The Magazine of the Fashion Institute of Technology

From the Editor

Yes, this is Hue. It has always been big—a mailbox-stuffing 9½ by 12 inches—and it was time to throw in a curve. This issue is small. A little zine-y. The usual departments are gone. We like it. We plan to do something unusual, something curvy, once a year, because change can be exhilarating.

This issue of Hue has people on nearly every page. Many of them are gender-nonconforming or nonbinary: alums who are designers and business owners offering gender-neutral clothing; queer pioneers; students across the gender spectrum. There’s no agenda here; we’re just taking note of what’s happening on campus and in the culture. As a college magazine, that’s what we do.

As we planned our stories, we talked a lot about words: nonbinary, transgender, gender-neutral, gender-nonconforming, gender-fluid, queer. Getting pronouns right was a priority. We took the issues of gender identity and presentation seriously. While many students delight in their quest for authentic gender expression—their appearance, behavior, pronouns, names—we know that gender identity and presentation are complicated. We also know that what students are doing on campus may not be what they’re doing at home. It was important to respect everyone’s boundaries and let them set the parameters of their participation in this issue. They were thoughtful and open and lovely.

Throughout FIT’s history, students have come here (to FIT and to New York City) to find themselves and be themselves, to find their people, to make the life they want—and that’s something to be proud of.

As noted, change can be exhilarating. To avoid it is as much of a statement as to celebrate it. We choose to celebrate.

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LINDA ANGRILLI