How to Make It in Fashion: Tips From an FIT Professor

Dinner for Shoes episode 59

In Dinner for Shoes podcast episode 59, How to Make It in Fashion: Tips From an FIT Professor, host Sarah Wasilak chats with FIT Assistant Professor of Fashion Design Amy Sperber about what it’s like to be a student at the renowned college. Amy and Sarah talk about the technological advancements in fashion design that have been introduced to the curriculum and Amy offers tips for aspiring designers that dream of making it in the industry.

Sarah also depicts her own journey as a fashion journalism student studying at NYU, offering insight into the internships she tried and various career moves she made to land where she is now.

Sarah tries Amy’s favorite meal — a refreshing herb salad with fruit and goat cheese, complemented by a crispy chicken cutlet — then goes on to answer her first Shoe Therapy call.

Whether you’re in need of outfit advice or in the midst of a style dilemma, the Shoe Therapy hotline is open for your anonymous voicemails. Call 917-336-2057 with fashion vents and funny stories so I can “heel” ya — you just may hear your message on the podcast. Watch the episode here.

Sarah wearing a Quince sweater set, Hollister jeans, Steve Madden shoes, Brahmin bag, and Warby Parker glasses. Shop my look here.

We tried a refreshing herb salad with fried cheese and a chicken cutlet from Chickie’s in Jersey City, NJ — teamed with a refreshing Redbull Zero in a martini glass, of course.

The Shoes du jour are the Steve Madden Lawsen black leather loafer, which you can shop here.

Thanks for watching!