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 author^[1]
• Tony Chi – interior designer^[2]
• Molly Crabapple – artist and writer^[3]
• Rosetta DeBerardinis – artist^[4]
• Danielle De Jesus – visual artist and photographer^[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 author^[11]
• CYJO – fine-art photographer
• Roxanne Lowit^[12] – fashion and celebrity photographer
• Ryan Ashley Malarkey – tattoo artist, 2007^[13]
• Janet McKenzie – painter of religious themes
• Lady Starlight – performance artist; muse of pop star Lady Gaga
• Sara Rahbar (1976) – fine artist, attended 1996–2000^[14]
• Fabrice Simon – Haitian American abstract artist and fashion designer.
• Dean Skira – lighting designer^[15]
• 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 TV series Project Runway (season 2)
• Betty Davis – singer, songwriter, and model^[19][20]
• Amy Devers – furniture designer and TV personality (Freeform Furniture, Designer People, Trading Spaces)
• Peter DiPilato – entertainment photographer^[21]
• Mich Dulce – Filipina fashion designer, reality 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 CEO, 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
• Max Hechtman - filmmaker, video editor and videographer^[29][30][31]
• Caroline Hirsch – founder and owner of Caroline's Comedy Club
• Agot Isidro – actress, singer, and TV show host in the Philippines
• Janelle James – actress and comedian^[32]
• Margaret Josephs - fashion designer, entrepreneur and television personality, starred on Bravo TV series The Real Housewives of New Jersey^[33]
• Jasmine Kennedie - drag queen, trans woman and contestant on Rupaul's Drag Race season 14
• Kilo Kish – singer/songwriter, textile artist, and painter^[34]
• Frankie Knuckles – DJ and producer best 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^[35]
• Audrey Quock^[36] – model and actress
• Joel Schumacher^[37] – director, producer, writer, costume designer
• Angela Simmons – TV personality, fashion designer, CEO of Pastry Kicks.
• Ramona Singer – TV personality, starred on Bravo TV series The Real Housewives of New York City.
• Stephen A. Smith – sportscaster; attended for one year
• Robert Verdi – television personality and style expert^[38]
• Daniel Vosovic – runner-up of TV 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^[39]
• 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^[40] - fashion designer who was Senior Vice President of Liz Claiborne Inc. and succeeded Claiborne as head of design in 1989
• Amsale Aberra^[12][41][42] – fashion designer of couture bridal gowns and eveningwear
• Reem Acra^[12][43] – fashion designer of couture bridal gowns and eveningwear
• Jhane Barnes – fashion designer^[44]
• Polly Barton – textile artist^[45]
• Stephen Burrows – fashion designer, one of the first African-American fashion designer to sell internationally.
• Grace Chen – fashion designer^[46][47]
• David Chu^[12][48] – fashion designer, president, and CEO of Nautica International, Inc.
• Mandy Coon – fashion designer
• Francisco Costa^[12][49] – designer, Calvin Klein collection for women
• Laura Dahl – fashion designer
• Marisol Deluna – fashion designer^[50]
• Alan Eckstein – fashion designer and co-founder of Timo Weiland^[51]
• Andrew Fezza – fashion designer^[52]
• Jon Haggins – fashion designer^[53]
• Carolina Herrera – fashion designer, President of Carolina Herrera New York
• Norma Kamali – fashion designer
• Calvin Klein (1962)^[12][54] – founder of Calvin Klein, Inc.
• Michael Kors – Fashion designer, President and CEO of Michael Kors
• Nanette Lepore^[12][55][56] – fashion designer and owner, Robespierre, Inc.
• Leon Max – fashion designer, president and CEO 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.^[57]
• Bibhu Mohapatra – fashion designer^[58]
• Charles Nolan - fashion designer^[59]
• Babette Pinsky - fashion designer
• Ralph Rucci (1980)^[12][60] – fashion designer, Chado Ralph Rucci
• Steve Summers - Costume designer and creative director for Dolly Parton
• Kate Stoltz – fashion designer and model
• Ivy Supersonic – hat designer
• Ouigi Theodore – African - American designer behind the Brooklyn Circus label^[61]
• Isabel Toledo – fashion designer
• Hector Torres – fashion designer^[62]
• Zaldy – designer for RuPaul^[63]

Illustrators

• Timothy D. Bellavia – children's author and illustrator
• Enrico Casarosa - Animator at Pixar
• Chris Eliopoulos - cartoonist
• Antonio Lopez^[64] – fashion illustrator

Jewelry, accessories designers

• Carolina Bucci – jewelry designer
• James de Givenchy – jewelry designer and owner of the jewelry company Taffin^[65][66]

Writers

• Sydney Biddle Barrows – businesswoman, socialite, management consultant and writer^[67]
• Cailli and Sam Beckerman^[68] – fashion bloggers
• Angie Cruz^[69] – novelist and author
• Erica De Mane - chef, food writer, cookbook author^[70]
• Nina García – editor-in-Chief, Elle, and Project Runway judge^[71][72]
• Radhika Khanna – fashion designer and author of Yoga: From the Ganges to Wall Street and two other books.
• Naomi Sims – model and author

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^[73]