In following with the biography of Calvin Klein, I thought I’d include some information about the fashion school that he attended: Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC.
One of several fashion schools located in New York City, the Fashion Institute of Technology prepares students for professional excellence in design, fashion, and business by providing the premier educational experience that fosters creativity, career focus, and a global perspective.
Fashion Degrees
Fashion Institute of Technology offers Associates degrees, Bachelor’s degrees and Master’s degrees in a number of different fashion design programs:
- Associate Degree: Fashion Design
- Associate Degree: Fashion Merchandising Management
- Associate Degree: Menswear
- Associate Degree: Textile Development and Marketing
- Associate Degree: Textile/Surface Design
- Bachelor Degree: Accessories Design
- Bachelor Degree: Fabric Styling
- Bachelor Degree: Fashion Design
- Bachelor Degree: Fashion Merchandising Management
- Bachelor Degree: International Trade and Marketing for the Fashion Industries
- Bachelor Degree: Production Management: Fashion and Related Industries
- Bachelor Degree: Textile Development and Marketing
- Bachelor Degree: Textile/Surface Design
- Masters Degree: Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice
- Masters Degree: Global Fashion Management
International Fashion Curriculum
The Fashion Institute of Technology offers its students an International Fashion Design program in Florence, Italy and New York City, New York. This one-of-a-kind program consists of one year in Manhattan studying at the Fashion Institute of Technology and one year in Florence, Italy at the Polimoda, a specialized fashion institute of higher education for fashion and related fields.
Fashion Design: Case Study
Imagine having a successful industry designer oversee and nurture your work. That’s an opportunity all FIT Fashion Design majors get throughout their fourth semester.
The Design Critique program brings leading designers such as Norma Kamali, Carolina Herrera, Geoffrey Beene, Calvin Klein, Bob Mackie, and Gemma Kahng to the classroom offering the kind of priceless advice and feedback that can make all the difference in a future career. The guest critics spend several months helping the students create and develop garments for presentation at FIT’s end-of-the semester fashion show.
Menswear
In recent years, menswear has seen more growth and change than any other segment of the fashion industry in recent years. Gone are the days when a man’s biggest wardrobe decision was going navy or gray, and his casual options weren’t much better. Today, men choose from a wide array of clothing lines created for every occasion and atmosphere, from the executive boardroom to the gym.
Big name designers like Tommy Hilfiger, Ron Chereskin, Joseph Abboud, and Fashion Institute of Technology graduates Andrew Fezza, Calvin Klein, David Chu of Nautica, and John Bartlett, are a testament to the stellar success to be found through innovative work in menswear fashion.
Making it in today’s competitive menswear market requires extensive professional training, plus the vision and creativity to set the trends rather than follow them. At FIT, students are given the kind of in-depth exposure to the menswear industry that’s only possible in New York City. Fashion Institute of Technology students interact with industry professionals, who serve as teachers, guest lecturers, mentors, and critics.
For more information on the fashion design program: Fashion Institute of Technology.
I am teaching at NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY, INDIA.Iam teaching pattern making, garment construction, draping, grading, for knit and textile material for last 15 years. last 4 years i am teaching other subjects like surface design technique,non loom technique,
hand knitting, macrame etc.
Morover i did summer training on design room technique,grading, industrial draping, product development at your institute ( FIT NEWYORK) ON 2000.
CAN I DO APPLY FOR ASSOCIATE DEGREE,ASSOCIATE MASTER, to your institute?