What lies ahead in fashion? Will we always pay attention to our clothing, or will a tracksuit behind a laptop suffice as our virtual alter-egos dress up in glittering gowns and tailored suits? Given mountains of clothing waste and dwindling resources, it’s logical for fashion students to explore alternatives for the future of fashion. We asked...
Jun 5, 2025
Twice a year, fashion enthusiasts in the Netherlands eagerly await the AMFI Graduation Show, a festive evening in which up-and-coming talent literally and figuratively conquers the stage. This time, this spectacular highlight took place for the first time at DOOR OPEN SPACE in Amsterdam, an industrial venue that provided the perfect backdrop for...
Feb 6, 2025
Dutch fashion institution Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI) is collaborating with The Fair Wear Foundation, the AMFI study association ‘The New Mode Collective’, and its student-led sustainability group ‘Dirty Laundry’ on a new essay writing competition for students. Essays can be submitted until November 15. Entitled the Klaus Hohenegger Essay...
Oct 25, 2024
In a unique collaboration, the International Apparel Federation (IAF), Alvanon Europe, Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI) and Albstadt-Sigmaringen University have joined forces to organize 3D NEXT LVL 3.0 in Amsterdam, one of the major 3D digital industry events on the global calendar. This innovative two-day event, taking place on Thursday...
Oct 11, 2024
IAF, the Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI), Hochschule Albstadt and Alvanon are organizing the second edition of the 3D Next LVL 3.0 Event. It will be held on November 21-22, 2024 at AMFI in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. This innovative event will offer great insights into the product and process innovations in digital product creation (DPC) from...
Jul 29, 2024
The intensive two-week Virtual Fashion Design summer course “THE NEW REAL” offers professionals and fashion students (bachelor or master level) the chance to become part of the latest digital developments in fashion. Including materials from AMFI’s 3D Research & Technology department, the curriculum encourages new ways of thinking, with...
Jun 11, 2024
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...
Apr 19, 2024
The Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI) has appointed fashion researcher Deniz Köksal as the head of its Fashion & Business and development programme. Köksal announced the news via a post on his LinkedIn page on Tuesday, writing: “It is truly an honour to join the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and serve AMFI.” He continued: “I am so...
Dec 20, 2023
It has now been over two years since an independent report labelled the culture at the Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI) as unsafe. New director José Teunissen tells local Amsterdam news platform AT5 that the school has definitively done away with the ‘breakdown culture’ that emerged from the investigation. Some context: In 2021, the fashion...
Jun 28, 2023
Dutch educator José Teunissen and programme director at Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI), has been named special educator for the fashion programme in fashion design and identity at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA for short), as per a press release shared by HvA. In the new course, Teunissen will look at fashion as a cultural...
May 9, 2023
The Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI) has appointed Dutch fashion professional and lecturer Bregje Lampe as its new head of the school’s fashion and branding bachelor programme, as per an official statement published on LinkedIn. Since 2019, Bregje Lampe has worked as a fashion lecturer and coach at AMFI and she has served as chair of the...
Nov 24, 2022
Amsterdam - Ruben Jurriën is the winner of Lichting 2022. This was announced after the annual Lichting show in the Dutch capital. During the show seven selected alumni of Dutch fashion academies showed their work, as well as three alumni who were chosen through an open call. This year's international jury consisted of Sleek Magazine editor and...
Sep 5, 2022