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Parsons alumni address fashion’s waste crisis through biomaterials and cultural engagement

Emma Kowalczyk and Nij Balar, recent graduates of Parsons’ Master of Science in Strategic Design and Management program, are tackling one of fashion’s most persistent challenges: waste. Rather than developing yet another experimental textile, they turned their attention to accelerating the adoption of biomaterials, which they see as essential to...

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And they also teach… Lucía Cuba, designer, social psychologist, and educator

A reference in Latin American fashion within the international academic field, Peruvian designer Lucía Cuba develops a practice that connects design, activism, and social justice, questioning the traditional models of fashion education. Her work has been presented in museums and academic spaces in different countries. This article is part of the...

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Parsons School of Design appoints Anne Gaines as executive dean

New York City university The New School has appointed Anne Gaines, interim dean of the School of Fashion at Parsons and an associate professor of contemporary art practice, as executive dean of Parsons School of Design. In her new role as executive dean, Gaines will serve as Parsons’ principal academic and strategic leader, overseeing the...

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Parsons Benefit to honour Sephora’s Artemis Patrick

Sephora North America president and chief executive officer Artemis Patrick will be honoured at the 76th annual Parsons Benefit taking place in New York on May 20. The Parsons Benefit is an annual celebration of the role fashion, design and the arts play in today’s world and honours what it calls “visionary figures” in fashion, business, design,...

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Parsons changes it up for BFA Synergies graduate fashion show

Parsons tried something different this year for their BFA fashion show held in the august Hall Des Lumières in lower Manhattan. In the spirit of inclusivity that has become a core principle of the school’s pedagogy, especially since Ben Barry became Dean of the School of Fashion in 2021, the runway presented one look from every single graduating...

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Which are the best fashion schools in the world according to CEO World?

Business news publication CEO World pre-selects the best international business schools every year. It also publishes a ranking of the world's best fashion schools. FashionUnited takes a look at the 2024 list, which has ranked US institutions the Parsons School of Design Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), both in New York City, in first and...

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Exploring the true price tag of fashion education: A global insight into the costs of fashion schools

Venturing into the world of fashion holds an irresistible allure, especially when setting sights on one of the pivotal hubs in this industry: Paris, New York, Milan, or London. These cities serve as the breeding grounds for the most iconic names in the fashion realm. But what financial investment is required to enter the top fashion schools,...

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Anybag gives Parsons EMiLUX students factory tour and workshop

On November 14, Bag company Anybag hosted a factory tour and weaving workshop for students enrolled in the EMiLUX programme at Parsons School of Design in New York. EMiLUX is a program through Parsons' Executive Education, directed by John Bartlett, the director of Parsons School of Design. The cohort was in New York for their last residency of...

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Parsons teams up with Tilting the Lens to support disabled students

The School of Fashion at The New School’s Parsons School in New York has announced a partnership with Tilting the Lens, an accessibility consultancy led by Sinéad Burke, to support disabled students in fashion. The partnership will launch the Parsons Disabled Fashion Student Programme, a new four-year pilot combining recruitment, scholarship and...

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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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New book aims to help design educators navigate demands of today’s classroom

Perhaps the first of its kind, the latest book from educator and author Steven Faerm, whose previous titles were designed to aid student learning, is aimed at helping that other individual in design classrooms: the educator. His books, ‘Fashion Design Course: Principles, Practices and Techniques’ and ‘Creating a Successful Fashion Collection:...

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Not-So-Average: Jeff Karly Drouillard – Creative Director & Adjunct Professor at Parsons

Jeff Karly Drouillard is a Haitian-American creative director, professor, designer, and an all-around multifaceted individual from Flatbush Brooklyn, New York. “I am a son, a brother, a friend, [an] educator,” said Drouillard, “just a guy with a perspective.” Jeff Karly Drouillard, Courtesy of Karjaka About this series There’s more to the...