Precollege Programs at FIT

Tag: Arielle McManus

  • It Isn’t the End, It’s the Beginning

    So Saturday, May 17th, was the last day of FIT’s Precollege classes. It was so sad saying goodbye to my classmates and my professors, and I’m really going to miss being at FIT. I sadly won’t be able to attend the summer courses. However, this isn’t really the end, because I’m coming to FIT in…

  • Brand Image

    We’ve been focusing on brand imaging and positioning a lot in my fashion merchandising class. A brand’s image is created within the minds of people, consisting of all the information and expectations associated with a product or the company providing it. It is a much more complex area of fashion than it may initially seem to be. When considering a…

  • My Fashion Merchandising Project

    So after reading about all the fun things we do in the city in the Precollege programs, like shopping trips and walks on the High Line and whatnot, you’re probably wondering if we actually do any serious work. Yes. We do. For example, for my fashion merchandising class we were assigned to head to Meatpacking…

  • Shopping in Meatpacking

    So you have just arrived in Manhattan, you just walked out of Penn into the busy, loud and crowded city. You want to go shopping, but you don’t know where to go. Well, if a beautiful, scenic walk to upscale shopping district sounds like your cup of tea, then Meatpacking is for you. After doing…

  • Keeping an Open Mind

    For my Fashion Forecasting class, we took a trip to Macy’s. We had an assignment, which was to pick a department (either women’s, men’s, children’s, or accessories) and answer a few questions. Whichever department we chose for the assignment had to be the department we use for our end of semester project, in which we…

  • A Visit to FIT’s Museum

    I’ve never met anyone who hasn’t loved a good leather jacket. For my Fashion Forecasting class, we got a chance to not only see the Beyond Rebellion Exhibit, but also to get a guided tour of it. In case you’d like to see the exhibit, it’s free and it’s closing on April 5th (which is…