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First-year students Amsterdam Fashion Academy create upcycled designs with Uniqlo

The upcycled designs created by four groups of first-year students from Amsterdam Fashion Academy (AFA) in collaboration with Uniqlo, are currently on display at the flagship store of Uniqlo Netherlands at Rokin in Amsterdam. In June, Amsterdam Fashion Academy and Uniqlo unveiled the winning designs of their upcycling project, which the AFA...

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Old is gold! Amsterdam Fashion Academy and UNIQLO Netherlands partner to showcase upcycled student designs at the Amsterdam Store

‌Through a unique partnership with UNIQLO Netherlands, four student groups from the Amsterdam Fashion Academy took over the window display at UNIQLO Netherlands flagship store in Amsterdam. Starting Tuesday, June 11, and running for the next month, the store’s Rokin storefront display first and shopfloor thereafter will host the winning designs...

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Unveiling the Graduates 2024 collection: Amsterdam Fashion Academy

As the class of 2024 completes their academic journey in becoming fashion professionals, Amsterdam Fashion Academy recently showcased the graduates' final collections with huge success. Stepping into the fashion industry, those collections play a crucial role for graduates to expand their network and share their work. As the international B2B...

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Justine de Riedmatten takes home first-ever Numéro Netherlands Award at AFA graduation show

Amsterdam Fashion Academy (AFA) graduate Justine de Riedmatten took home the Numéro Netherlands Award on Friday, June 7. The new award was presented on the second floor of the auditorium at the H'Art Museum in Amsterdam, after the AFA final fashion show. De Riedmatten showed her graduation collection ‘Homofungatic’, which explores various facets...

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Lívia Pinent takes on role of contextual studies lecturer at Amsterdam Fashion Academy

The Amsterdam Fashion Academy (AFA) has appointed Portuguese fashion professional Lívia Pinent as a lecturer of its contextual studies course which is part of both bachelor programmes offered by the academy; fashion design and fashion business and innovation. Pinent announced the news via a post shared on her LinkedIn page. In the post she talks...

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Unveiling the Graduates 2023 collection: Amsterdam Fashion Academy

As the class of 2023 completes their academic journey in becoming fashion professionals, the Amsterdam Fashion Academy recently showcased the graduates' final collections with huge success. Stepping into the fashion industry, those collections play a crucial role for graduates to expand their network and share their work. As the international...

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AFA appoints new programme leader for BA in Fashion Business

Amsterdam Fashion Academy has appointed Susanna Nicoletti as the new programme leader for the Bachelor in Fashion Business taught at the school. Ms Nicoletti is a senior marketing, branding and digital executive in the fashion and luxury industry, who has previously worked in marketing, digital and brand strategy at the likes of Richemont,...

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Amsterdam Fashion Academy supports Ukraine through t-shirt collection

The Amsterdam Fashion Academy has set up a t-shirt collection in collaboration with fashion brands B-Spoken, Karl Lagerfeld and Tommy Hilfiger to raise money and to show its support for Ukraine following the Russian invasion. Students from the Amsterdam Fashion Academy created a custom t-shirt collection, and all proceeds from the line will be...

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Amsterdam Fashion Academy presents graduation fashion show 2022

The Amsterdam Fashion Academy has presented seven Bachelor in Fashion Design students’ designs at its graduation fashion show 2022 to industry professionals and the media. As well as the fashion show, there was also an exhibition showcasing the final projects of Bachelor in Fashion Business and Bachelor in Fashion Design students. Image:...

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Amsterdam Fashion Academy launches new course in Fashion Forecasting, Marketing and Buying

Amsterdam Fashion Academy has introduced a new online course in Fashion Forecasting, Marketing and Buying, the school announced via a post on its website. Fashion Forecasting, Marketing and Buying is an eight-week course that will be taught in English, on a part-time basis. Students can learn the key basics of the fashion industry and how it...

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In Pictures: Amsterdam Fashion Academy graduation show 2021

The Amsterdam Fashion Academy has presented the collections from its 2021 fashion design graduates. Graduation show: Fashion your Future 2021 Domitille Georget created a collection called ‘Our Two Mothers’, which focuses on the link and relationship between motherhood and the planet. “With this collection, I aimed to show how a mother can...

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Amsterdam Fashion Academy students will participate at the Dutch Design Week

First-year BA (Hons) degree students of the Amsterdam Fashion Academy will participate in the next DDW Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, the Netherlands that will take place from October 16 to October 24, 2021. In collaboration with Mediamatic, an Amsterdam-based art centre dedicated to new developments in the arts focusing on nature,...