List of Fashion Institute of Technology alumni

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
• Tony Chi – interior designer
• Molly Crabapple – artist and writer
• CYJO – fine-art photographer
• Danielle De Jesus – visual artist and photographer
• Rosetta DeBerardinis – artist
• Daria Dorosh – Ukrainian artist, educator and activist
• Marie-Denise Douyon – Canadian painter, illustrator and graphic artist
• Anna Frangiosa – artist and cabaret performer
• Gloria Garfinkel – visual artist
• Lynn Gilbert – photographer and writer
• Roxanne Lowit – fashion and celebrity photographer
• Ryan Ashley Malarkey – tattoo artist, 2007
• Janet McKenzie – painter of religious themes
• Sara Rahbar (born 1976) – fine artist, attended 1996–2000
• Fabrice Simon – Haitian-American abstract artist and fashion designer
• Dean Skira – lighting designer
• 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
• 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
• Laverne Cox – actress and LGBT advocate
• Chloe Dao – winner of the television series Project Runway (season 2)
• Betty Davis – singer, songwriter, and model
• Amy Devers – furniture designer and television personality (Freeform Furniture, Designer People, Trading Spaces)
• Peter DiPilato – entertainment photographer
• Mich Dulce – Filipina fashion designer, reality-television show actor, and musician
• Amber Lee Ettinger – model and actress
• 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.
• Gregory Gale – costume designer
• Kayne Gillaspie – fashion designer and Project Runway cast member
• Kimberly Goldson – fashion designer and Project Runway cast member
• 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
• Margaret Josephs – fashion designer, entrepreneur and television personality; starred on Bravo television series The Real Housewives of New Jersey
• Jasmine Kennedie – drag queen, trans woman and contestant on Rupaul's Drag Race season 14
• Kilo Kish – singer-songwriter, textile artist, and painter
• 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
• Audrey Quock – model and actress
• Joel Schumacher – 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
• 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
• 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 – fashion designer who was senior vice president of Liz Claiborne Inc. and succeeded Claiborne as head of design in 1989
• Amsale Aberra – fashion designer of couture bridal gowns and eveningwear
• Reem Acra – fashion designer of couture bridal gowns and eveningwear
• Jhane Barnes – fashion designer
• Polly Barton – textile artist
• Stephen Burrows – fashion designer, one of the first African-American fashion designers to sell internationally
• Grace Chen – fashion designer
• David Chu – fashion designer, president and chief executive officer of Nautica International, Inc.
• Mandy Coon – fashion designer
• Francisco Costa – designer, Calvin Klein collection for women
• Laura Dahl – fashion designer
• Marisol Deluna – fashion designer
• Alan Eckstein – fashion designer and co-founder of Timo Weiland
• Andrew Fezza – fashion designer
• Jon Haggins – fashion designer
• Carolina Herrera – fashion designer, president of Carolina Herrera New York
• Norma Kamali – fashion designer
• Calvin Klein (class of 1962) – founder of Calvin Klein, Inc.
• Michael Kors – fashion designer, president and chief executive officer of Michael Kors
• Nanette Lepore – 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
• Bibhu Mohapatra – fashion designer
• Charles Nolan – fashion designer
• Babette Pinsky – fashion designer
• Ralph Rucci (1980) – 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
• Isabel Toledo – fashion designer
• Hector Torres – fashion designer
• Zaldy – designer for RuPaul

Illustrators

• Timothy D. Bellavia – children's writer and illustrator
• Enrico Casarosa – animator at Pixar
• Chris Eliopoulos – cartoonist
• Antonio Lopez – fashion illustrator

Jewelry, accessories designers

• Carolina Bucci – jewelry designer
• James de Givenchy – jewelry designer and owner of the jewelry company Taffin

Writers

• Sydney Biddle Barrows – businesswoman, socialite, management consultant and writer
• Cailli and Sam Beckerman – fashion bloggers
• Angie Cruz – novelist
• Erica De Mane – chef, food writer (including cookbook writer)
• Nina García – editor-in-chief of Elle magazine, and Project Runway judge
• 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

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