80 Years of Fashion Business at LIM College’s Largest Commencement

Hats off to LIM College, which celebrated its longevity with its largest commencement ceremony yet this past Friday, highlighting 80 years of fashion and business prowess. LIM College president Elizabeth S. Marcuse, representing the third-generation of Marcuse leadership, illustrated the path of its graduates in yellow-brick-road fashion, tracing back to the college’s founding year of 1939, which also commemorated the release of the film “The Wizard of Oz.” To walk a path of intelligence, heart and courage are lessons instilled in the film, reminded of by Marcuse at the commencement ceremony at David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center in Manhattan, but as Dorothy clicked her ruby red slippers, so too “you will always have a home at LIM,” said Marcuse, addressing the graduates. Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, who represents New York’s 12th Congressional District, was the first to address LIM’s graduating class, reiterating the role of New York City in the industry and touting how it now eclipses London, Paris and Milan as the “Fashion Capital of the World.” As a school that focuses on the study of business and fashion, LIM College sees the value in the $98 billion-a-year fashion industry. “Whether you end up in retail, design, production or marketing, you’re

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