Alumni Magazine of the Fashion Institute of Technology Volume 4 | Number 1 | Fall 2010
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Alumni Magazine of the Fashion Institute of Technology volume 4 | number 1 | fall 2010 FEATURES DEPARTMENTS © CityViews Hue’sNews CathyHobbs’¢designsonTV Recentdevelopmentsat (andinreallifetoo) andrelatedtoFIT ¦ ª Life’sRichPageant IContact ThephotographyofMaryEllenMark Agradreturnsforher §¢ seconddegree¬®yearslater WhyDesignNow? ¦ TheCooper-HewittMuseum’striennial— Footprint andfouralumniwhoworkthere FIT’sStarbucksagreenerbeanery §© §¦ JapanFashionNow FacultyOn DirectorandChiefCuratorValerieSteele Likebutterfliesgraduates onTheMuseumatFIT’slatest emergetransformed § ¬ª ON THE COVER 10 Meet“Cute” AlumniNotes LolitasfrolicattheBrooklyn Findoutwhatyourclassmates Our cover seems to feature just one alum— BotanicGarden areupto superstylist Robert Verdi, Jewelry Design ’88. In fact, it features five. Part of a special Hue §ª ®§ ThePowerofTen Sparks collaborative project, it was shot by photographer CosmeticsandFragrancemaster’s JamesDamian’³®looksinto Robert Mendolia ’03 with assistance from fellow 14 16 programmarks astellardecade GeneMoore’swindows Photography grads Sean Waltrous ’02 and ¬¢ Michael Stewart ’10, and Verdi’s nylon jacket NoseJob was created by Anthony Caputo, Menswear ’91, Ifyourperfumesoaporpowder design director for Li & Fung. See “Angel and smellsgoodthankAnaTerzi’¢ Demon,” pp. 22-25. Below: Verdi wears wool-and- ¬¬ leather coat by Alfonso Gaitan, Menswear ’10, AngelandDemon at the J. Lindeberg show during New York’s PhotographerRobertMendolia’¢®shows Fashion Week. The bag is Verdi’s own design. thelightanddarksidesofRobertVerdi’ªª ¬ Floored KatalinLaszlo’¢°worksonrugs forhomedesign’sbignames 20 31 Sitings Hue is the alumni magazine of the Fashion Institute Vice President for Editor On FIT’s website, www.fitnyc.edu Back cover: Single-note scents and fragrance samples in Ana Terzi’s lab Communications and Linda Angrilli of Technology, a State University of New York ContinuingandProfessionalStudiesfitnyceducontinuinged (pp. 20-21). Photo: Joanne Chan. External Relations college of art and design, business and technology. Managing Editor FITjobopenings Loretta Lawrence Keane fitnycedujobs Alex Joseph It is published three times a year by the Division GladysMarcusLibraryfitnycedulibrary Assistant Vice President of Communications and External Relations, Staff Writer TheMuseumatFITfitnycedumuseum for Communications Alumni Magazine of the Fashion Institute of Technology 227 West 27 Street, Room B905, New York City Gregory Herbowy Carol Leven Toviewvideosaboutthecollegegotoyoutubecomaboutfit 10001-5992, 212 217.4700. Editorial Assistant Email: hue@fitnyc.edu Vanessa Machir EmailtheFITAlumniAssociationvictoriaguranowski@fitnycedu volume 4 | number 1 | fall 2010 Art Direction and Design Address letters to the editors, Hue magazine. GotofitnyceduhuetoanswerTheAsktelluswhatinspires Empire Design Studio youforSparksorupdateyouralumniinfo Hue magazine on the web: fitnyc.edu/hue McMullan Patrick 2 www.fitnyc.edu/hue 3 Hue’sFall¬¢§¢OnlineTreats JapanFashionNowand QUICK READ His&HersatFIT’sMuseum Beentofitnyceduhuelately?Ifnotyou’ve TheMuseumatFITkickedoµits¬¢§¢-§§ >> FIT’s Office of Disability Support Services, beenmissingoutonexclusiveslideshows seasoninSeptemberwiththeopeningof FIT-ABLE, has launched projectTHRIVE, for videoandextracontentabouttheFIT JapanFashionNowareviewofthepast students on the autism spectrum or who communityandcampushappeningsNew ®¢yearsofJapanesedesignfromthe have social anxiety, pervasive development what’s happening on campus featuresforfall¬¢§¢include avant-gardetostreetstylesArelated disorders, or other nonverbal learning disorders. symposiumfeaturingacademicscurators A collaboration with the Jewish Child Care >> Watercolorsketchesoffashionsby designersandfashioneditorswasheldon Association’s Compass Project, projectTHRIVE RalphRucciFashionDesign’ª¢byFIT campusNovember©and°Turntopage provides help with independent living skills, facultymemberBilDonovanFashion §©tocheckoutanessayontheexhibition navigating academia, social skills training, Illustration’³ª(below) byValerieSteelechiefcuratoranddirector time management, and organization. >> InterviewswiththeJapaneseLolitas ofTheMuseumatFITandtopage§for >> FIT’s first annual sustainability grants, of“Meet‘Cute’”(pp§-§³) “Meet‘Cute’”Hue’sJapaneseLolitafashion what’s happening on campus supported by a $15,000 fund established >> Slideshowsofhandmadewoodenjewelry spreadJapanFashionNowrunsthrough by President Joyce F. Brown, were awarded byHeatherKoschFashionDesign’¢¬and April¬¬¢§§ Smiljana Peros to Karen Pearson, Science and Math, and Students enjoy the great outdoors, sort of, in new seating outside the Marvin Feldman Center. shoedesignsbyalumnaAlessandraGold His&Hersthelatestexhibitioninthe