With a high school diploma or a General Equivalency Diploma (GED), you can apply to any of FIT’s associate degree programs. Some students with credits or a degree from another college may be eligible to apply directly to a bachelor's degree program.
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To sing the national anthem at the Presidential Inauguration, Lady Gaga wore a fabulous dress and brooch designed by FIT alum Daniel Roseberry, artistic director for the venerable fashion house Schiaparelli. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Annin Flagmakers—run by alumna Sandy Van Lieu—has been making flags since 1847, which means its products have witnessed a lot of history. Read more in the Hue archive.
FIT's experts have named six fashion and home trends people will be turning to as a result of the pandemic. Read their recent predictions in the media.
A recent series in WWD—cowritten and researched by an FIT faculty member—highlights FIT's deep contributions to that publication's long history of fashion illustration. (Dress illustration inspired by YSL fabric, ca. 1977; drawing by Professor Steven Stipelman.)