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Polimoda Talent also awards a digital runway casting solution platform

Luigi Simonetti and Syncroni by Hatem Ben Hassine are the winners of Polimoda's Talent 2025. This is the programme that transforms the innovative ideas of the school's students and alumni, guiding them through a journey of entrepreneurial growth and experimentation in the fashion sector. After six months of development, mentorship and design...

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Accademia Costume & moda presents 12 young talents on the runway

Twelve talents from Accademia Costume & moda showcased their collections in Milan on October 29, during Fashion Graduate Italia. For the occasion, Accademia Costume & moda (ACM) presented the haute couture capsule collections created by twelve designers from the academic master's in Haute Couture, Fashion Design. The collections were developed...

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Mic presents future of denim to students at Jean School in Amsterdam

The Mic spa team was invited by the Jean School in Amsterdam, a school entirely dedicated to the development of denim, to share its experience and knowledge with students. On October 23, Mic presented its innovative yarn solutions to students, focusing on specific applications for the denim industry. Mic's thread has been used at the Jean School...

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LVMH's Institut des Métiers d’Excellence: Training the next generation of artisans

At LVMH, the Institut des Métiers d’Excellence trains a new generation of artisans, creators and client experts in rare skills. These are for professions with strong employment prospects. An interview with Marion Bardet, director of Métiers d’Excellence at LVMH. What do these 'métiers d’excellence' cover? Our mission is to promote, enhance and...

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Wilson Smith & Tate Kuerbis, and the rise of sneakers as cultural currency

Close your eyes and try to picture this scene. It’s 1986, at Nike head office in Washington County, Oregon and architect Wilson Smith III, who has been working with Nike as a showroom, store and corporate office designer has just been asked if he can come to the back room for a talk. “I went in expecting the worst,” he recalls to FashionUnited...

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Massimo Cantini Parrini, mentor for Polimoda's master's in costume design, on the role of the costume designer today

Polimoda's new master's in Costume design will launch in February. The course frames costume design as a narrative art form. It adopts a research-based methodological approach, aimed at providing students with a comprehensive and integrated understanding of the essential elements of costume design. Students will develop skills in historical...

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Milan fashion week: IED Milano’s Unstage blends fashion, performance, and collective practice

At this year’s Milan Fashion Week, the Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) presented Unstage, a collective fashion show that challenged the conventions of the runway. Staged inside the Galleria Lia Rumma, the event brought together 50 looks from 13 emerging designers, framed not as individual achievements but as a collaborative performance. The...

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Ana Paula Figueroa wins Greenwalk Awards with recycled footwear dress, securing a place at Saint Martins

The fourth edition of the Greenwalk Awards took place on September 25 at the Sant Boi and Xperience Sant Boi shopping centres in Barcelona. The event was hosted by Paloma Lago with Alejandro Gómez Palomo as its patron. It brought together eleven students from eight educational institutions across Spain. The winner was Ana Paula Figueroa, a...

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IFM Alumni's meetings expand with fashion forum, addressing industry issues in Faverolles

The Faverolles Meetings, organised by IFM Alumni at the Domaine des Oseraies, in Eure-et-Loir, reached a new milestone on Saturday September 13, 2025 by hosting the Fashion Forum. Until now, the Faverolles Meetings, held at the Domaine des Oseraies, brought together the alumni network of the Institut Français de la Mode (IFM Alumni). By...

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London Sneaker School launches a footwear design platform

London Sneaker School, which has taught more than 200 people the art of shoemaking, is launching a new footwear platform designed to enable creators and communities to bring their ideas to life. The ‘Kickback’ platform aims to empower anyone to design a shoe, launch it and sell it, as the educational institution looks to continue its commitment...

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Graduate Fashion Foundation names first-ever managing director

The Graduate Fashion Foundation (GFF), the charity behind the world's largest showcase of BA fashion talent, Graduate Fashion Week, which takes place annually in London, has named Nicola Hitchens, previously communications and special projects director, as its first-ever managing director. In a statement, GFF said the move represents a “new...

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BCEFW SS26 highlights: Emerging designers and regional talent

Held from September 1 to 7, the 16th edition of Budapest Central European Fashion Week (BCEFW) has strengthened its position as a key fashion hub in Europe. This year's event received support from the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (CNMI) and the Hungarian Fashion & Design Agency (HFDA), bringing together designers from Hungary, Serbia,...