NEWS
END OF AN ERA
After nearly 27 years as president of FIT, Dr. Joyce F. Brown will be stepping down at the end of this academic year. As the first female and first African American president of the college, Dr. Brown has overseen a period of unprecedented growth for FIT. In the next issue of Hue, she will comment on the changes she has witnessed on campus and in the fashion industry, and the mark she has left on FIT.
Have a question you’d like us to ask President Brown? We’ll include as many as we can.
Email [email protected].
A NEW FACE OF FIT
Nearly two decades in the making, FIT’s new academic building at 220 West 28th St. is slated to open in spring 2025. The 10-story, 100,000-plus-square-foot structure, designed by the award-winning SHoP Architects, features 26 smart, energy-efficient learning spaces; a double-height knitting lab; and a majestic, light-filled atrium.
WATCH: ALUMNI AUTHOR PANEL
On Oct. 26, as part of Alumni Weekend, FIT’s chief storyteller, Alex Joseph, MA ’15, moderated a Hue Live panel discussion with three alums who have written acclaimed books about fashion:
- Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Fabric Styling ’96, co-author of Black in Fashion: 100 Years of Style, Influence, and Culture
- Nancy MacDonell, Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice MA ’17, author of Empresses of Seventh Avenue
- Tanya Meléndez-Escalante, Museum Studies: Costume and Textiles MA ’04, senior curator at The Museum at FIT and co-author of Latin American and Latinx Fashion Design Today – ¡Moda Hoy!
Watch the event below. Others from the gathering are viewable at
fitnyc.edu/alumniweekend.