List of Fashion Institute of Technology alumni
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This is a list of graduates, past students and alumni of the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.
Alumni
Artists
- Jamie Beck – photographer and writer[1]
- Tony Chi – interior designer[2]
- Molly Crabapple – artist and writer[3]
- CYJO – fine-art photographer
- Danielle De Jesus – visual artist and photographer[4]
- Rosetta DeBerardinis – artist[5]
- Daria Dorosh – Ukrainian artist, educator and activist[6]
- Marie-Denise Douyon – Canadian painter, illustrator and graphic artist[7]
- Anna Frangiosa – artist and cabaret performer
- Gloria Garfinkel – visual artist[8][9][10]
- Lynn Gilbert – photographer and writer[11]
- Roxanne Lowit[12] – fashion and celebrity photographer
- Ryan Ashley Malarkey – tattoo artist, 2007[13]
- Janet McKenzie – painter of religious themes
- Sara Rahbar (born 1976) – fine artist, attended 1996–2000[14]
- Fabrice Simon – Haitian-American abstract artist and fashion designer
- Dean Skira – lighting designer[15]
- Lady Starlight – performance artist; muse of pop star Lady Gaga
- Frederick Weston – African-American gay artist whose collages were recognized for their importance late in his life
Actors, entertainment industry
- Karen Allen – actress[16]
- Madison Anderson – Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2019
- Aquaria – winner of RuPaul's Drag Race season 10
- Fonzworth Bentley – hip hop artist, entertainer, fashion designer
- Lady Colin Campbell – writer and television personality
- Helen Castillo – fashion designer; cast member on season 12 of the reality-television series Project Runway[17]
- Laverne Cox – actress and LGBT advocate[18]
- Chloe Dao – winner of the television series Project Runway (season 2)
- Betty Davis – singer, songwriter, and model[19][20]
- Amy Devers – furniture designer and television personality (Freeform Furniture, Designer People, Trading Spaces)
- Peter DiPilato – entertainment photographer[21]
- Mich Dulce – Filipina fashion designer, reality-television show actor, and musician[22]
- Amber Lee Ettinger – model and actress[23]
- Scarlet Envy – drag queen, contestant on Rupaul's Drag Race season 11 and RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 6
- Randy Fenoli – television personality (Say Yes to the Dress), bridal designer, and chief executive officer of Randy Fenoli Enterprises, Inc.[24]
- Gregory Gale – costume designer
- Kayne Gillaspie – fashion designer and Project Runway cast member[25][26]
- Kimberly Goldson – fashion designer and Project Runway cast member[27][28]
- Elena Goode – actress and Ford model
- Caroline Hirsch – founder and owner of Caroline's Comedy Club
- Agot Isidro – actress, singer, and television show host in the Philippines
- Janelle James – actress and comedian[29]
- Margaret Josephs – fashion designer, entrepreneur and television personality; starred on Bravo television series The Real Housewives of New Jersey[30]
- Jasmine Kennedie – drag queen, trans woman and contestant on Rupaul's Drag Race season 14
- Kilo Kish – singer-songwriter, textile artist, and painter[31]
- Frankie Knuckles – DJ and producer, known for his involvement in pioneering house music
- Melissa McCarthy – film and television actress, comedian, writer and producer; attended for two years
- Oscar Nunez – actor and comedian[32]
- Audrey Quock[33] – model and actress
- Joel Schumacher[34] – director, producer, writer, costume designer
- Angela Simmons – television personality, fashion designer, chief executive officer of Pastry Kicks
- Ramona Singer – television personality, starred on Bravo television series The Real Housewives of New York City
- Stephen A. Smith – sportscaster; attended for one year
- Robert Verdi – television personality and style expert[35]
- Daniel Vosovic – runner-up of the television series Project Runway (season 2)
- Joe Zee – creative director of Elle magazine, host of the Sundance Channel's original program All on the Line
Entrepreneurs
- Laure Hériard-Dubreuil – French entrepreneur and founder of a luxury multi-brand retailer, the Webster Miami[36]
- Elisabeth Jensen – former Disney Consumer Products executive; education advocate and candidate for United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, 2014
Fashion designers
- Robert Abajian[37] – fashion designer who was senior vice president of Liz Claiborne Inc. and succeeded Claiborne as head of design in 1989
- Amsale Aberra[12][38][39] – fashion designer of couture bridal gowns and eveningwear
- Reem Acra[12][40] – fashion designer of couture bridal gowns and eveningwear
- Jhane Barnes – fashion designer[41]
- Polly Barton – textile artist[42]
- Stephen Burrows – fashion designer, one of the first African-American fashion designers to sell internationally
- Grace Chen – fashion designer[43][44]
- David Chu[12][45] – fashion designer, president and chief executive officer of Nautica International, Inc.
- Mandy Coon – fashion designer
- Francisco Costa[12][46] – designer, Calvin Klein collection for women
- Laura Dahl – fashion designer
- Marisol Deluna – fashion designer[47]
- Alan Eckstein – fashion designer and co-founder of Timo Weiland[48]
- Andrew Fezza – fashion designer[49]
- Jon Haggins – fashion designer[50]
- Carolina Herrera – fashion designer, president of Carolina Herrera New York
- Norma Kamali – fashion designer
- Calvin Klein (class of 1962)[12][51] – founder of Calvin Klein, Inc.
- Michael Kors – fashion designer, president and chief executive officer of Michael Kors
- Nanette Lepore[12][52][53] – fashion designer and owner, Robespierre, Inc.
- Leon Max – fashion designer, president and chief executive officer of Max Studios
- Arthur McGee – fashion designer, first African-American designer hired to run a design studio on Seventh Avenue in the Garment District in New York City[54]
- Bibhu Mohapatra – fashion designer[55]
- Charles Nolan – fashion designer[56]
- Babette Pinsky – fashion designer
- Ralph Rucci (1980)[12][57] – fashion designer, Chado Ralph Rucci
- Kate Stoltz – fashion designer and model
- Steve Summers – costume designer and creative director for Dolly Parton
- Ivy Supersonic – hat designer
- Ouigi Theodore – African-American designer behind the Brooklyn Circus label[58]
- Isabel Toledo – fashion designer
- Hector Torres – fashion designer[59]
- Zaldy – designer for RuPaul[60]
Illustrators
- Timothy D. Bellavia – children's writer and illustrator
- Enrico Casarosa – animator at Pixar
- Chris Eliopoulos – cartoonist
- Antonio Lopez[61] – fashion illustrator
Jewelry, accessories designers
- Carolina Bucci – jewelry designer
- James de Givenchy – jewelry designer and owner of the jewelry company Taffin[62][63]
Writers
- Sydney Biddle Barrows – businesswoman, socialite, management consultant and writer[64]
- Cailli and Sam Beckerman[65] – fashion bloggers
- Angie Cruz[66] – novelist
- Erica De Mane – chef, food writer (including cookbook writer)[67]
- Nina García – editor-in-chief of Elle magazine, and Project Runway judge[68][69]
- Radhika Khanna – fashion designer and author of Yoga: From the Ganges to Wall Street and two other books
- Naomi Sims – model and writer
Other
- Greta Zimmer Friedman – Austrian-born American who was photographed being grabbed and kissed by Navy sailor George Mendonsa in Alfred Eisenstaedt's iconic 1945 V-J Day in Times Square photograph[70]