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RCA professor Wendy Dagworthy to retire

Professor Wendy Dagworthy, who has taught some of the fashion world’s most famous names, including Stella McCartney, Hussein Chalayan and Erdem, is to retire from the Royal College of Art. Dagworthy joined the RCA as course director and professor of fashion in 1998 from Central St Martins. In 2001, she became head of the School of Fashion and...

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Stella McCartney unveils new sponsorship programme

Stella McCartney has unveiled a new sponsorship programme for students of Central Saint Martins, funded by her eponymous company. The designer, who also attended the university, said at CSM's graduation ceremony yesterday - where she received an Honorary Fellowship - that her time there was "life-changing". "To get to a college like this is so...

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Central St Martins BA Fashion Press show today

Corrie Nielsen, a previous Central St Martin’s alum, has been named as one of the judges to sit on the panel for today's Central St Martin’s BA Fashion Press Show. The former Fashion Fringe winner will select winning collections for three prizes: The L'Oreal New Talent Award 2012, and two runners-up. The designer will join Fashion East founder...

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Swarowski unveils new scholarshi​p programme

Swarowski has unveiled a new scholarship programme for students at Central St Martins. The three-year scheme will provide a bursary for two promising final-year students from the BA degree: one from Fashion and one from Jewellery Design; the winners this year are BA Womenswear student, Scarlett Tull and jewellery designer, Stephanie Bila. The...

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Central St Martins collaborates with LVMH

Famed British fashion design school, Central St Martins, has collaborated with LVMH to feature a new state of the art lecture theatre. To feature in their new Kings Cross building The luxury conglomerate has also announced plans for a scholarship programme to recruit promising designers from the university for its stable of brands, WWD reports,...

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Central St Martin's fellowship

The University of the Arts will be honouring top fashion industry names this month. Central St Martins will make Hussein Chalayan an honorary fellow, while Whistles CEO, Jane Shepherdson will receive an honorary doctorate from the London College of Fashion. Model, Carmen Dell’ Orefice will also be made an LCF honorary doctor.

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