NYWIFT Blog

Immersive Fashion and Style in the Metaverse

From NYWIFT Member Jean Criss: "Immersive fashion and style in the metaverse combine digital design, virtual environments, and interactive experiences to create unique ways for users to engage with fashion. What I learned this past week from many of our speakers and brands participating at the Fusion Fashion Tech Summit was that there are commonalities across emerging technologies where sustainability, circularity, inclusion, and innovation intersect regardless of whether you're designing fashion, jewelry, gaming, or art."

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WIFT Around the World: La Jolla International Fashion Film Festival

The La Jolla International Fashion Film Festival is a community event bringing together collaborative global creative industry leaders to La Jolla, one of the most beautiful places in California. This location is surrounded by pristine coastline, seaside resorts, wildlife, and birds, adding to the ultimate experience. La Jolla welcomed guests to the 13th annual event this July with open arms, and the awards event sold out once again and received rave reviews by all! Jean Criss shares are the details.

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Recap: FGI & NYWIFT Fashion & The First Ladies Panel

In celebration of Women’s History Month, Fashion Group International (FGI) and New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) took a look at Fashion and the First Ladies through a virtual panel on March 12. It was a candid conversation about how our First Ladies are fashion trendsetters, and explored how fashion plays a key role with history, politics and contributes to the making or breaking of public policy. 

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Road to Designing Women: ’70s Glam Makes a Comeback

Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Adams in American Hustle.  Seventies retro is in. Along with the comeback of flared jeans, maxi dresses, and floppy hats are the faces that mirror the fashion. Women on runways, red carpets, and city streets are sporting heavy eyeliner, false eyelashes, and bronzed cheekbones à la American Hustle. American Hustle makeup department...

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