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JCA launches student competition with Saïd Business School

Jimmy Choo’s The JCA | London Fashion Academy is partnering with the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford on new uniforms and a clothing line. In a press release, the JCA describes the partnership as “unique” as its fashion students will be designing Saïd Business School’s new staff uniforms alongside a student clothing line to be...

30 Mar 2023

Business

Polimoda to open new research hub

Fashion school Polimoda in Florence, Italy, has announced that it will set up a new fashion archive in Florence, which is to be a research centre for all fashion innovators, as per a press release sent out by the school. The project, entitled Anarchive, will be a new physical and digital environment dedicated to fashion development and research,...

27 Mar 2023

Fashion

Parsons Benefit 2023 to honour Geoffrey van Raemdonck, Olivier Rousteing and Naomi Campbell

The New School in New York City has announced its annual Parsons benefit along with the names of the industry figures that will be recognised at the occasion. At the benefit, the US school raises funds for student scholarships. The student scholarships enable any student to pursue studies in art, design, liberal arts, technology and social...

27 Mar 2023

People

Meet Karen Chinchilla, the Parsons alumna who has worked on many a red carpet look

Born in Honduras and raised in New York, Parsons alumna Karen Chinchilla has a little-known job in the fashion world: she is a tailor and seamstress specialising in preparing outfits for red carpets. She does meticulous, behind-the-scenes work, taking care of fittings for the fashion industry's most recognised brands and celebrities. Recently...

23 Mar 2023

Retail

Ablos Retail School Brazil starts new classes and expands course range

The first batch of students have graduated from the extension course Retail Management at the Ablos Retail School in Brazil. Ablos Retail School is an initiative by the Brazilian Association of Satellite Storekeepers in partnership with the educational centre Centro Universitário Assunção and Unifai, one of the educational branches of the Sao...

22 Mar 2023

Fashion

Kent State School of Fashion to add Omar Salam to its hall of fame

US educational institution Kent State School of Fashion at Kent State University (KSU) in Kent, Ohio has named Omar Salam, a fashion designer and the founder and creative director of fashion house Sukeina, inductee of its fashion hall of fame. The Kent State School of Fashion award celebrates “the outstanding contributions made to fashion by an...

21 Mar 2023

Fashion

Manchester Fashion Institute partners with Coats Digital

The Manchester Fashion Institute at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) has announced that it has partnered with Coats Digital, the software company of industrial thread manufacturer Coats Group, to help students better understand the fashion value chain. Coats Digital joined forces with the educators of Manchester Metropolitan University...

21 Mar 2023

Fashion |REPORT Featured

The Shein X Challenge 2023: An inside look

The third edition of the Shein X Challenge, which took place in London on March 9 and 10, 2023, highlighted the winner Amy Sala and the nine other candidates who participated in the contest to try to reach a target clientele. FashionUnited attended the event to ask questions about the business model of a Chinese fashion brand that has been...

15 Mar 2023

Fashion

'EsCam': Argentinian Chamber of Fashion launches e-school

The Argentinian Chamber of Fashion (CAM, Cámara Argentina de la Moda in Spanish) has announced the launch of 'EsCam', a programme of online seminars on industry topics. The first course is planned for March 20 and will happen live, through a dedicated web platform. "You can learn to cook from a tutorial, not really enjoy it, and still learn to...

14 Mar 2023

Fashion

Real Leather. Stay Different. opens entries for student design competition 2023

The Leather and Hide Council of America (L&HCA) has announced the 2023 edition of its international student design competition. Students in higher education from all over the world can apply for the competition, as well as international students who have graduated in the past year. The aim of the competition, which the L&HCA hosts annually...

14 Mar 2023

Business

Alibaba launches new edition of Global E-Commerce Challenge competition

Alibaba wants to recruit young talent for the development of its international e-commerce business. To do so, the Chinese giant has launched a new edition of its Global E-Commerce Challenge competition, which is aimed at students from all over the world. Based on simulations of problems that could be encountered by Alibaba's Global Digital...

13 Mar 2023

Fashion

My Fashion Academy opens new location in Mexico City

The educational institution My Fashion Academy opened the doors of its newest location inside the Miyana shopping mall in Mexico City. During the inauguration of the new campus, the director and founder of MFA, Mr. Alejandro Villalpando, said that having a presence in Mexico City is part of the expansion plans of the training center that...

13 Mar 2023