The Supima Design Competition returned to the runway on Thursday for the first time since Covid forced it into virtual format. Judging by the intensity of color, playful volumes and variety of textile design on display the six finalists were determined to seize the day as one of the first milestones in their burgeoning design careers. Founded in...
13 Sep 2021
In an aim to help the next generation of fashion designers succeed in the technology-driven future of fashion, 3DLOOK, the creator of the world’s leading patented mobile body scanning technology, announced today that it is sharing free access to its tools with fashion design schools. The company’s Mobile Tailor solution will allow aspiring...
1 Sep 2021
As many schools take steps to guarantee diversity among staff and student body so that classrooms are reflective of society at large, one area of fashion education continues to undermine these efforts yet eludes scrutiny: the fashion illustration curriculum. The evaluation of fashion illustration has remained unchanged for more than a century....
10 Aug 2021
Speaking with Peter Arnold, Executive Director of Fashion Scholarship Fund, the designer advises fashion’s next generation to do it on their own terms. While mentors are invaluable, and one of Browne’s is former boss Ralph Lauren, it’s too easy to rely on how careers have been formed in the past and how others have achieved success. “I really...
20 Jul 2021
Buenos Aires- Massimo Casagrande is currently the Academic Director at the Istituto Marangoni in Miami. Casagrande completed his studies at the Marangoni institute headquarters in Milan and at the University of East London before working at Versace and, in 2012, he launched his own menswear brand. He has presented his designs in Paris and...
21 May 2021
The BSP Business School Berlin is a state-recognized, private university for management. But in addition to the many management subjects, the university also offers a variety of courses for those interested in fashion - such as fashion marketing or sustainable fashion. The BSP is located in the south of the German capital and stands out above...
12 May 2021
Harold Tillman, the British Fashion Council’s longest-serving chairman from 2008 to 2014 and the previous owner of fashion retailer Jaeger, is calling on the government to “save the bright, young minds” of our creative industry. The pandemic has hit the world of fashion, design and creative arts hard, especially those in higher education,...
6 May 2021
Initially the prospect of teaching fashion sketch remotely filled me with dread. I thought longingly about the wooden horses and easels of past classrooms in which I had taught drawing for fashion. The live models, and the suitcase of vintage garments they would generously bring to wear while they posed, the plastic accessories and lengths of...
24 Mar 2021
Ben Barry will assume his new role as Dean of Fashion at Parsons School of Design this summer. In his former role as Chair of Fashion at Ryerson, he established himself as a leading voice of social change through the medium of fashion education. FashionUnited caught up with him to hear what he hopes to achieve from the leadership position of the...
22 Mar 2021
Graduate Fashion Foundation has launched a new innovative digital platform using technology to boost opportunities for fashion graduates with a portfolio hub, fashion university pages, and bespoke live-streaming technology for its annual Graduate Fashion Week (GFW) event. The new platform at graduatefashionweek.com will have dual functionality,...
15 Mar 2021
Paris fashion week opened in unique style on Monday, with students cutting the virtual ribbon for women's ready-to-wear collections at a time of unprecedented chaos in the fashion calendar. Deserted by several heavyweight designers, and still imprisoned online by the pandemic, organisers turned to students from the French Institute of Fashion...
2 Mar 2021
Over the past year, fashion design schools have been forced to rethink how they educate students and prepare them for jobs. It’s a monumental task, when so much about Covid-19 is still unknown, making planning for future academic years difficult at best. What’s more, with a shift to online learning and a focus on systemic racism within fashion...
27 Nov 2020
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