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Uvalde

  • June 2, 2022October 24, 2023
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The funerals started this week.  There will be 21—21 lives lost in a Texas massacre not long after a mass murder in Buffalo took ten.  The numbers mount incessantly: over 1500  people have been killed in more than 270 mass shootings since 2009.  As we […]

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Karma’s World & FIT

  • March 15, 2022
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If you—or your children—haven’t yet had an opportunity to tune in to Netflix’s Karma’s World, please do! I think this hit animated series, based on a concept by rapper, actor, producer and entrepreneur Chris “Ludicris” Bridges, will delight you—and certainly inspire any children in your […]

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The Social Justice Center at FIT

  • December 15, 2021
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The Social Justice Center at FIT is a new and groundbreaking initiative that focuses on diversity, equity and inclusion and creates opportunity and access for members of the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) community. It is a unique program that is designed to […]

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FIT: The MIT for the Fashion Industry?

  • August 9, 2021September 29, 2022
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One of FIT’s founders, Morris Ritter, famously said, “What we need is an MIT for the fashion industry.” Seventy-seven years later, we are well on our way. There is, after all, the very successful, ongoing partnership we forged with MIT three years ago to see […]

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Alber Elbaz, 1961-2021

  • April 27, 2021September 29, 2022
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Has there ever been a more original spirit in the world of fashion than Alber Elbaz? This ebullient designer, whose triumphant collections rejuvenated the moribund House of Lanvin with elegance, grace, and an inimitable wit, loved women and fashion in equal measure—all of which was […]

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