Future of Fashion

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Stylish M.C. alert: Next month, FIT’s annual Future of Fashion show will be hosted by Alexa Chung. The event, which will take place on FIT’s Chelsea campus, is sponsored by Calvin Klein. Recently, Chung spoke at the second annual Vogue Festival in London; Chung is also a contributing editor at British Vogue. This month, Chung graces the cover of Italian Glamour. Later this year, Chung’s own clothing line is expected to roll out.

Are you in or are you out? Fatigued students with rattled nerves wandered the floor of the Great Hall at FIT today as their final designs were carefully looked over and critiqued to decide whether or not they had made it into the school’s annual Future of Fashion runway show, taking place on May 1st. The judges who will be deciding their fate include: Elle creative director Joe Zee; Kate Betts, contributing editor to Time and The Daily Beast; Saks Fifth Avenue senior fashion director Colleen Sherin; stylist Alana Kelen; fashion blogger Bryanboy, and style expert Lilliana Vazquez.