Elaine Maldonado, director of the Center for FashionandTextileHistoryGalleryopens >> Anexcerptfrom StarlightRescuethe Excellence in Teaching, for their Teaching FIT’sCampusMakeover November®¢andrunsthroughMay¬¢§§ forthcomingromancenovelbyLeslee Sustainability outreach; Jewelry Design staff Anexaminationofthesocialandcultural Thissummerthecollegebrokeground oftheserpentinewallinfrontoftheMarvin CarlsonBreeneFashionIllustrationand Sarah Abramson, Lauren Pineda, and Brian factorsbehindgenderconventionsinfashion onacampusbeautificationprojecttomake FeldmanCenterwhichwasinspiredby AdvertisingDesign’° Weissman, for their Green Studio initiative; andanillustrationoftheevolutionof FIT’soutdoorareasgreenermorewelcoming oneofThomasJeµerson’sdesignsforthe >> and MaryAnn Sorensen Allacci, Interior Design, PhotosbyMaryEllenMark(see“Life’s “masculine”and“feminine”clothingover andmoreuser-friendlyAtotalof¬¬new UniversityofVirginiacampusNewseating for Building a Sustainable Design Resource: RichPageant”p¦) thepast¬°¢yearsHis&Hersincludes trees—donatedbyMillionTreesNYCa alsowentupinfrontoftheFeldmanCenter Partnering on the Next Generation of FIT >> AslideshowofVIPsfromtheCouture worksbydesignerssuchasGiorgioArmani citywideclean-airandsustainabilityinitia- Improvedlightinghasbeeninstalledinfront Library Research Guides. tive—wereplantedon¬th¬³thand¬ªth ofthedininghallandarampisbeing CouncillunchhonoringKarlLagerfeld JeanPaulGaultierGianniVersaceand streetsAllpreexistingcampustreeswere constructedforwheelchairaccesstothe VivienneWestwood >> Steven Stipelman, FIT class of 1963 and inspectedbyarborists´onefoundtobedead MorrisWandFannieBHaftAuditorium Formoremuseuminformationortoview longtime Fashion Design–Art faculty member, wasreplacedSeveralplantswererelocated TheironfencesandwallsinfrontofCoed Jerry Speier thescheduleofFashionCultureeventsvisit sketched Chelsea Clinton’s wedding dress Shades of Karl Lagerfeld: top, the man of the hour with for the August 2, 2010, cover of WWD. totherearofNaglerHalltocreateamore andNaglerhallswereremovedwithalower President Joyce F. Brown and, above, Anna Wintour (left) fitnycedumuseum pleasantsittingareaforstudents wallerectedintheirplaceAnewpathway and Diane Kruger. >> Art Ortenberg, husband of Liz Claiborne Theupperandlowercourtyardsinfront featuringinsetlightingandseatingareas KarlLagerfeldHonoredwith (1929-2007) and cofounder of the brand, oftheDavidDubinskyandBusinessand wasconstructedbetweenthehalls spoke to students and signed copies of his LiberalArtscentersfeaturenewseating CoutureCouncilAward Theprojectdesignedbyarchitectureand book, Liz Claiborne: The Legend, The Woman, plantsandbikeracksAserpentineplanting planningfirmDavidSmotrich&Partners Fashionworldluminariesgatheredat in September, as part of the Places and Faces bedhasbeeninstalledatthefaceofthe willbecompletedbytheendoffall LincolnCenter’sAveryFisherHallon in Fashion class. breezewaybetweenthebuildings—anecho September§¢tohonorKarlLagerfeld >> In November, Annemarie Iverson, Bobbi Brown German-borndesignerforChanelaswell Cosmetics’ senior vice president of creative ashisownlabelLagerfeldalsoanoted brand development, discussed and signed photographerandartistreceivedthe copies of her book, In Fashion: From Runway When was the last CoutureCouncilofTheMuseumatFIT’s to Retail, Everything You Need to Know to time you received a FashionVisionaryAwardwhichsaid Break into the Fashion Industry, at the Barnes handwritten note museumdirectorValerieSteelerecognized & Noble at FIT. instead of an email? his“unparalleledroleasacreativeforcein In“NoseJob”(pp¬¢-¬§)Ana theworldoffashion”Inattendancewere Terzi’¢revealshowCotythe For Hue it was July, when Cynthia VogueEditorAnnaWintourBarneys cosmeticsandfragrancecompany Williger Trainer, Fashion Buying CreativeDirectorSimonDoonanPresident testsitsscentedproducts and Merchandising ’69, sent us her update via USPS. Trainer’s JoyceFBrownandactressDianeKruger Whatdoyoulook— postgraduate life has taken her whopresentedLagerfeldwithhisaward orsmell—forwhen from the buying offices of Bonwit Teller and Allied Stores to a The Museum at FIT buyingafragrance? 500-acre farm in Dickson, TN, From His & Hers: Suit, black-and-white checked wool, to the Nashville Symphony, for silk charmeuse, Yves Saint Laurent, fall 1983, gift of Email hue@fitnyc.edu which she played viola. She’s Roz Gersten Jacobs. Submissions will be considered now pursuing an art career and for publication in a future issue expecting her third grandchild. 4 hue | fall 2010 www.fitnyc.edu/hue 5 OPPOSITE: Hobbs in the BELOW: Hobbs in the SELLING YOUR SPACE childadaughterHer maintenancetothedoor- model unit of the Livmor, a Livmor’s lobby; the model workpacehasyettoflag manThiseasewith condo building in Harlem. She unit’s master bedroom. On Metro Residential, Hobbs often takes “Iwasmakingcallsthe conversationthoughno