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CFDA and Google launch Fashion Equity Fellowship

The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) has announced a new partnership with Google to launch a Fashion Equity Fellowship. Through the deal, running through spring 2025, the duo have established a grant programme aimed at bringing the resources of Google to designers and brands in a bid to support their upcoming New York Fashion Week...

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ESDI School of Design names colour expert Encarna Ruiz academic director

ESDI School of Design, a part of Ramon Llull University (URL), has announced a change to its management team, naming educator Encarna Ruiz as its academic director. Ruiz has a background in the sociology of design and analysis of social trends. She has been working at ESDI as a teacher and researcher for 27 years, teaching sociology of design,...

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Cambridge university spin-out Evoralis secures 2.5 million dollar funding

Evoralis, a company specialising in the development of plastic-depolymerising enzymes, has announced the closure of a 2.5 million pound seed funding round, which will allow it to build on its mission of transforming “the recycling landscape for textiles and other plastics”. The firm, which began as a spin-out of the University of Cambridge...

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Shein France runway show: Where designer pieces meet everyday wear

What do the looks created by Mathilde Lhomme, Eddie Corps, and Mohammad Hossein Mahjouri – emerging designers showcased at the Shein France runway show last week – look like? Just days before Paris Fashion Week, the Shein France show took place at the Pavillon Vendôme, once again disrupting industry norms. Ironically, the show was titled 'New...

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Nebrija University and Creative Campus showcase potential of emerging Spanish design at Madrid Es Moda

Madrid Es Moda (MeM), the fashion event connected to Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid (MBFW Madrid), continues to solidify its position as a leading platform for Spanish fashion and emerging design talent. The latest edition served as the stage for presentations by students from Nebrija University and Creative Campus. “We firmly believe that...

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SCAD appoints Hermès Americas chairman as university’s executive in residence

The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) has named Robert Chavez its executive in residence, a role he will assume immediately as the university heads into its 2024/25 academic year. In this position, Chavez, who is the current executive chairman of Hermès Americas, will travel to the three SCAD locations – Savannah and Atlanta, Georgia,...

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RCA and Hyundai name winners of Excellence in Sustainability and Creative Practice award

The Royal College of Art (RCA) together with Hyundai Motor Group has announced the winners of the inaugural Hyundai Awards for Excellence in Sustainability and Creative Practice 2024, each selected for their ability to present projects that question societal cultural norms and work to solve the climate crisis. The initiative is open to RCA...

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Refashion takes its pop-up campus on the road

This autumn, eco-organisation Refashion that manages waste from the textile, footwear and homeware industries in France, is launching a pop-up campus dedicated to garment repair and circular fashion. The initiative will tour the south of France via an ‘ephemeral campus’ concept. From September 27 to October 28 2024, Refashion's pop-up campus...

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Istituto Marangoni Florence announces partnership with Palazzo Strozzi foundation

Istituto Marangoni Florence (IM Firenze) has announced a new annual partnership with the cultural foundation of Florence’s Palazzo Strozzi (Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi). It has now joined the partner Committee of the Florentine cultural institution. The collaboration offers the students of Istituto Marangoni Florence the opportunity to actively...

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RCA and Virgil Abloh Foundation announce 2024 scholarship recipient

The Royal College of Art (RCA), together with the Virgil Abloh Foundation, have named MA Textiles student Tyreis Holder as the next recipient of the Virgil Abloh Scholarship. Launched in 2022, the initiative was set up following the passing of the late designer, who had built a relationship with the RCA as an honorary visiting professor in 2020....

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12 emerging designers to take centre stage at footwear fair Micam

International footwear trade fair Micam Milano is set to return to Milan's exhibition centre Fiera Milano from September 15 to September 17. For its upcoming edition, the event is placing a spotlight on emerging designers. The jury who selected the young designers includes, among others, stylist Ernesto Esposito, president of this year’s jury,...

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CPHFW SS25: Master students Royal Danish Academy present collections

The second school that participated in the August 2024 edition of Copenhagen Fashion Week (CPHFW) was the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, which presented its graduating master students. The 2024 graduating class of the fashion, clothing and textile master programme at the Danish institute presented their graduate collections which, according...