Precollege Programs at FIT

Category: Business and Technology

  • Introducing Precollege Blogger: Rachel

      As July 6th was approaching I started to think I made a terrible mistake. It’s Summer and I want to sleep late, lay on the Jersey beaches and scope out the local music scene at night. Instead I signed up for a 9:30 a.m. Summer class at FIT in NYC. What have I done?…

  • Instructor Spotlight: Josh Tierney

    Josh Tierney is a multidisciplinary designer and creative director. His diverse background and understanding of fashion, styling, visual merchandising, theater, fashion, graphics, interiors, food, and art have provided him with a unique point of view for planning and designing unique events.  Josh has worked on events of all sizes and scope, in venues in the…

  • Bye! Adiós! Ciao! Au Revoir!

    Hey Mod Mavens! I haven’t posted in a while because my two fabulous professors have been keeping me busy with fashion projects. So busy, actually, that I did not even notice three weeks had passed by. Before I started on my Precollege adventure, I looked at three weeks like it was a lifetime. The days…

  • Fishing for the Stars | Farewell

    “If you a give a man a fish, he will eat for one day. If you teach a man to fish, he will eat for the rest of his life.” I learned this quote from this session of F.I.T Precollege and it has resonated with me since the first time it rang in my ears.…

  • OOTD Madness

    To be honest, my typical lazy summer days at home consist of me head to toe in comfortable pajamas: slouchy school tee shirt and thin, loose shorts. Basixally , I usually look like a huge bum over the summer… …Until F.I.T came along. This institution truly has transformative powers to the point where my whole…

  • Fashionable Students of F.I.T

    If I had a list of ‘awesome amazing days,’ today would definitely top the list, no doubt. For today’s Fashion Forecasting class, we visited 6 retailer stores: H&M, Zara, Gap, Urban Outfitters, Uniqlo, Victoria’s Secret. No, this wasn’t a shopping trip; we used our skills and gathered data from taking notes on the clothes to predict…