Media and Press Coverage
BUSINESS WIRE | September 14, 2016
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Fashion Institute of Technology and Columbus Consulting Continue to Strengthen Their Relationship Between Industry and Education
Columbus Consulting International (CCI) announced today that they are supporting and investing in the future of the fashion industry by extending their relationship and involvement in the Fashion Institute of Technology’s (FIT) Global Fashion Management graduate program seminar series.
“Focusing on non-profit retail institutions, we provide the students with real world critical situations that we have been called upon to resolve as retail specialist consultants. This gives them direct insight into the kinds of challenges that our customers face on a day-to-day basis,” commented Rich Pedott, Partner – Columbus Consulting. “We support the students in their situational analysis and final strategies, and compare those to the actual resolutions provided by our consulting team to the client.” ....READ MORE
THE ASSEMBLIST | JULY 22, 2016
by Hillary France
Studio Chat: Nancy Zauscher on Business for Fashion Designers
Here at Brand Assembly we're in the business of building a solid infrastructure for emerging and contemporary fashion designers. From the inspiring energy at the Square to our seasonal tradeshows, there is always something new and exciting happening for our team. Just ask our Sales and Logistics Coordinator Nancy Zauscher. ....READ MORE
FASHION MANNUSCRIPT | JUNE / JULY 2016
by Debra Hazel
FIT's Master Program in Global Fashion Management
Fashion brands survive and thrive on more than just inspiration and design – success also requires innovation and thorough oversight of marketing, production, technology and more, particularly as industry increasingly is global in its reach. Yet this growing need for niche-specific management skills comes when post-graduate training programs at retailers and corporations have been cut back or eliminated. Filling the gap and producing tomorrow's brand executives is the Fashion Institute of Technology, which has partnered with Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong and Insitut Français de la Mode in Paris to create a globally focused Master of Professional Studies in Global Fashion Management. ....READ MORE
AMAZON.CO.JP / KINDLE | MAY 13, 2016
by Yo Douglas and Yui Yasuda
NY/Tokyo Women Executives in the Fashion Industry
Class of 2016 TOMODACHI-Uniqlo fellows, Yo Douglas and Yui Yasuda published a Japanese language e-book available for download on Kindle, based on their capstone research, Lean In: A Study of Executive Women in the Fashion Industry. Through their extensive research, surveys, and interviews with executives across the U.S. and Japan, Douglas and Yasuda identify barriers and key factors to success for female executives across cultures. The book features an interview with Anna Bakst, President of Accessories and Footwear for Michael Kors. ....CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE ON JAPANESE SITE
NYC FASHION FELLOWS | DECEMBER 24, 2015
A joint initiative of 92Y and NYC Economic Development Corporation
Caroline Dodson, GFM Class of 2015 Selected As 2016 NYC Fashion Fellow
An initiative of the New York Economic Development Corporation and92Y, NYC Fashion Fellows is a year-long fellowship program designed for rising stars in fashion management. Fellows will receive mentoring, networking and community-building opportunities, as well as continuing education and career advancement workshops with industry professionals and their peers to measurably accelerate their careers. The program will help Fellows advance to the next stage of growth for their professional careers and their organizations and will strengthen the community of fashion professionals as a whole. ....READ MORE
ESQUIRE | AUGUST 25, 2015
by Tyler Confoy, Illustrations by Leandro Castelao
How Fashion Works
Pamela Ellsworth, chairperson of the Global Fashion Management Program contributes information for background research of infographic on how clothes are made, sold, and spun into style. ....READ MORE
NEWSWEEK | AUGUST 21, 2015
by Adam Mathews
The Environmental Disaster in Your Closet
Pamela Ellsworth, chairperson of the Fashion Institute of Technology’s Global Fashion Management Program and a supply chain expert, says the core problem is that people in the U.S. and Europe expect both a low price and a responsible corporation—and the margins clothing companies require often make it difficult for suppliers to meet corporate vendor codes of conduct and still earn a profit. “Eventually we are going to have to train consumers in the U.S. to pay more for clothing,” she says. “It can't be the only commodity that gets cheaper every year.” ....READ MORE
PRWEEK | JULY 15, 2015
by Lindsay Stein
Ogilvy PR Designs Fashion and Retail Specialty, The Boutique @ Ogilvy
Ogilvy Public Relations has launched a specialty division focused on retail, fashion, and ecommerce called The Boutique @ Ogilvy. The unit is the touch point for the agency’s new client, fashion brand Bruno Magli. The group, led and conceptualized by SVP Brooke Blashill, who has a master’s degree in global fashion management from the Fashion Institute of Technology, has been in the works internally for the past year. ....READ MORE
HUE | APRIL 28, 2015
The Magazine of the Fashion Institute of Technology
Good Company, Yui Yasuda, Global Fashion Management MPS '15
What’s the most interesting project you’ve worked on in the Global Fashion Management program?
