Aug 26–Sep 1: Swimsuits and sustainability; Common Read interview

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Highlights for the week of Aug. 26–Sept. 1, 2019

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FEATURED STORY
Fourth-Year Swimwear Designer Wins UpCycle Challenge
Be sustainable, but make it fashion! That’s exactly what Hannah Myers, a fourth-year Fashion Design student, did this summer when she won the Paraiso UpCycle Challenge, a national competition that asked students to raise awareness of sustainability by upcycling deadstock fabric from international swimwear designers and using it to create their own swimwear designs. Read more

UPCOMING EVENTS

AUG 28, 6:30 PM Graduate Studies Invites: South Asian Fashion Designer Panel

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FACULTY/STAFF

• FIT Welcomes 16 New Faculty Members
• Marissa Stephani Discusses Student Engagement at National Conference

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Read this moving essay by Angie Cruz, Fashion Design ’94, in the Paris Review, on immigration and desperation. “I have an 11-year-old child. I can’t imagine what it must feel like to have no choice but to give him away, not knowing if or when I will see him again.”

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Social Media Post of the Week

Common Read author Lesley Nneka Arimah spoke with student Mariah Alvira on Facebook Live last week. Check out the video and join the conversation about this year’s book, What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky.

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