• Founder & CEO of Marasim
• FIT Instructor

Nidhi Garg Allen is a alumni of Parsons School of Design. She is a technologist turned artisan entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Marasim. Marasim based in NYC is committed to extending luxury brands the creative freedom to develop luxurious artisanal textiles that make use of regional techniques without uprooting craftspeople from their native communities.

http://marasim.co
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nidhi-garg-41124b110/
http://instagram.com/marasim.co

• CEO of TRUE Model Mgmt
• FIT Instructor

Dale Noelle is the founder and CEO TRUE Model Mgt, an instructor at The Fashion Institute of Technology, health coach, motivational speaker and former fitting model for major brands/significant designers as well as a production manager for a women’s sportswear company. She is a thought leader and advocate for technological advances in the fashion and modeling industries. Dale has a passion for connecting, empowering and assisting others to make dreams become reality.

http://www.dalenoelle.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dalenoelle
https://www.facebook.com/TRUEmodelmgt/
https://www.instagram.com/truemodelmgt

• Entrepreneur
• Instructor at FIT

Eduardo Morales is the founder of @pinlord, @potteryforall, and @macramemakers and the former US General Manager at Depop. He currently teaches Instagram related workshops at FIT as well as writes guides that help people learn how to build businesses on Instagram. You can read more of his work through his personal blog:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/eduardoamorales/

Emma Sosa

• Self-Employed Image Consultant
• Fashion Stylist
• Instructor at FIT

Emma Sosa is the President and Founder of Fashion & Image Int’l. Her specialties are seminars and private consultations to individuals and corporations focusing on Image Enhancement (Color Messages, Clothing Symbols) and Nonverbal Communication (Body Language, Etiquette).

Trained as a Color and Image Consultant, Emma, a Bernard Baruch College and Fashion Institute of Technology graduate, defends fashion as a highly significant form of nonverbal communication.

With her keen eye, Emma has been known to find one-of-a-kind designer clothing at discount prices for that special client on a shoestring budget. Her eclectic style entails mixing vintage styles with modern day fashion. She teaches a variety of courses at the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC which include: Fashion Styling, Secrets from a Professional Shopper, and Vintage Shop Talk & Tour. Some of her collectibles can be found at these ecommerce sites: emmasvintageshop.com and vintagefitforstyle.com.

https://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/home/VintageFitforStyle
https://somageneralstore.com/vendors/emmas-vintage-shop/
https://www.instagram.com/fashnimage/

Lori Lengua

Founder of Make it Known PR

As Founder & Head Consultant of Make it Known PR (MiK) Lori Lengua is well connected and respected among food & beverage industry professionals and media throughout the U.S. With 15 years working in media, her expertise includes creating partnerships and generating strong coverage across the lifestyle, culinary, entertainment, business, startup and travel sectors, achieving major media exposure in local and national broadcast outlets. Lori continues to build successful relationships with start-ups, wine/spirit brands, chefs, CEO’s, Financials, Tech, and many more If there is a story MIK will have it be known Be Heard- Be Different- Be Known.

https://makeitknownpr.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/makeitknownpr/

C.J. Yeh is a world-renowned expert in user experience design and dynamic branding. Yeh has published eight books to date, several of which have been adopted by universities in Taiwan as textbooks. His work has been exhibited at some of the most famous museums in the world including MAXXI Museum (Rome), the Museum of Contemporary Art (Taipei), and New Museum (New York). Yeh has won multiple teaching awards including the FIT President’s Award for Faculty Excellence, the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the Adobe Educators’ Choice Awards.

http://cyndamedialab.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cjyeh/

http://davidarcos.com/portfolio/

Swati Argade

• Designer
• Educator
• Entrepreneur

American-born Swati Argade is the Founder and Creative Director of Bhoomki, one of New York City’s leading destinations for sustainable fashion since 2012. Swati began her fashion career in South India while working on a documentary. After meeting weavers in Andhra Pradesh who struggled to find markets for their cloth,

Swati created a small collection showcasing their weaving skills. After numerous strangers stopped her on the streets of New York to enquire about her clothing, she decided to launch a womenswear line incorporating handmade sustainable fabrics with tailored silhouettes.

In 2006 while in Calcutta, Swati was shocked to see children on factory floors producing $5,000 leather bags—the kind found in glossy fashion magazines. She decided to take a break from producing fashion collections to study the apparel supply chain and identify solutions for change. In 2012 Swati opened Bhoomki Boutique to provide a space for customers to discover brands committed to social and environmental responsibility.

Swati has Bachelor’s degrees in Art History and Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a Master’s degree in South Asian Studies with a concentration in film from the University of California, Berkeley. She has also studied garment construction at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. Swati is a founding faculty member of the School of the New York Times where she is the lead fashion educator. In 2017, she was chosen as one of four women entrepreneurs by technology giant Intel in their campaign #SheOwnsIt. Her work has been featured in such publications as Elle, Lucky, Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, Associated Press, Brooklyn Magazine and The Nation.

https://www.bhoomki.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/swatiargade

https://www.facebook.com/bhoomkiNYC/

https://www.instagram.com/bhoomki/

Marian Grealish-Forino

• Self employed knit wear consultant
• Knitter
• FIT Professor

Marian Grealish-Forino has been an Assistant Professor in the Textile Development and Marketing Department in the Jay and patty School of Bussiness and Technology. Professor Grealish has taught at FIT since 1994 teaching both knitting classes as well as textiles. She is a graduate of FIT and received her BS from FIT. She has knit garment for many high end designers and presently knits garments for Broadway shows.

Jeffrey Ampratwum

• Fashion Stylist
• FIT Instructor

Originally from Ghana, West Africa, but raised in New York City, Jeffrey has always been surrounded by creativity. After graduating with degrees in Biology and Dental Studies, he went on to complete the Fashion Styling program at the Fashion Institute of Technology. While there, he worked with some of the top fashion professionals in the industry, namely Joseph DeAcetis – who taught for the program at FIT. Jeffrey assisted Joseph in several courses and also worked on many fashion editorials and brand campaigns. Jeffrey is now sharing his knowledge of fashion styling and his experience in the fashion industry with students in the program.

https://chedior.com/