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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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SCAD appoints Hermès Americas chairman as university’s executive in residence

The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) has named Robert Chavez its executive in residence, a role he will assume immediately as the university heads into its 2024/25 academic year. In this position, Chavez, who is the current executive chairman of Hermès Americas, will travel to the three SCAD locations – Savannah and Atlanta, Georgia,...

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The unique learning environment of Savannah College of Art and Design

Savannah College of Art and Design is a private art school founded in 1978 by Paula Wallace, then an elementary school teacher with a different vision for creative studies in the US, who remains president to this day. The seat of learning that she built, on a loan from her parents and a dream, now has Georgia locations in both Savannah and...

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VIPs and international press descend on Savannah for SCAD graduate show

SCAD Fashion 2024 presented runway collections by its senior and graduate students on the runway at SCAD Museum of Art on Friday, May 17. The show followed the presentation of the coveted André Leon Talley Award to Brother Vellies founder, vice-chair of CFDA, activist founder of the Fifteen Percent Pledge and author, Aurora James, who appeared...

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Jean Paul Gaultier: ‘Freedom is the first lesson I learned from fashion’

As the Spanish Puig Group, owner of the Jean Paul Gaultier brand, transforms into a public company, the now-retired designer continues to make a name for himself. Invited to show his work at the ‘Cinémode’ exhibition at the Scad Lacoste campus in the US, Gaultier gave FashionUnited and the students a lesson in freedom. Here are some selected...

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Fashion and cinema: Jean Paul Gaultier exhibits work at SCAD Lacoste campus

Until September 30, 2024, the American multidisciplinary art school SCAD Lacoste, the French Cinémathèque and the La Caixa Foundation are presenting a condensed version of the 'Cinémode' exhibition, previously shown in Paris and Spain. The exhibition focuses on designer Jean Paul Gaultier's cinematic inspirations and achievements. The Savannah...

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SCAD Museum of Fashion opens exhibition about Cristóbal Balenciaga

The Fash Museum of Fashion and Film at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) recently opened an exhibition featuring the work of Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga Eizaguirre, the founder of luxury fashion house Balenciaga. The exhibition, entitled ‘Cristóbal Balenciaga: Master of Tailoring’ features more than 30 of the designer’s...

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Global Footwear Awards: SCAD student wins emerging designer prize

Just before this new year started, in December 2023, the fourth edition of the Global Footwear Awards (GFA) took place. The international competition recognises all areas of footwear, from fashion to sports, and every stage of development from design to the production process. Candidates for the 2023 edition were nominated in the following...

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The Blonds at centre of newly launched SCAD Fash Museum exhibition

The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD Fash) has unveiled a new exhibition at its Atlanta Museum of Fashion + Film, this time centred around New York luxury brand The Blonds. With over 80 design creations on display, ‘The Blonds: Glamour, Fashion, Fantasy’ looks into the label’s most notable looks worn by an array of celebrities, including...

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“Haute Couture, that's all there is to it.” Julien Fournié exhibits at SCAD Lacoste

Did we have to wait for SCAD Fash Lacoste, an American school based in Atlanta and Savannah (Georgia), cities not particularly renowned for fashion, to offer designer Julien Fournié his first exhibition open to the public in France? It seems that way. From April 3 to August 15, 2023, the premises of the SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design)...