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Entrepreneur and founder of Business Fashion Academy Zeynep Dag shares her best career advice

A piece of advice can completely change the course of one’s career. What career tips have fashion professionals received, and what advice do they have for others? This time, we speak with entrepreneur, footwear designer, and founder of the Business Fashion Academy in the Netherlands and the brand Alzúarr, Zeynep Dag. What is the best career...

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IED Roma students create eight looks with Albini 1876 fabrics

Twenty-seven fashion designers from the Istituto Europeo di Design in Rome, together with Albini 1876, a brand of the fabric and yarn production company Albini Group, have created a series of garments that express their creative spirit. The young talents presented their eight looks at the Albini Group showroom earlier this week. "The workshop is...

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IFA x KSU show 2024: Battle of Versailles inspires international fashion students

Fashion institutions International Fashion Academy Paris (IFA Paris) and the School of Fashion at Kent State University (KSU) have held their third annual collaborative fashion show in New York City. In a show entitled ‘Scene Makers’, this year's young designers from both schools who presented their creations on the runway were inspired by the...

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Arts Thread announces winners of Global Creative Graduate Showcase 2024

Arts Thread has announced the winners of this year’s edition of its Global Creative Graduate Showcase, an international online showcase of graduating artists and designers. The 2024 edition is the fifth anniversary of the event and features trend forecasting agency WGSN as its main sponsor. The work of all of this year’s winners will be...

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LCF’s Centre for Sustainable Fashion wins KE award

The UK-based international knowledge exchange association PraxisAuril has announced the winners of its annual KE awards, which this year included the London College of Fashion (LCF) at the University of the Arts London (UAL). The Centre for Sustainable Fashion at LCF, UAL has been awarded the KE award for Sustainability Collaboration of the...

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‘Fashion Nights': Over 30 fashion institutes in Italy to open doors to the public

Confindustria Accessori Moda, Sistema Moda Italia (SMI) and Rete TAM, the national network of institutes in the textile, clothing and fashion sectors throughout Italy, have announced the launch of the sixth edition of the educational event ‘Fashion Nights’ (Notti della Moda). Starting in October, this initiative will open the doors of technical...

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Ba&sh invites IFM students to design shoes for its SS25 collection

The French ready-to-wear brand Ba&sh has invited students specialising in accessories design at the Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) to design a shoe model for its spring/summer 2025 collection. The three finalists, selected by a panel of experts, will be announced on Thursday October 24, before the public selects the overall winner. The...

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Pierre Cardin takes to Taipei Fashion Week with Young Designer Competition and SS25 show

Storied brands are continuously positioning themselves as educational beacons to younger generations. Such partnerships can go both ways, however; as heritage can help in the provision of long-existing skills to up-and-coming designers that can, in turn, also present to brands new perspectives in a bid to retain relevance. It was this that was...

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‘Manifattura’: Polimoda opens second fashion campus in Florence

Italian fashion school Polimoda unveils Manifattura, a new campus located in Florence at the former Manifattura Tabacchi cigar factory. Manifattura was presented on October 15, 2024 by Ferruccio Ferragamo, chairman of Polimoda, and Massimiliano Giornetti, director of the fashion school, in the presence of the mayor of Florence, Sara Funaro....

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Brioni inaugurates its Nazareno Fonticoli haute couture school

Yesterday in Penne, Italy, Brioni inaugurated its School of Haute Couture Nazareno Fonticoli, named after the Italian master tailor and entrepreneur who founded Brioni with partner Gaetano Savini, and officially launched the Brioni Foundation. The school opened its doors on September 23. The students have already completed the first three weeks...

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Fashion Stipend winner Camiel Fortgens: ‘We're going to conquer the world’

The thirteenth Fashion Stipend Netherlands winner has been announced: Designer Camiel Fortgens took home the Culture Fund Fashion Stipend earlier this week. Fortgens joins a list of designers (collectives) who have previously received the incentive award. Fortgens is a Dutch designer who mainly operates abroad. In the Netherlands, he continues...

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Marco Sammicheli joins Its Arcademy advisory board

Marco Sammicheli, curator for design, fashion and craftsmanship and director of the Museum of Italian Design at Triennale Milano, joins the advisory board of Its Arcademy, Museum of Art in fashion, a museum dedicated to contemporary fashion based in Trieste. "Joining the board of Its Arcademy is an honour for me," Marco Sammicheli said in a...