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Religion, decolonization and identity inspire the runway looks at Parsons MFA

The MFA Fashion Design and Society runway show from Parsons School of Design took place on September 13 as part of the scheduled New York Fashion Week calendar. 15 students presented their thesis collections in the first show since the director and founder of the program, Shelley Fox, stepped down from her post last December. Under new director,...

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FIT Class of 2022 MFA fashion students present thesis collections entitled Unbound

Fashion Institute of Technology presented its class of 2022 MFA design students this week in a runway show in the school’s Pomerantz Center. Collectively entitled “Unbound” the work of the 13 graduates was each introduced by a short video created by the student which captured the mood behind their thesis collection. Then models wearing 5 of...

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Glittering Parsons Annual Benefit raises 2.6 million for student scholarships

Parsons hosted its 73rd Annual Benefit on Monday night at The Glasshouse in Manhattan raising close to 2.6 million dollars which will go towards funding scholarships for future students of the highly regarded fashion program. Parsons believes that an investment in education is an investment in human potential and scholarship support is crucial...

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Parsons Fashion Graduate Open Studios presents Class of 2022

Parsons BFA Fashion Graduate Open Studio took place this week onsite for the first time since the pandemic started providing us with an opportunity to see what the class of 2022 have cooked up. Bustling, loud, chaotic, the exhibit was arranged across two floors in the University Center building. Each student had a booth, a rack and surrounding...

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Legacy and mission bring Kenneth Cole and Kent State University together

Kent State University will host a fireside chat this Friday between visionary global fashion designer and activist, Kenneth Cole, and director and professor of Kent State’s School of Fashion, Louise Valentine. The topic of conversation will be “Building a Global Fashion Brand, On Purpose.” Cole has been named the Kent State University School of...

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Graduate Fashion Foundation partners with TikTok for design competition

Graduate Fashion Foundation (GFF) has tapped TikTok as its official merchandise partner across Europe to offer a platform for final year fashion students in the UK whose education have been disrupted by Covid-19 to showcase their talent. Class of 2020 students from 38 GFF member universities in the UK have been tasked with designing TikTok’s...

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Rhode Island School of Design graduates close NYFW

While Marc Jacobs officially closed NYFW, the Rhode Island School of Design presented its graduate collections a few hours later with no sign of a fading spotlight or lack of designer star power. Before the 17 BFA collections took the runway, the President of RISD Rosanne Somerson, who sat front row flanked on either side by designers Nicole...

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Academy of Art University a commanding presence at NYFW

One of the few fashion schools to annually earn a runway spot in New York Fashion Week, and located on the opposite coast from the US industry hub, is the Academy of Art University, San Francisco. Nevertheless, it attracts an audience of fashion’s elite, lauded journalists from the old guard and colorful influencers from the new, while its...

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Parsons Graduate Festival crowned by Benefit’s 3.6 million fundraising haul

Parsons school of fashion is reeling from a weekend of celebrations. Its annual Graduate Exhibition which honors the artistic achievements of its class of 2019 just wrapped up with the school throwing open its doors to members of the Parsons community, and the public curious to see for themselves why Parsons continually rates top among the...

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In pictures: Parsons first ever street fashion show

New York - Parsons School of Design kicked off its end-of-year Graduate Exhibition with its first ever street fashion show on 13th Street at Fifth Avenue, just outside the building’s downtown Manhattan campus. Models scouted from among the student body wore one outfit from each graduating designer’s BFA collection and walked the “runway” under...

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Parsons occupies 13th St for its first ever street fashion show

New York - Harking back to the downtown DIY spirit of New York legend, it was a student fashion occupation of 13th Street. On the first hot day of the year between a Dominican parade happening on the Fifth Avenue side, its participants dancing in feathers and sun kissed sparkle, and the droves of shoppers with DIY plans of assembling garden...

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University of Salford launches designers in Manhattan

The University of Salford arrived in Manhattan to showcase a mixture of its undergrad and post-grad talent in a downtown launch event, complete with DJ and flowing prosecco, to be followed by a day of sales appointments and meetings with industry professionals. The two-day event offers a complete representation of the school’s crop of talent:...