For one presentation we researched what it would take to launch Michael Kors Collection in Brazil. My group was very diverse. One was a fashion designer, another had a production background, one worked in editorial, and I come from merchandising: I was a buyer for Brooks Brothers Japan for more than two years. ....READ MORE
WWD | FEBRUARY 25, 2015
by Lisa Lockwood
Cardozo School of Law Launches The FAME Center, Fashion Law Talks Series
The FAME Center at Cardozo is overseen by Barbara Kolsun, executive vice president
and general counsel of Stuart Weitzman, who teaches fashion law at Cardozo Law and
wrote the textbook, “Fashion Law: A Guide for Designers, Fashion Executives and Attorneys,”
and Lee Sporn, senior vice president of business affairs, general counsel and secretary
at Michael Kors, who teaches fashion law as well as the fashion law practicum, an
innovative joint program with Fashion Institute of Technology’s Global Fashion Management
students.
.... READ MORE
FORBES.COM | FEBRUARY 13, 2015
by Jessica Dineen
Why Brooks Brothers and Other Apparel Companies Are Moving Manufacturing Back Home
According to Pamela Ellsworth, Chair of Global Fashion Management at the Fashion Institute of Technology, “Apparel production in the U.S. is once again becoming financially sustainable as wages increase in China and factory suppliers are demanding a higher volume of product.”
As Martynec puts it, “Cheaper isn’t always better. To get those low production costs in the Far East, you’re forced to produce big runs; you end up with a lower sell-through rate, and leftover pieces unloaded at cut prices.” ....READ MORE
HUE | NOVEMBER 26, 2014
The Magazine of the Fashion Institute of Technology
Global Goes Local
The Global Fashion Management master’s program gathers students from three schools—Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Institut Français de la Mode in Paris, and FIT—for intensive ten-day seminars in each city. The collaborative program studies manufacturing in Hong Kong, luxury markets in Paris, and marketing in New York; the seminars enable students to meet and form lasting global connections. ....READ MORE
FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | MAY 14, 2013
2011-2012 Annual Report
Educated Guessing
Edward Bertouch, GFM Class of 2013 featured in FIT video accompanying the FIT 2011-2012 Annual Report. The Report features Edward's thoughtful musings about what his life and the industry might be like in 25 years. ....READ MORE
NYC FASHION FELLOWS | JANUARY 16, 2013
A joint initiative of 92Y and NYC Economic Development Corporation
Stacey Nathan, GFM Class of 2013 Selected As 2013 NYC Fashion Fellow
NYCEDC and 92nd Street Y today announced the inaugural class of NYC Fashion Fellows, and the start of a year-long fellowship program for these rising stars in fashion management. The 20 fellows will receive executive-level mentoring, networking and community-building opportunities, as well as continuing education workshops with industry professionals and their peers. The program will help fellows achieve the next stage of career growth, increase their value to their current employers, and strengthen New York City’s community of fashion professionals as a whole. ....READ MORE
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