Category: Business and Technology

  • Congratulations Accepted Precollege Students

    Congratulations to all of our amazing Precollege alumni who got accepted to FIT for fall 2019!!! Whether you took one or six classes with us, we are so proud of you! Some of the majors featured here are: Photography and Related Media, Advertising and Marketing Communications, Fashion Design and Fashion Business Management. Special shoutout to…

  • Instructor Spotlight: Suzanne Piazza

    Suzanne Piazza’s career started in fashion buying and later shifted into product development and fashion direction. Some of the companies she has worked for are JCrew, JC Penney, and Lord & Taylor. Suzanne is a graduate of the FIT Fashion Business Program, and started teaching at FIT in 1978. She teaches a variety of classes in the…

  • How can FIT’s Precollege Programs help you on your Advertising Journey

    FIT’s Precollege Advertising and Marking Communications program prides itself on being about more than fashion. The skills learned in an adverting class are translatable into almost any type of ad-work. Quality and persuasive writing is a fundamental skill for everyone-particularly when writing college admissions essays or cover letters for job applications. FIT’s Precollege summer and…

  • The FIT dream experience by Alexis Carey

    In 2011 I decided it would be fun to do the FIT middle school summer workshop with my best friend, Sarah. I had heard about it through my mom, since she went to school at FIT and knew I was interested in fashion. On July 11, 2011, our very first day, my mom walked Sarah…

  • On the Outside Looking In: Precollege Crash Course of HAC 063

    Mentions of Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, and Coco Chanel, were made when the class was asked about creative people who have used modern technology and advertising techniques to build empires. Walking into Professor Bohn’s dark computer lab where students listened to his lecture, I am reminded of my own college classes at BMCC. Students occasionally…

  • What is Fashion Forecasting?

    Hello readers! I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. As the semester comes to an end in 3 short weeks, I thought I would go over what I’m learning in HFM 060: Fashion Forecasting: Seeing Into The Future. I took this course because I’ve always wondered why certain trends happen. Is there a science…