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LIM presents student-produced graduate fashion show

Within higher education LIM College is unique among the NYC schools in that it held an end of year fashion show this week, but it is not known as a design school. Founded in 1939 and located in midtown Manhattan, offering master's, bachelor's and associate degree programs, the school prides itself on providing experience-based learning...

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Istituto Marangoni to open campus in Riyadh

Fashion and design school Istituto Marangoni is opening a new higher training institute in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2025. The new campus will be in partnership with Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Culture through its Saudi Fashion Commission and will join Istituto Marangoni’s other campuses around the world in Milan, Florence, Paris, London, Dubai,...

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Redress announces Redress Design Award 2024 semi-finalists

The Hong Kong-based environmental NGO Redress has unveiled the semi-finalists for its Redress Design Award 2024, the well-known international sustainable student design competition. The list of semi finalists consists of 30 young designers from across the world. Fashion design students from 55 countries and regions submitted their applications....

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Student’s prizewinning idea begs question: Why doesn’t this exist already?

A Kent State University fashion merchandising senior has come up with an idea that is so blindingly obvious, one might wonder how it doesn’t already exist. Olivia Meyer is currently basking in the glory of awards and accolades, even a mention in the New York Times for her concept: The single leg tights. “It’s mind boggling, but it's a great...

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Lecturer’s address: ‘The fashion industry needs to reinvent itself', what role can AMFI play in this?

The environmentally polluting fashion industry urgently needs to 'reinvent' itself. That is what José Teunissen, programme director at the Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI), argued in her lecturer's address on Tuesday. How can her own education contribute to making the industry greener? “The Chinese online clothing company Shein burns 1 billion...

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Picto Prize for Fashion Photography 2024 presents finalists

Following the closing of the call for entries on March 17, the Picto Prize for Fashion Photography has unveiled the 24 finalists for this year's competition. They were selected from over 200 applications submitted from all over the world. For its 26th edition, the Picto Prize for Fashion Photography will feature 24 finalists, both established...

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Do fashion schools need to stage graduate shows during New York Fashion Week?

This month begins the global cycle of graduate fashion showcases with designers from schools located in fashion capitals like New York or London often gaining the most press. This has forced program directors at regional schools to question if their students are losing out and has pushed some US institutions to stage their own graduate shows in...

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International Woolmark Prize sees a refresh with two-year extension

The International Woolmark Prize has announced a series of strategic updates to the initiative as it looks to better support the emerging fashion talent it awards in upcoming editions. The latest changes come ahead of this year’s chapter in the programme, for which applications are open from April 16 to June 30, after which an advisory council...

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London College of Fashion to host May Day Rave

London College of Fashion, UAL is gearing up to host a free May Day Rave evening event on May 2nd at its new East Bank location in Stratford's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The event marks the debut of LCF After Dark, a late event series, at the campus and is part of the public cultural program surrounding the institution's major exhibition,...

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UAL receives 2 million pound grant for new West London ‘School for Pre-degree Studies’

The University of the Arts London (UAL) has received a government grant of 2 million pounds from the UK government to create a new pre-degree school for art, design, media and fashion at the site of its Lime Grove campus in Shepherds Bush, West London. The grant will allow the university to lower the carbon emissions involved in the...

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New French bill proposes sustainable fashion education from an early age

A bill introduced in the French Senate on March 21 by senator Jean Hingray ties in with a project developed by students at the Institut Français de la Mode (IFM). The idea is to educate future fashion consumers in eco-responsible fashion from an early age, to encourage a more informed behaviour among the general public. As part of their IFM x...

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IFM and Kering showcase wool swimsuits at French Senate

A fashion show featuring wool swimsuits, held at the Senate, the upper house of the French Parliament, prompted the young senator from Vosges, Jean Hingray, to humorously remark, "You can conjugate my promising career in the imperfect tense." The moment took place during the presentation of the work by students from the French Institute of...