On April 27, 2009, seniors at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) will send their final projects on the runway and they will also be competing for Best in Show with fashion luminaries Zang Toi, Robert Verdi, Lisa Simlor, and Kate Betts judging the runway designs. NEW YORK, / FW/ - While most students submit a thesis as their final project before graduation, student designers get to hold a fashion show.