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Alumni Magazine of the Fashion Institute of Technology Volume 2 | Number 2 | Spring 2009 Alumni Magazine of the Fashion Institute of Technology volume 2 | number 2 | spring 2009 Features Departments 4 The Ask 6 Gold Standard Got an avatar? Tell us about it FMM’s Alfred Sloan on a half century of teaching 4 Hue’s News Recent developments at 8 Dress We Can! and related to FIT FIT folks outfit Michelle Obama 22 and Jill Biden 9 I Contact A TDM student talks Turkey 10 Making Waves Computer Animation alumni 13 27/7 build Björk a river What’s a luxury you’ll never stop buying? 14 Second Chances Business and design opportunities 20 Faculty on… in a brave new world Old poems for young lives ❤ 16 Randy s Brides 20 Footprint Here come the gowns 8 14 FIT’s green plan gets noticed 21 Author, Author Arianna Huffington and 24 Alumni Notes Loung Ung visit FIT Find out what your classmates are up to 22 Now It’s Personal Direct marketing comes of age 10 27 Sparks Svetlana Ponorovsky ’93 on toys as food for thought FRONT AND BACK COVERS: The avatars of Rachel Sullivan ’10 and Shenlei Winkler ’06 frolic in the virtual world Second Life. 16 Hue is the alumni magazine of the Fashion Institute Vice President for Editor Sitings of Technology, a State University of New York Advancement and Linda Angrilli On FIT’s website, www.fitnyc.edu External Relations college of art and design, business and technology. Managing Editor Loretta Lawrence Keane It is published three times a year by the Division Alex Joseph ContinuingandProfessionalStudiesfitnyceducontinuinged Assistant Vice President of Advancement and External Relations, Seventh Staff Writer FITjobopeningsfitnycedujobs for Communications Alumni Magazine of the Fashion Institute of Technology Avenue at 27 Street, Room B905, New York City Gregory Herbowy Galleryofstudentworkfitnycedustudentgalleries Carol Leven GladysMarcusLibraryfitnycedulibrary 10001-5992, 212 217.4700. Editorial Assistant Email: hue@fitnyc.edu Vanessa Machir TheMuseumatFITfitnycedumuseum Toviewvideosaboutthecollegegotoyoutubecomaboutfit volume 2 | number 2 | spring 2009 Address letters to the editors, Hue Magazine. 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