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Kent State University/IFA Paris continue their runway partnership, Jeremy Scott crowns Supima winner

Kent State University and IFA Paris (International Academy of Fashion) teamed up again to share the runway and present an edit of their respective students’ collections during New York Fashion Week. The show which spotlit the creativity of 20 designers across 40 looks was staged at Lightbox NYC, an intimate yet hi-tech space known for producing...

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Supima Design Competition 2022 marks fifteenth anniversary during NYFW

The Supima Design Competition celebrated its fifteenth anniversary this NYFW and honored the occasion by welcoming two hosts for its runway show event. The dynamic duo were designer Christian Siriano who is well-accustomed to the fashion competition setting with his role on Project Runway, and model and entrepreneur Coco Rocha who wore a...

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What’s the secret to winning student fashion design competitions?

What makes a winning project? This is a question on the minds of many faculty members of design programs across the US as they welcome a new batch of junior students into their fall semester. Competitions and scholarship contests are a big deal within the culture of fashion degrees. Some are international like the Arts of Fashion out of Paris or...

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In Pictures Kent State University Fashion Show 2019

Kent State University’s 2019 fashion show contained work from 77 designers selected from junior level outfit submissions through to graduating BFA and BA students’ final collections. Added to this were 6 students from the China Central Academy of Fine Arts who had been invited to participate as part of the school’s many global partnership...

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University of Salford launches designers in Manhattan

The University of Salford arrived in Manhattan to showcase a mixture of its undergrad and post-grad talent in a downtown launch event, complete with DJ and flowing prosecco, to be followed by a day of sales appointments and meetings with industry professionals. The two-day event offers a complete representation of the school’s crop of talent:...

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In Pictures: Parsons Festival celebrates student thesis collections

Parsons Festival is a 3-day annual event open to the public which showcases the graduating fashion students––all 500 of them this year, their work curated by theme over 3 floors of the school. Portfolios sit next to samples of textile development or custom made shoes, jewelry, sunglasses, handbags. The sheer magnitude of the student creativity...

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In Pictures: Parsons Festival celebrates student thesis collections

Parsons Festival is a 3-day annual event open to the public which showcases the graduating fashion students––all 500 of them this year, their work curated by theme over 3 floors of the school. Portfolios sit next to samples of textile development or custom made shoes, jewelry, sunglasses, handbags. The sheer magnitude of the student creativity...

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Parsons Festival Showcases Fashion Graduates 2018

Parsons Festival 2018 is a 3-day exhibition unveiling nearly 500 student designers and occupying 3 floors of the school. The work has been curated by theme through 20 rooms and provides a preview of some of the collections which will be shown at the annual star-studded benefit next Monday with honorees in attendance, Solange Knowles, Marci...

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Parsons Festival Showcases Fashion Graduates 2018

Parsons Festival 2018 is a 3-day exhibition unveiling nearly 500 student designers and occupying 3 floors of the school. The work has been curated by theme through 20 rooms and provides a preview of some of the collections which will be shown at the annual star-studded benefit next Monday with honorees in attendance, Solange Knowles, Marci...

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