For professionals in the industry, it is of vital importance to be updated on the latest developments in fashion and therefore fashion journalists, who fulfil this important role, need to be on top of their game. Does this sound like your ideal future job and do you live in Spain or want to study there? View a selection of fashion journalism and...
Jan 21, 2022
Luxury American design house Coach has presented the Coach (Re)Loved Craftsperson Apprenticeship Program, a one-year program designed to provide leather craftsmanship skills and training. The apprenticeship is based in New Jersey and aims to teach those who join the programme how to transform pre-loved Coach bags into newly reimagined and...
London-based designer and ANDAM 2021 award winner Bianca Saunders has made her Paris Fashion Week debut, exhibiting an AW22 collection that experiments with cuts, movement and three-dimensional (3D) elements. Warped check prints make up a number of statement pieces in the menswear collection, creating an almost optical illusion-like pattern over...
Jan 20, 2022
The design competition Yu Prize by Wendy Yu, founder and chief executive of Yu Holdings, has named 20 emerging Chinese designers as semi-finalists for the 2022 edition. The annual prize, in association with Shanghai Fashion Week and the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, launched last year to support emerging Chinese designers and...
The needs of employers and students are changing and with them the paths leading to diplomas. FashionUnited takes a look at some of the new courses offered by fashion schools in France for 2022 and the start of the 2022/23 school year. Upcycling training at Plateau Fertile In Roubaix, Plateau Fertile, an organisation that welcomes project...
Jan 18, 2022
Milan Fashion Campus has launched an initiative that offers online fashion courses in English through its digital platform, industry professional and the institute’s founder Angelo Russica will also take part in the courses. All courses offered will be made available on-demand and sectioned into digital content and video tutorials. Additionally,...
Jan 17, 2022
Tommy Hilfiger has announced the two winners of the third edition of its Fashion Frontier Challenge to be Lalaland and Uzuri K&Y, which have each been recognised for their inclusivity in the fashion industry. The winners were selected during the programme’s virtual closing event, at which six finalists pitched their concepts to a jury panel...
Jan 14, 2022
Dirk Reynders, the director of Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AMFI), is stepping down, according to various media reports. The announcement comes about six months after an investigation revealed an unsafe culture at the school. Earlier, students demanded Reynders' departure. Last year, it came out that the students and teachers felt...
Jan 13, 2022
World’s largest sustainable fashion design competition offers HK$80,000 (US$10,000) in funding as VF’s Timberland® unveils debut collection designed with Redress Design Award 2020 winner It’s a banner month for leading Hong Kong-based environmental NGO Redress as it unveils plans for its Redress Design Award 2022, the world’s largest sustainable...
Jan 11, 2022
French fashion prize ANDAM will award five prizes for its 2022 edition, after adding a new Special Prize worth 100,000 euros, which it will present to one of the Grand Prize finalists. The 2022 prize pot is now worth 600,000 euros, the highest endowment since the prize was established in 1989, with the Grand Prix winner set to receive 300,000...
Performance apparel brand Under Armour has been announced as the official outfitter for ABG Athletics, part of the ABF Learning Centre and Sports Academy in South Florida. In an announcement by the ABF Academy Athletic Department, the chief academic officer, Manny Riera, said: “ABF Academy is very excited to introduce this partnership with Under...
Jan 10, 2022
PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) launched a vegan fashion masterclass for its UK partner universities including the University of Chester, Robert Gordon University Aberdeen and Greater Brighton Metropolitan College. The students created animal-friendly garments including vegan leather dresses and skirts, vegan fur hats and...
Jan 7, 2022
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