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Beyond technical skills: What makes fashion school relevant today?

A new analysis from The Business of Fashion explores whether fashion school remains a worthwhile investment as rising tuition costs, changing career pathways and advances in artificial intelligence reshape expectations of higher education. The article examines how prospective students are increasingly questioning the return on investment of...

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Fashion-Enter highlights apprenticeship outcomes as demand for technical fashion skills grows

Fashion-Enter Limited (FEL) is expanding its apprenticeship provision in response to increasing demand for skilled sewing machinists, while reporting strong outcomes from its higher-level technical training programmes. The independent learning provider, which operates campuses in Haringey, Islington and Leicester, has announced a renewed focus...

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X-Rite Pantone and FIT expand partnership to strengthen digital colour education

X-Rite Pantone and the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) have announced an expanded partnership aimed at advancing digital colour education for fashion students, reflecting the growing importance of colour management skills across product development and global supply chains. According to PR Newswire, the collaboration will provide FIT...

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Ugg taps Muna for back-to-school campaign built around student creators

Ugg is launching its back-to-achool campaign on Wednesday, framing the category around creativity and self-expression rather than the traditional return-to-classroom message. The campaign features indie-pop band Muna alongside students and emerging creatives, positioning the season as the start of a new creative chapter rather than simply a...

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Mugler casts a female bodybuilder to sell its first handbags by Miguel Castro Freitas

Mugler has unveiled the first handbags of Miguel Castro Freitas' tenure as creative director — the Aurora and Lua lines — alongside a campaign that places a female bodybuilder at its centre. Shot by photographer Chris Lensz, the campaign frames its protagonist through the language of classic portraiture and late-19th-century sculpture studies,...

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Adidas partners with African Skate Community Waf. for Superstar ADV

Adidas has partnered with African skate community Waf. (Wafflesncream) to create a collaborative edition of the Superstar ADV. Marking the sportswear brand's first partnership with a Nigerian brand and its first with an African skate community, presale for the sneaker launches today ahead of its global release in October. Waf. was co-founded in...

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University of Haifa stages first on-campus graduate fashion show

The University of Haifa's School of Design has held its first graduate fashion show on the university's main campus, marking a milestone for its fashion programme as 25 final-year students presented collections developed over four years of study. The show featured projects exploring themes including identity, memory, migration, family history...

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London College of Fashion students win inaugural AI fashion prize in China

Two students from the London College of Fashion (LCF), University of the Arts London, have won the top award in China's first large-scale artificial intelligence fashion design competition, highlighting the growing role of AI within fashion education and creative practice. The competition, the Global AI+Fashion Innovation Application...

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Inside Taft's new era of 'greater clarity,' starting with the Longhorn collection

Italian-crafted footwear brand Taft has launched the Longhorn collection, the first release in what the company is calling a "new brand era" that will unfold through a series of limited-edition drops over the summer. According to VP of brand marketing McKenna Taylor, the refresh is less a reinvention than a sharpening of the brand's existing...

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Canali appoints Ethan Hawke as new global brand ambassador

Italian menswear house Canali has appointed actor, director and writer Ethan Hawke as its new global brand ambassador. Canali, a family-owned company founded in 1934, said it selected Hawke for a career and personal approach it views as aligned with the brand's identity around craftsmanship and attention to detail. Hawke has worked as an actor...

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Gucci renews its gender equality certification in Italy

Gucci has renewed its Gender Equality certification, obtained following a recertification audit conducted by Bureau Veritas Italia, an internationally accredited and recognised certification body. The recertification audit involved 14 companies operating in Italy within Gucci's corporate, retail and industrial sectors. The certification measures...

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What to expect from Phillip Lim's new brand, PlayLoveWin

Nearly two years after stepping away from the label that carried his name, Phillip Lim has revealed what comes next: a new brand called PlayLoveWin, his third venture as a designer. Lim announced the name in a direct-to-camera video posted to Instagram, filmed from what he described as his new studio, and pointed followers to a teaser site where...