Articles by Kelly Press
Since 2018, Kelly Press has worked as a journalist and currently leads FashionUnited's Education platform. She covers developments in the fashion education sector through interviews, reports, and investigative features. Kelly’s primary focus is to elevate the visibility of emerging fashion professionals, innovative institutions, and sustainable design within the industry.
Fashion students recognised for upcycling designs at UK Parliament event
Fashion students from universities across the UK have been recognised at a reception at the Houses of Parliament after creating upcycled garments for the inaugural Singer Sustainable Sewing Awards, an initiative supporting children's charity Barnardo's. The competition, organised by Singer Sewing Machines UK, invited students to transform...
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AFRO Fashion Association and Accademia del Lusso launch scholarship programme for emerging fashion talent
AFRO Fashion Association and Accademia del Lusso have announced a new partnership to support emerging fashion professionals through a scholarship programme worth approximately 120,000 Euros. The initiative will provide five scholarships to students from Cameroon, Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria and Italy, with the aim of expanding access to higher...
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Fashion Forward Kinspire expands New York fashion week programme for youth in kinship and foster care
A Second Chance, Inc. will launch the second year of its Fashion Forward Kinspire™ programme this summer, expanding a fashion education initiative designed to introduce young people in kinship and foster care to careers across the fashion industry. The programme combines mentorship, career exploration and creative learning with a redesigned...
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Southampton Solent make-up and hair students gain backstage experience at Graduate Fashion Week
While Southampton Solent University's fashion students showcased their work at Graduate Fashion Week 2026, students from the university's BA (Hons) Make-Up and Hair Design programme were working behind the scenes, creating the make-up looks for catwalk presentations throughout the event. Held annually in London, Graduate Fashion Week brings...
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Accademia di Brera celebrates 250th anniversary with graduate fashion show
Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera marked its 250th anniversary with 'The Devil Wears Brera', the annual runway presentation of its Master's programme in Fashion Design. Held on 18 June, the show transformed the historic Milan campus into a catwalk, with collections presented in the corridor adjacent to Aula 55 overlooking the Magnolia Courtyard....
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Southampton Solent student wins Graduate Fashion Week Photography award for folklore-inspired project
A final-year fashion photography student from Southampton Solent University has won the Fashion Photography Award at Graduate Fashion Week (GFW) 2026, earning national recognition for a project that explores British and Irish folklore through contemporary fashion imagery. Ellis T. Carroll, who studies BA (Hons) Fashion Photography and Image...
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ESMOD Paris to showcase emerging designers at Talent Show 2026
ESMOD Paris will present the work of its graduating Bachelor Fashion Design students at Talent Show 2026, an annual runway event set to take place on 30 June in Paris. The showcase will bring together more than 300 guests from the fashion, luxury and creative industries, along with media, institutions, alumni and recruiters, to discover the next...
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Kent State University plans Rwanda fashion school to support African creative industries
Kent State University has announced plans to establish a new campus in Rwanda, with a proposed School of Fashion designed to expand access to fashion education and support the development of Africa’s growing creative economy. Unveiled during the Kent State University Fashion Symposium 2026 in Kigali, the initiative was presented in partnership...
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LPU highlights industry-focused approach to fashion design education
India’s Lovely Professional University (LPU) is highlighting its School of Fashion Design as a hub for creativity, technology, and industry engagement, emphasizing a curriculum designed to prepare students for evolving careers in fashion. According to the university, the program combines traditional design skills with training in textiles,...
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Imperial College London and Ponda turn branded merchandise into a testbed for regenerative materials
Branded merchandise may be ubiquitous, but much of it is produced from fossil-based materials and often discarded after limited use. A new collaboration between Imperial College London and Bristol-based biomaterials company Ponda aims to offer an alternative by introducing plant-based insulation into university-branded apparel. The partnership...
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