Class of 2020 news and archive

Parsons toasts MFA class of 2020 with designer showcase

Thanks to partner Veuve Cliquot, this unprecedented year still ended in style for the cohort of Parsons MFA Fashion Design and Society program. In a virtual celebration which included musical acts from the College of Performing Arts, words of encouragement and inspiration from NYC luminaries such as Donna Karan and Sarah Jessica Parker, and...

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A look inside CFDA Fashion Graduate Digital Showcase 2020

The CFDA Fashion Future Graduate Showcase 2020, like almost every other event on the graduate calendar this summer, has gone completely digital. Typically its focus is a 2-day Manhattan event featuring a selection of the nation’s strongest graduate collections on display with its creators mingling among a swarm of industry guests. But FFGS20...

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Collectiv3 describes the ideal post-pandemic fashion portfolio

NYC-based portfolio lab Collectiv3 partnered with Kent State University’s New York Studio to deliver to a group of alumni the skinny on what currently constitutes a successful fashion portfolio. Societal unrest; the economic downturn, consumer shifts, globalization versus localization, and adapting to a digital world, will all inevitably affect...