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First-year students Amsterdam Fashion Academy create upcycled designs with Uniqlo

The upcycled designs created by four groups of first-year students from Amsterdam Fashion Academy (AFA) in collaboration with Uniqlo, are currently on display at the flagship store of Uniqlo Netherlands at Rokin in Amsterdam. In June, Amsterdam Fashion Academy and Uniqlo unveiled the winning designs of their upcycling project, which the AFA...

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Old is gold! Amsterdam Fashion Academy and UNIQLO Netherlands partner to showcase upcycled student designs at the Amsterdam Store

‌Through a unique partnership with UNIQLO Netherlands, four student groups from the Amsterdam Fashion Academy took over the window display at UNIQLO Netherlands flagship store in Amsterdam. Starting Tuesday, June 11, and running for the next month, the store’s Rokin storefront display first and shopfloor thereafter will host the winning designs...

Unveiling the Graduates 2024 collection: Amsterdam Fashion Academy

As the class of 2024 completes their academic journey in becoming fashion professionals, Amsterdam Fashion Academy recently showcased the graduates' final collections with huge success. Stepping into the fashion industry, those collections play a crucial role for graduates to expand their network and share their work. As the international B2B...

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Justine de Riedmatten takes home first-ever Numéro Netherlands Award at AFA graduation show

Amsterdam Fashion Academy (AFA) graduate Justine de Riedmatten took home the Numéro Netherlands Award on Friday, June 7. The new award was presented on the second floor of the auditorium at the H'Art Museum in Amsterdam, after the AFA final fashion show. De Riedmatten showed her graduation collection ‘Homofungatic’, which explores various facets...

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Lívia Pinent takes on role of contextual studies lecturer at Amsterdam Fashion Academy

The Amsterdam Fashion Academy (AFA) has appointed Portuguese fashion professional Lívia Pinent as a lecturer of its contextual studies course which is part of both bachelor programmes offered by the academy; fashion design and fashion business and innovation. Pinent announced the news via a post shared on her LinkedIn page. In the post she talks...

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Amsterdam Fashion Academy acquired by Italian Luiss Business School

The Amsterdam Fashion Academy is now in Italian hands: the private fashion school has been taken over by the Luiss Business School in Rome on January 1, 2020. The spokesperson of the Amsterdam Fashion Academy confirms this by phone to FashionUnited. The academy had been looking for opportunities to strengthen its international network for some...

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Amsterdam Fashion Academy appoints new Managing Director

Iris Peitzmeier is the new Managing Director of the Amsterdam Fashion Academy, the fashion school in the heart of the Dutch capital. She will be overseeing all academic and business aspects of the school. Born in Germany, Peitzmeier is a true globetrotter: her CV includes experiences in Dubai, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Mauritius, among other...