Americans and celebrate what has become a great tradition. A few […]