"Fashion design is our calling card," said FIT president Dr. Joyce F. Brown last night, just before this year's graduating class sent 100-plus looks down the runway (the school has more than 10,000 students, hence the healthy size of the show). Industry luminaries, including Anna Sui, Dennis Basso, and Arnold Scaasi, had earlier vetted the work, giving marks for creativity and execution. If the eveningwear segment was one of the most robust, the work of the knitwear designers was particularly accomplished. This is one case where purls beat out bling.