Articles by Jackie Mallon
FIT and Parsons MFA runways during NYFW represent two diverging paths of study
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On successive days during NYFW the two major New York City fashion schools presented their MFA student collections on the official schedule, and were the only schools to do so. Unveiling their graduate collections were fourteen designers from the Fashion Institute of Technology, a public institution and part of the State University of New York,...
Will this New York Fashion Week signal the end of the body positivity movement?
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On the morning of my scheduled Zoom conversation with Lauren Downing Peters whose book Fashion Before Plus-Size; Bodies, Bias and the Birth of an Industry, has just been released, an email arrives in my inbox on how internet searches for Margot Robbie's diet exploded following the debut of Barbie. It seems appropriate as the topic of women’s...
Exploring the enduring legacy of David Bowie's style
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London’s Victoria & Albert museum which hosted the globally acclaimed “David Bowie Is” exhibit in 2013 announced in February that it has acquired more than 80,000 archive items spanning Bowie’s career that will be made open to the public in a custom-built David Bowie Centre for the Study of Performing Arts in 2025. As New York City prepared to...
New book aims to help design educators navigate demands of today’s classroom
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Perhaps the first of its kind, the latest book from educator and author Steven Faerm, whose previous titles were designed to aid student learning, is aimed at helping that other individual in design classrooms: the educator. His books, ‘Fashion Design Course: Principals, Practices and Techniques’ and ‘Creating a Successful Fashion Collection:...
Meet the Class of 2023 graduate shaking up C-Suite’s retail strategies
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You’ve heard of the C-Suite, the CEOs, COOs and CFOs who occupy the boardrooms of our favorite brands, now get ready for the Z-Suite, a Gen Z cohort invited into those same boardrooms to advise the senior executives and vice presidents. Z-level students and influencers now hold a unique power as brands and retailers position themselves to meet...
Quiet Luxury bag brand Gladstn London launches in the US
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A current best-seller in Harrods since it launched there a year ago, Gladstn London is coming to the US. The range of bags created in fine Italian leather began as a menswear range but now boasts styles that are considered “shareable” according to owner and CEO (or Chief Bag Carrier as he prefers), Richard Sharman, who sits down with...
Detroit, the quietly buzzing fashion hub goes global
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Detroit is perhaps not top of most people’s mind when they think of cool fashion cities. The likes of Tokyo, London, LA, NYC, tend to cast longer shadows but Motor City has been quietly and earnestly working to establish itself as a style hub. Its legacy of music, manufacturing and artisanal craft make Michigan’s largest city uniquely inspiring...
What is Unified Commerce and why is it so important for fashion retailers?
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Although the term has been around for years, Unified Commerce remains somewhat of an emerging concept for many retailers. A recent survey conducted by Bain & Company global consultants, on behalf of Aptos, the retail technology solutions platform, found that the fashion industry still remains largely unprepared for it. However retailers are...
The 7th Fida Awards celebrates the broadening aesthetic of fashion illustration
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The Fida Awards, the first global online platform to promote fashion illustration and drawing, announced its 7th round of winners on May 26 via zoom. The illustration awards happen twice annually to coincide with the spring/summer and fall/winter fashion seasons and the second, later this year, will be an in-person awards ceremony, location to...
Kent State University’s School of Fashion presents Class of 23 Portfolio Showcase
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On the afternoon of May 18, the School of Fashion at Kent State University held its annual fashion portfolio presentation event at its NYC campus located in Manhattan’s garment district. The Portfolio Showcase which assembles the cream of the crop of design students from the graduating cohort of 2023 is designed to foster connections between...