Articles by Veerle Versteeg
‘Real Leather.Stay Different.’ student design competition announces 2024 finalists
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The Leather and Hide Council of America has announced the four finalists of its ‘Real.Leather.Stay.Different.’ international student design competition which aims to celebrate leather as a material and innovation in leather design by empowering student creators from around the world. Each of the four selected finalists is the winner of one of...
Istituto Marangoni Florence announces partnership with Palazzo Strozzi foundation
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Istituto Marangoni Florence (IM Firenze) has announced a new annual partnership with the cultural foundation of Florence’s Palazzo Strozzi (Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi). It has now joined the partner Committee of the Florentine cultural institution. The collaboration offers the students of Istituto Marangoni Florence the opportunity to actively...
CPHFW SS25: Master students Royal Danish Academy present collections
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The second school that participated in the August 2024 edition of Copenhagen Fashion Week (CPHFW) was the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, which presented its graduating master students. The 2024 graduating class of the fashion, clothing and textile master programme at the Danish institute presented their graduate collections which, according...
Heriot-Watt School of Textiles and Design holds master degree show 2024
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30 master students of the Heriot-Watt University’s School of Textiles and Design, located in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, have presented their work in an exhibition show. The exhibition was on display for two days. On the first day, the student projects were shown to friends and family and the school’s industry partners. This was...
Students Swedish school of Textiles showcase designs on CPHFW catwalk
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The graduating bachelor and master students of the Swedish School of Textiles which is part of the University of Borås have presented their designs as part of the most recent edition of Copenhagen Fashion Week (CPHFW). The runway show was entitled ‘Exit 2024’ and featured the final projects of this year’s bachelor students and graduating master...
Spain: Winner of Aragón Young Designers Competition showcases collection at shopping centre
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Fashion designer Álvaro Castillo, winner of the most recent Young Designers Competition in the region of Aragón, in northern Spain, will be showcasing his newest collection at the shopping centre Puerto Venecia in Zaragoza, the region´s capital Castillo, who hails from the city of Zaragoza studied pattern making at Aragon´s Censi School of...
CFDA and Tiffany & Co. launch new jewellery design award
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The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) and luxury jewellery brand Tiffany & Co. have teamed up to launch a new award for jewellery design talent. The Tiffany & Co. x CFDA Jewelry Designer Award aims to spotlight jewellery designers in the US who are ‘committed to driving inclusivity within the design industry’. Selected participants...
First-year students Amsterdam Fashion Academy create upcycled designs with Uniqlo
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The upcycled designs created by four groups of first-year students from Amsterdam Fashion Academy (AFA) in collaboration with Uniqlo, are currently on display at the flagship store of Uniqlo Netherlands at Rokin in Amsterdam. In June, Amsterdam Fashion Academy and Uniqlo unveiled the winning designs of their upcycling project, which the AFA...
IED Madrid celebrates 30th anniversary with new ‘Fashion Talent Award’
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On Wednesday evening, IED Madrid held its end-of-year fashion graduation show which coincided with the school’s 30th anniversary. The show was entitled ‘Celebrar el Futuro’, or ‘Celebrating the Future’ and featured a new award for emerging designers. IED Madrid’s first-ever ‘Fashion Talent Award’ was won by designer Jaime Naddaf who presented...
A Q&A with Jimena Guzman, Polimoda’s top graduate 2024
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Yesterday, Polimoda named Jimena Guzman the winner of its fashion graduation show 2024, which took place on June 12. The young designer who hails from Santiago in the Dominican Republic presented a collection inspired by her cultural roots that was lauded by Polimoda’s professional jury for its originality and technical details. FashionUnited...