# 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 author
* Tony Chi – interior designer
* Molly Crabapple – artist and writer
* Rosetta DeBerardinis – artist
* Danielle De Jesus – visual artist and photographer
* 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 author
* CYJO – fine-art photographer
* Roxanne Lowit – fashion and celebrity photographer
* Ryan Ashley Malarkey – tattoo artist, 2007
* Janet McKenzie – painter of religious themes
* Lady Starlight – performance artist; muse of pop star Lady Gaga
* Sara Rahbar (1976) – fine artist, attended 1996–2000
* Fabrice Simon – Haitian American abstract artist and fashion designer.
* Dean Skira – lighting designer
* 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 TV series Project Runway (season 2)
* Betty Davis – singer, songwriter, and model
* Amy Devers – furniture designer and TV personality (Freeform Furniture, Designer People, Trading Spaces)
* Peter DiPilato – entertainment photographer
* Mich Dulce – Filipina fashion designer, reality 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 CEO, 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
* Max Hechtman - filmmaker, video editor and videographer
* 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
* Margaret Josephs - fashion designer, entrepreneur and television personality, starred on Bravo TV 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 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
* Audrey Quock – model and actress
* Joel Schumacher – 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
* 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
* 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
* Jeffrey Ampratwum - fashion designer
* Jhane Barnes – fashion designer
* Polly Barton – textile artist
* Stephen Burrows – fashion designer, one of the first African-American fashion designer to sell internationally.
* Grace Chen – fashion designer
* David Chu – fashion designer, president, and CEO 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
* Carolina Herrera – fashion designer, President of Carolina Herrera New York
* Norma Kamali – fashion designer
* Calvin Klein (1962) – founder of Calvin Klein, Inc.
* Michael Kors – Fashion designer, President and CEO of Michael Kors
* Nanette Lepore – 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.
* Bibhu Mohapatra – fashion designer
* Charles Nolan - fashion designer
* Babette Pinsky - fashion designer
* Ralph Rucci (1980) – 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
* Isabel Toledo – fashion designer
* Hector Torres – fashion designer
* Zaldy – designer for RuPaul

### Illustrators

* Timothy D. Bellavia – children's author and illustrator
* Enrico Casarosa - Animator at Pixar
* Chris Eliopoulos - cartoonist
* Antonio Lopez – fashion illustrator

### Jewelry, accessories designers

* Gessica Brooke – fashion and accessories designer
* 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 and author
* Erica De Mane - chef, food writer, cookbook author
* Nina García – editor-in-Chief, Elle, 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 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