Mary Davis, Former Graduate School Dean, Files $10M Claim Against Joyce Brown and FIT
The Fashion Institute of Technology had no comment in response to a complaint filed by Mary Davis, its former graduate school dean, against the college and Joyce F. Brown, its president.
Davis, who was dismissed from her position last November, filed a complaint in the Supreme Court of the State of New York County on Feb. 19 over what she claims are false statements over her leadership failures arising out of a fashion show that FIT sponsored on Feb. 7, 2020, that featured work by alumni of FIT’s master of fine arts in fashion design program. The show resulted in criticism about racial insensitivity with respect to accessories used by one of the designers, Junkai Huang.
Davis is seeking an amount to be determined at trial, but no less that $10 million.
According to an FIT spokesman, “FIT does not comment upon matters in litigation except to say that