'For that, we apologize — to those who participated in the show, to students, and to anybody who has been offended by what they saw.”
Joyce F. Brown, president of the Fashion Institute of Technology, released a full statement to the FIT community following an incident Feb. 7 at the FIT MFA Fashion Design program’s runway show at Pier59 Studios in New York. During that show, model Amy Lefevre refused to wear accessories she considered racist that FIT graduate Junkai Huang selected to show with his looks.
“Currently it does not appear that the original intent of the design, the use of accessories or the creative direction of the show was to make a statement about race; however it is now glaringly obvious that has been the outcome. For that, we apologize — to those who participated in the show, to students, and to anybody who has been offended by what they saw,” said Brown.
“My hope is that this never happens to me again. No one should ever be made to feel that way,” said Lefevre.
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