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Dutch Design Awards 2023: This is the winner in the fashion category

The winners of this year's Dutch Design Award have been announced. Tailors and Wearers, a platform for Afro-Surinamese fashion and heritage, took home the award in the fashion category. The award ceremony took place on Thursday night in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Tailors and Wearers is a foundation aimed at preserving, developing and exchanging...

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Ferrari Fashion School announces rebranding campaign, new logo

The Milan-based Ferrari Fashion School has announced that it is changing its image, as per a press release sent out by the school. It enters the new academic year with a renewed brand and a new strategy aimed at welcoming international students. The prestigious Italian fashion academy has joined Plena Education, the third Italian private group...

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FIT and Parsons MFA runways during NYFW represent two diverging paths of study

On successive days during NYFW the two major New York City fashion schools presented their MFA student collections on the official schedule, and were the only schools to do so. Unveiling their graduate collections were fourteen designers from the Fashion Institute of Technology, a public institution and part of the State University of New York,...

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Behind the seams: Unravelling the technical process of clothing production

The background article From fibre to garment: the technical 'make-up' of your clothing explores the process of transforming fibres and yarns into fabrics and eventually into finished garments. It gives an in-depth overview of how the garments sold in fashion stores are created, unravelling the fabric they are made of to arrive at yarns or fibres...

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RPI, FIT and Field to Fiber among those to lead New York’s Fashion Innovation Centre

As New York Fashion Week began to shutter its doors for the season, eyes started to look towards the future of the city’s textile industry as it continues to set up a new Fashion Innovation Centre. Initially unveiled during NYFW of September 2022, the centre was said to have started development to help advance the production of New York...

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UPM, Central Saint Martins announce concepts shortlisted for renewable materials product design competition

As part of a collaborative project by Finish biochemical company UPM, and Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design (CSM) at the University of the Arts London (UAL), students have developed a number of sustainable design concepts for which they reimagined everyday products by making them from renewable, bio-based materials. The aim of the...

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Kent State University/IFA Paris continue their runway partnership, Jeremy Scott crowns Supima winner

Kent State University and IFA Paris (International Academy of Fashion) teamed up again to share the runway and present an edit of their respective students’ collections during New York Fashion Week. The show which spotlit the creativity of 20 designers across 40 looks was staged at Lightbox NYC, an intimate yet hi-tech space known for producing...

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City of Milan and Ferragamo launch scholarship project to support local fashion talent

The project entitled 'Milan and Ferragamo for the training of young talents', a synergy between the Milan City Council's Department of Labor Policies, the Salvatore Ferragamo Group and the ETS Fashion Training System Platform has been presented in Milan. The aim of the project is to provide support for a high-level training path for four...

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University of Chester reveals students selected for its Fashion and Design Awards 2023

The University of Chester held its annual Art and Design end-of-year show this week, an exhibition that aimed to showcase the creative talents of the graduating class of 2023, from all seven of the University’s Art and Design bachelor degree programmes: fashion design, fashion marketing communication, fine art, graphic design, interior design,...

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‘Code 41 talent’: Andalusia Fashion Week presents new edition of design competition

Code 41, the fashion week of the region of Andalusia in the south of Spain, is finalising preparations for its next edition, which is scheduled to take place from September 29 to October 4 in the city of Seville. In the context of the event, the ‘Code 41 Talent’ competition will also be held, as has been the tradition during previous editions....

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Dutch fashion competition Lichting announces 2023 winner

Yousra Razine Mahrah is the winner of Lichting 2023. This was announced on Friday, September 1 after the annual show of fashion award Lichting in Amsterdam. During the show, seven selected alumni of Dutch fashion academies showcased their creations on the runway, as well as three alumni who entered via an open call. Mahrah, who graduated from...

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AMFI alumnus and Lichting winner Ruben Jurriën talks about his new collection

Anyone who says cheerful, flamboyant and positive says Ruben Jurriën, the Amsterdam-based young fashion designer and AMFI alumnus who won 'Lichting' 2022, an annual prize that rewards the best fashion design graduate in The Netherlands. Jurriën presented "Take my heart!", a collection that made reference to tailoring and to the relief Jurriën...