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NGO SUPPORTS WOMEN AND THEIR COWS IN BANGLADESH
The spring 2012 issue of Hue profiled three alums who update traditional crafts into designs that feel very now. Just as the issue was going to press, Hue found another. Richa Agarwal, Fashion Design...
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LIFE IN PLASTIC, IT’S FANTASTIC
All those who complain that there isn’t enough pink at FIT should please proceed to the lobby of the Pomerantz Art and Design Center. There, Mattel has teamed up with FIT to create “The Pink Issue,” an...
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WHO WAS YOUR FAVORITE FIT PROFESSOR?
Polly Whitehorn, Fashion Design ’75, who appeared in Hue’s summer issue, was delighted to encounter a former professor last year after many years. Whitehorn, who practices art photography when she’s...
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WORKING FOR DIANA VREELAND AND OTHER ADVENTURES
Elaine Grynkewich Drew, Fashion Design ’76, remembers getting her start in the costume business. “When I was going to FIT, I would often spend hours at the Met, looking at paintings to inspire my...
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FIT ALUMNUS DRESSES MISS UNIVERSE; OR, GLOBAL POWER SHIFTS WEST
Each year, the Fashion Design department selects two graduating students to participate in the Supima Design Competition, an interschool challenge to make garments out of Supima cotton. Last year, Kyle...
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TAIWANESE DESIGNER REDEFINES “OUTDOOR FASHIONS”
Hue is crushing on Sophie Hong. The Taiwanese designer, who got her start in the ’70s, creates wearable clothing out of silk dyed using a traditional Chinese technique. Her unique and beloved silk...
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WHAT I LEARNED FROM STARTING A MEN’S UNDERWEAR BRAND
Vasumathi Soundararajan, Fashion Design ’10, chief underwearist of the new brand Ken Wroy, recounts her most salient lessons from her first year in business. When doing market research, sales...
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FIT’S REALITY STARS WERE HERE TO MAKE FRIENDS
“If you get the chance to be on TV, take it!” Cathy Hobbs, Interior Design ’06, advised a group of students and alumni in the John E. Reeves Great Hall on Tuesday. “It’s the gift that keeps on giving.”...
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DESIGNING THE AMERICAN DREAM: ELIE TAHARI
Elie Tahari, the Israeli fashion designer known for the best and worst things a woman could possibly wear to a job interview—the designer suit and the tube top—visited FIT yesterday to celebrate 40...
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PROJECT RUNWAY STAR MICHAEL COSTELLO MAKES IT WORK FOR BEYONCE
On Season 8 of Project Runway, Michael Costello was known as the one who cried a lot. Now he’s known as the designer who created Beyonce’s show-stopping dress for the Grammys this year—along with two...
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