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Australian Fashion Foundation Scholarship Awards announce 2022 winners

New York-based non-profit organisation The Australian Fashion Foundation (AUSFF) has revealed the winners of the 2022 edition of its Scholarship Awards. Australian fashion designers Kritikon Khamsawat, a recent graduate of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), and creative director Olivia Law of The Whitehouse Institute of Design...

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Desigual wants to "attract and retain the best talent" through its annual Young Talent programme

Since September, a new group of young talents have been working at the headquarters and logistics centres of the Spanish fashion multinational Desigual, which for some years now has been committed to incorporating recent graduates into its team through what is known as its Young Talents programme. Through the programme, Desigual aims to promote...

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RCA and Max Mara announce MA fashion scholarships

The Royal College of Art (RCA) has announced new scholarships, funded by Italian luxury fashion label Max Mara, will be offered to two students on the MA Fashion programme annually over the next three years. The scholarships, totalling 30,000 pounds per person, will be offered to students who “face financial hardship,” explains the RCA, and will...

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Four new members have joined the IFM Foundation

Now that fashion week season is over, partnerships between the industry and fashion schools are once again more important than ever. Paris fashion school the Institut Français de la Mode has its own foundation that aims to forge these partnerships in the long term, while at the same time collecting funds for the school’s scholarship...

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Polimoda opens applications for scholarships

Polimoda, a Florence-based fashion school, has opened applications for scholarships starting in October 2022 with the aim of fostering new talent. There are eight English-speaking scholarships available that are geared toward providing opportunities for both Italian and international students who are interested in studying one of the...

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Institut Français de la Mode welcomes twelve new partners

The Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) has welcomed twelve new partners to join the IFM Foundation, a nonprofit organisation with the goal of funding need-based scholarships. The new partners from the fashion and luxury sectors include Ami, Arianee, Balenciaga, Birimian, Farfetch, Fusalp, Isabel Marant, Kea Partners, Kitten, Le 19 M, Sheriff and...

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BFC Foundation announces MA Scholarship recipients

The British Fashion Council (BFC) has named the recipients of its 2020 BFC Foundation MA Scholarship schemes, which provide funding to those who have an offer from, or are currently studying for an MA at a BFC Colleges Council member college. The BFC have been awarding students MA scholarships since 1998 as part of its strategy to support...