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F.i.t.

  1. fashion history
    The Museum at FIT Asks What Makes Clothing PowerfulPower Mode: The Force of Fashion traces the history of modern power dressing, from petticoats to Balenciaga puffers.
    By Cassidy George
  2. new faces
    These 10 FIT Students Are the Future of FashionMeet this year’s “critics picks” before their big break.
    By Emilia Petrarca
  3. 21 Fashion Students on How They Dress for SchoolSalvation Army is in; black is out.
    By Sarah Spellings
  4. gallery
    A New Exhibit of 1960s Paris Fashion Reminds Us That Everything Is CyclicalA vintage yellow YSL jacket in FIT’s new retrospective looks a lot like Calvin Klein’s latest hit.
    By Anna Furman
  5. Black Designers Finally Get a Museum ExhibitIncluding pieces from Tracy Reese, Duro Olowu, and more.
    By Lindsay Peoples
  6. fresh faces
    See the Best Looks From FIT’s Future of Fashion ShowThe next generation of fashion is upon us.
    By Sarah Spellings
  7. Manolo Blahnik Is a Birkenstock FanHe considers the style “eternal.”
    By Véronique Hyland
  8. pomp and circumstance
    Brooke Shields Has 1,200 ‘Brooke Shields’ Brand Hair Dryers in Her GarageFrom an ill-fated 1986 endorsement.
    By Véronique Hyland
  9. museum pieces
    YSL and Halston Go Head-to-Head in New FIT ShowAn exhibit on their ’70s designs opens today.
    By Véronique Hyland
  10. numbers guy
    Zac Posen Was a Teenage MathleteAnd other revelations from his Couture Council Q&A.
    By Véronique Hyland
  11. bright college years
    Alexa Chung, Calvin Klein, and Vibrant Student Designs at FIT ShowAn eclectic group of collections.
    By Véronique Hyland
  12. babes in leather
    25 Badass Women in Biker JacketsBorn to be wild.
    By Allison P. Davis
  13. first look
    First Look: ‘Elegance in an Age of Crisis’Featuring Fred Astaire’s shoes.
    By Leah Rodriguez
  14. loose threads
    Angela Lansbury Covers The GentlewomanPlus, Gwyneth Paltrow is People’s best dressed woman of 2012.
  15. scene stealers
    Slideshow: Street Style From New York’s Most Stylish CampusesPhotographer Bek Andersen captured fashionable kids heading back to school this week.
    By Bek Andersen and Charlotte Cowles
  16. fashion talks
    Franca Sozzani on Fashion’s Slim MentalityThe editor-in-chief of Vogue Italia spoke at FIT on Friday night.
    By Ally Betker
  17. show dogs
    A Review: FIT’s ‘Barkinistas’ Dog Fashion ShowComplete with doggie backpacks, suede coats, and pee on the catwalk.
    By Julie Klausner
  18. loose threads
    Lively Got Louboutins; Tod’s Gets Green LightPlus, details on the Juicy co-founders’ new label, Skaist-Taylor, which debuts on Tuesday, and more fashion news.
  19. first looks
    A First Look at F.I.T.’s Next Exhibit, ‘Impact: Fifty Years of the CFDA’It includes the Narciso Rodriguez dress worn by Michelle Obama on election night in 2008.
    By Charlotte Cowles
  20. protests
    Human Rights Groups Protest a Sponsor of F.I.T’s Daphne Guinness ExhibitionDiamond magnate Lev Leviev’s business practices are under scrutiny.
    By Alex Rees
  21. fashion goddesses
    First Look: See Rose Hartman’s Photos of Bianca Jagger, Jerry Hall, Bethann Hardison, and More From F.I.T.’s Retrospective ExhibitA selection of the photographer’s works will be exhibited at F.I.T.
    By Charlotte Cowles
  22. vermin!
    FIT Warns Students of Lone Bedbug AttackerA source tells us mass hysteria has not ensued.
    By Amy Odell
  23. first looks
    First Look: ‘Japan Fashion Now’ at the Museum at F.I.T.Celebrating 25 years in Japanese fashion, from Comme des Garçons to Hello Kitty.
    By Charlotte Cowles
  24. party chat
    Karl Lagerfeld and Diane Kruger on Being Neighbors, and Being NervousWe spoke to the designer and the actress muse today at a luncheon in his honor.
    By Chris Rovzar
  25. eff the recession
    Design Students Can’t Get JobsIt seems best to be independently wealthy before getting into this line of work.
    By Amy Odell
  26. fashion smackdown
    Parsons and FIT Go Head-to-head With Senior BFA Shows Monday NightWill a flashy or more democratic runway show triumph?
    By Katie Hintz
  27. ice diva
    Johnny Weir to Ride Yak, Then Meet With F.I.T.He wasn’t kidding about his fashion-design aspirations.
    By Amy Odell
  28. behind the scenes
    Chatting With Dries Van Noten at FITWe talked with the critically adored Belgian designer about his latest collection.
    By Jonah Green and Harriet Mays Powell
  29. designer video
    Video: A Tour of ‘Isabel Toledo: Fashion From the Inside Out’Harriet Mays Powell takes a private tour with Isabel Toledo, husband Ruben, and Valerie Steele.
    By Jonah Green and Harriet Mays Powell
  30. design hunting
    Design Hunting: Gigantic Flowers, Hot-Pink Hands, and Flip-flop AnimalsRoving design editor Wendy Goodman uncovers the treasures of Gaetano Pesce, Robin Joy, Ashley Hicks, and more.
    By Wendy Goodman
  31. tastemakers
    Julianna Bass Is Sick of Your Colored TightsThe up-and-coming designer is being hailed as one to watch — and we couldn’t agree more.
    By Davina Catt
  32. tastemakers
    Valerie Steele Is Glad Black Is BackFIT’s resident curator Valerie Steele talks about her first big fashion purchase (she hyperventilated), her love of black, and how corsets got her career started.