Tag: Product Development
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Instructor Spotlight: Jennifer Bentivegna
Jennifer Bentivegna is a fashion merchandising and buying professional who spent her career in various roles at Giorgio Armani in the merchandising and e-commerce departments. She is a graduate of the FIT Fashion Merchandising Management program. She began teaching at FIT in 2014 in the Fashion Business Management department. She teaches courses in Product Development,…
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Farewell Fashionistas!
Sunday, December 18th was the last class of FIT’s Fall 2016 Precollege Program. Before I say goodbye to my time here and to my readers this season, I will outline what the final assignment was like. As an 11-week course, we had a number of assignments along the way to keep us on track, to…
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Learn From The Best (So You’re Not Like The Rest)
Happy December, dolls! With college applications due right around the corner, this past Sunday found many class discussions centered around the future. Even more so than the immediate future, many of my classmates were concerned about the longterm future, particularly that which would ensue following their potential acceptance into FIT for college. I’ve said it…
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Hallways To Runways
December. The angels are singing, and stars are sparkling the streets of Paris and lighting up the screens of the naughty and nice worldwide… no, I’m not talking about Santa! It’s time for the angels to strut their stuff down the star-studded runway in the most highly publicized, commercialized time of the fashion year… it’s…
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Fashion Institute of Thanksgiving
It’s time for Thanksgiving and all its festivities, and any fashionista knows what that means: it’s time to stuff your style down your relatives’ throats and show them that you are the Kim K of your family. Parade around your dining room table this Thanksgiving like you’re a Macy’s balloon flying down the streets of…
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Do You Stand For The Brand? (Alivia™’s Guide To Being Greater Than The Haters)
New FIT class, new post! New year, new me! For some of us, it’s more like “New minute, new me!” It’s a silly concept that so many of us stay enamored with. We think that the changing color of a leaf means that it is time for us to change as well. Is this out…