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RPI, FIT and Field to Fiber among those to lead New York’s Fashion Innovation Centre

As New York Fashion Week began to shutter its doors for the season, eyes started to look towards the future of the city’s textile industry as it continues to set up a new Fashion Innovation Centre. Initially unveiled during NYFW of September 2022, the centre was said to have started development to help advance the production of New York...

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UPM, Central Saint Martins announce concepts shortlisted for renewable materials product design competition

As part of a collaborative project by Finish biochemical company UPM, and Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design (CSM) at the University of the Arts London (UAL), students have developed a number of sustainable design concepts for which they reimagined everyday products by making them from renewable, bio-based materials. The aim of the...

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Shein’s attempts to provide scholarships to design school met with backlash

Fast fashion giant Shein has been met with protests and backlash against its attempts to send 40,000 dollar scholarships to a design school in Los Angeles. The company had set out to supply the funding to students at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM), offering to pay the full-tuition for 12 of the attendees. Those selected...

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AMFI alumnus and Lichting winner Ruben Jurriën talks about his new collection

Anyone who says cheerful, flamboyant and positive says Ruben Jurriën, the Amsterdam-based young fashion designer and AMFI alumnus who won 'Lichting' 2022, an annual prize that rewards the best fashion design graduate in The Netherlands. Jurriën presented "Take my heart!", a collection that made reference to tailoring and to the relief Jurriën...

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Institute of Digital Fashion presents its new development board

Launched in London in 2020 by Leanne Elliot Young and Cat Taylor, the Institute of Digital Fashion (IoDF) presents itself as a think tank that provides immersive digital solutions, strategies and innovations aimed at strengthening the link between reality and the virtual world for a more inclusive, sustainable and diverse fashion industry. IoDF...

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Who are the winners of fashion competitions in 2023?

Louis Gabriel Nouchi won the Andam 2023 Grand Prize, Satoshi Kuwata the LVMH Prize, the Cachí brand took home the AMI x IFM Entrepreneurship Prize this year and Shein rewarded designer Amy Sala with first place for the third edition of its prize. Since the start of the year, fashion competitions have highlighted a large number of (new) creative...

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Dr Martens unveils collaboration with Central Saint Martins students

Footwear specialist Dr Martens has revealed a new competitive collaboration with a selection of Master’s students at Central Saint Martins, who were tasked with reinterpreting its signature 1460 boot. Out of the nine designers participating in the initiative, four will be chosen as winners next February to then have their designs created and...

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10th edition of Ermenegildo Zegna Founder's Scholarship kicks off

Launched in 2014, the Ermenegildo Zegna Founder's scholarship project is now in its tenth edition. The sponsorship will continue for a further 15 years of the project's total 25 years since its inception. The programme, with an annual contribution of up to 1 million euros, allows selected students from over 20 Italian universities and schools of...

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LCI Barcelona graduating class 2023 presents collections

The students of the graduating class in fashion design at educational institution LCI Barcelona in Spain presented their final collections at the beginning of July. The graduation show took place at LCI Barcelona’s new campus. LCI Barcelona’s graduating students presented a total of 43 fashion collections on the improvised runway located on the...

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UdK Berlin to hold international conference on fashion and sustainability

The University of the Arts Berlin, or Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK), has announced it will be hosting an international conference on fashion and sustainability from September 15 to September 16. The conference is entitled “De-Fashioning Education - A critical thinking and making conference” and will “explore how fashion thinking and...

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LIM College introduces graduate school, expands master’s programme

Fashion business school Laboratory Institute of Merchandising (LIM) College has said it will be expanding its master’s degree curriculum under its newly named graduate school. Dubbed ‘The Marcuse School of Graduate Studies’, the subsidiary of LIM College will now house the institute’s master’s programmes, some of which are new, while others are...

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Common financial terms such as turnover and EBITDA explained

FashionUnited regularly reports on the financial performance of fashion companies, particularly when annual reports and half-year reports are published. These reports are also known as financial reports. Financial reports provide a detailed overview of a company's financial performance over a specific period, including information on revenue,...