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Leicester Made & Regions 2026 highlights education and skills development in British fashion manufacturing

Leicester Made & Regions 2026 is positioning fashion education and skills development at the centre of its expanded programme, offering new opportunities for educators, students and early-career professionals to engage with the future of British fashion and textile manufacturing. Organised by Fashion-Enter Ltd, the two-day event will take place...

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Montclair State instructor Pamela Macklin reflects on Essence magazine cover shoot

Fashion industry veteran and Montclair State University instructor Pamela Macklin recently shared reflections on her role directing fashion and style for a landmark Essence magazine cover shoot featured in the publication’s 55th anniversary issue. Macklin, who previously served as Fashion Director at Essence in the early 2000s, described the...

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Co-founder of Kate Spade to deliver keynote and receive honorary doctorate at LIM college 2026 commencement

LIM College has announced that Elyce Arons, Founder and CEO of Frances Valentine and co-founder of Kate Spade New York, will deliver the keynote address to the Class of 2026 at the college’s annual commencement ceremony. Arons will also be honoured with an Honorary Doctor of Commercial Science degree and the institution’s Distinguished...

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ASU Fashion Students Gain Industry Success With Luxury Brand Partnerships

Fashion design students at Arizona State University (ASU) are earning recognition and real-world experience through collaborations with major luxury brands as part of their undergraduate coursework. The programme has connected students with established industry partners, providing opportunities to work on professional briefs, develop...

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Cypriot youth network revives fashion heritage through sustainable design

The Fashion Heritage Network Cyprus (FHNC), a youth-led initiative supported by the Royal Commonwealth Society, is working to preserve and redefine Cyprus’s traditional fashion heritage through sustainable fashion and art. The network pairs emerging Cypriot designers with heritage researchers, artisans and sustainability mentors to create...

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Max Mara Art Prize for Women expands global reach with nomadic format

The Max Mara Art Prize for Women is entering a new international phase, with the long-running award set to become nomadic and travel to a different country for each future edition. The tenth edition (2025–2027) will partner with Museum MACAN in Jakarta, marking the prize’s first collaboration in Southeast Asia. Curated by Cecilia Alemani,...

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Mango launches ‘Craft Your Future’ programme to train next generation of fashion craft professionals

International fashion brand Mango has launched Craft Your Future, a new education programme designed to strengthen craftsmanship and technical skills in the fashion industry. The initiative, developed in collaboration with LCI Barcelona School of Design, aims to train emerging professionals in pattern making, industrial garment construction,...

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Emerging RMIT student blends Indonesian Batik with western fashion in graduate collection

Graduate designer Jessica Micheline Pangestu has unveiled her Threads of Identity collection, which combines traditional Indonesian batik with Western-inspired tailoring for the National Graduate Showcase (NGS) at the PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival, as shared by Fashion Journal AU. A student at RMIT University, Pangestu drew on her...

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Minnetonka High School expands 'Vantage fashion design' course with real-world industry focus

Minnetonka High School is offering students an immersive fashion design course through its Vantage professional studies program, combining creative design with economics and real-world industry engagement. The course debuted this fall as part of the school’s broader career-focused Vantage curriculum. Designed to give students a practical...

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Polaris launches new Fashion Design & Merchandising Program for high school students

Polaris Career Center has unveiled a new Fashion Design & Merchandising program set to launch in fall 2026, offering high school students a two-year pathway into the fashion industry. The initiative is available to juniors from all six Polaris partner high schools and will be based at Berea-Midpark High School. Developed in partnership with the...

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Copenhagen Fashion Week AW26 announces NEWTALENT Showroom and open applications

Copenhagen Fashion Week has released new details ahead of its AW26 edition, set to take place from 27 to 30 January, including a confirmed talk programme in partnership with Vogue Business, the CPHFW NEWTALENT showroom, and continued access to its official image bank. The AW26 talk programme will return as a live, in-person series, featuring...

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YoungArts announces 2026 award winners honouring top young artists in the US

YoungArts has revealed the recipients of its 2026 YoungArts Awards, recognising 734 of the United States’ most accomplished young artists in visual, literary and performing arts. Winners, aged 15–18 or in grades 10–12, were selected through a competitive adjudication process from nearly 13,000 applications spanning 10 artistic disciplines. The...