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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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UEL School of Arts and Creative Industries appoints Alison Lowe as director of careers and enterprise

The University of East London (UEL) has appointed British fashion educator Alison Lowe to be the new director of careers and enterprise at its School of Arts and Creative Industries. Lowe announced the news via a post shared on her LinkedIn page. She has been working as a fashion educator for more than a decade. She has been active as course...

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EIDM to hold ceremony in celebration of Lille campus inauguration

French Fashion and luxury school group EIDM is hosting an inaugural celebration to celebrate the opening of its campus in Lille. Founded in Paris in 2007, EIDM has inaugurated two new campuses in Nice and Lille for the 2023/2024 academic year. The opening of the Lille campus will be accompanied by a ribbon-cutting ceremony to be held at 2 rue de...

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Dutch Design Awards 2023: This is the winner in the fashion category

The winners of this year's Dutch Design Award have been announced. Tailors and Wearers, a platform for Afro-Surinamese fashion and heritage, took home the award in the fashion category. The award ceremony took place on Thursday night in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Tailors and Wearers is a foundation aimed at preserving, developing and exchanging...

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Ferrari Fashion School announces rebranding campaign, new logo

The Milan-based Ferrari Fashion School has announced that it is changing its image, as per a press release sent out by the school. It enters the new academic year with a renewed brand and a new strategy aimed at welcoming international students. The prestigious Italian fashion academy has joined Plena Education, the third Italian private group...

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Unique Graduates Collection 2023: An international overview

This year, leading B2B fashion platform FashionUnited launched the Graduate Collection Campaign 2023 with the purpose of sharing the work of upcoming designers in its innovative Lookbook. Each year, leading fashion schools organize runway shows to showcase their graduates' latest work. However, young designers face a variety of challenges when...

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RPI, FIT and Field to Fiber among those to lead New York’s Fashion Innovation Centre

As New York Fashion Week began to shutter its doors for the season, eyes started to look towards the future of the city’s textile industry as it continues to set up a new Fashion Innovation Centre. Initially unveiled during NYFW of September 2022, the centre was said to have started development to help advance the production of New York...

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UPM, Central Saint Martins announce concepts shortlisted for renewable materials product design competition

As part of a collaborative project by Finish biochemical company UPM, and Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design (CSM) at the University of the Arts London (UAL), students have developed a number of sustainable design concepts for which they reimagined everyday products by making them from renewable, bio-based materials. The aim of the...

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City of Milan and Ferragamo launch scholarship project to support local fashion talent

The project entitled 'Milan and Ferragamo for the training of young talents', a synergy between the Milan City Council's Department of Labor Policies, the Salvatore Ferragamo Group and the ETS Fashion Training System Platform has been presented in Milan. The aim of the project is to provide support for a high-level training path for four...

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A springboard for your talent: Domus Academy competition for scholarships

Domus Academy is launching a competition for scholarships to support new talents willing to pursue their studies in Design, Fashion, Business and Experience areas at one of most highly ranked Design school in Milan. Following its essence as visionary, future-oriented, postgraduate Design school, Domus Academy has always been committed to...

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University of Chester reveals students selected for its Fashion and Design Awards 2023

The University of Chester held its annual Art and Design end-of-year show this week, an exhibition that aimed to showcase the creative talents of the graduating class of 2023, from all seven of the University’s Art and Design bachelor degree programmes: fashion design, fashion marketing communication, fine art, graphic design, interior design,...

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‘Code 41 talent’: Andalusia Fashion Week presents new edition of design competition

Code 41, the fashion week of the region of Andalusia in the south of Spain, is finalising preparations for its next edition, which is scheduled to take place from September 29 to October 4 in the city of Seville. In the context of the event, the ‘Code 41 Talent’ competition will also be held, as has been the tradition during previous editions....