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Nicolas Salado appointed managing director of ISIPCA and La Fabrique

Nicolas Salado has been appointed the new managing director of ISIPCA and La Fabrique, two schools within the fashion and luxury division of the chamber of commerce of Paris and the Île-de-France region (CCI Paris Île-de-France). Founded fifty years ago by Jean-Jacques Guerlain, ISIPCA is a leading institution in the perfume, cosmetics, and...

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Kurt Geiger CEO and internship winner on how the brand’s academy is changing the learning landscape

Joel Anokye has become the first full-time internship recipient of Kurt Geiger’s Business by Design Academy, an initiative the footwear and accessory brand set up last year in order to support young, underrepresented talent in entering the fashion industry. Anokye was one of 20 to take part in the first edition of the educational business...

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Now fashion week is over, what is next for your designs?

We’ve watched the new collections strut down the runway, but now that fashion week is over, what should designers be thinking about in terms of IP protection? Written by Emma Day (IA trainee) and Harriet Berridge (IA director and fashion lead), Stobbs If you need a recap on designs, Stobbs touched on registered and unregistered designs in a...

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Redress x TAL: The importance of industry collaboration in educational initiatives

It is no secret that establishing connections between emerging designers and large-scale manufacturers comes with an array of obstacles. Yet there are those trying to mitigate these challenges, bridging the gap between the young designer and the global manufacturer in order to, ultimately, push forward a new chapter in the story of sustainable...

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How to become an expert in fashion anti-counterfeiting?

The burgeoning second-hand market has thrust a profession once shrouded in obscurity into the spotlight: the anti-counterfeit expert. It's a highly sought-after profession today, with many candidates and few chosen ones. Yet, the demand for experts in luxury goods is increasing as the second-hand fashion industry gains traction. "There's a...

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Brioni reopens Nazareno Fonticoli haute couture school

Italian luxury menswear fashion house Brioni, part of the Kering Group, is reopening the Nazareno Fonticoli haute couture school in Penne, a town in the Italian province of Pescara. Originally founded in 1985, the school is named after Nazareno Fonticoli, the Italian master tailor and entrepreneur who founded Brioni with his business partner...

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UDIT students showcase recycled fashion designs at Royal Tapestry Factory Madrid

The Royal Tapestry Factory (RFT, Real Fábrica de Tapices) in Madrid is hosting an exhibition about weaving looms using recycled fashion garments. Entitled, ‘Gestos’, which translates as ‘gestures’ in English, the exhibition features the designs of more than 100 students from the University of Design, Innovation and Technology (UDIT) in Madrid....

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French fashion schools Mode Estah and IFA Paris to merge into one institution

The educational institutions Mode Estah and IFA Paris have announced the union of their schools. The new Parisian but international merger school will be known as IFA Paris. IFA Paris announced the news in a post on its LinkedIn page. “This union between IFA Paris and Mode Estah represents not only the creation of a new school but also a...

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Josslyn Shi wins ‘Real Leather.Stay Different.’ student design competition 2024

'Real Leather.Stay Different.' has unveiled the winner of its international student design competition 2024. Josslyn Shi, from the California College of Art (CCA) has been selected as this year's top fashion designer from a total of four finalists announced in August. The 21-year-old designer presented her project Ephemeral Eclosion to a...

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UDIT's ‘Parallel Worlds’: Young fashion talent takes centre stage at MBFW Madrid

Spain's leading fashion platforms continue to champion emerging talent, dedicating a space each season to showcase the future stars of fashion design. This season at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid, students from the UDIT school of design, innovation and technology once again opened the event, presenting their collective graduate collection. A...

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IM Miami names fashion design programme leader Mario Braghieri new dean of fashion

Istituto Marangoni Miami (IM Miami) has announced the appointment of a new dean of fashion. The new dean, Mario Braghieri, has been working at the school since it was founded. He has served as fashion design programme leader at Istituto Marangoni’s Miami campus since its inception in 2018, as per the school’s press release. The fashion educator...

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IM Milan's best designer 2024: the collection of Cesare Garbin

Istituto Marangoni fashion graduate Cesare Garbin presented his collection ‘Gazze ladre’ on the first day of Milan Fashion Week (MFW) at the school’s ‘best of’ fashion show and was named the winner of the show shortly afterwards. The young designer’s collection is entitled ‘Magpies: Rise and Fall of Shimmer’ in Italian (‘Gazze ladre: ascesa e...