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Moncler CEO Remo Ruffini receives honorary degree

Remo Ruffini, the chief executive of Moncler, accepted an honorary degree of arts in fashion and entrepreneurship from the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) “in recognition of his outstanding contribution to fashion and business”. Ruffini donned his cap and gown and attended a graduation ceremony at The Royal Festival Hall to formally...

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Fashion School Q&A: UCA School of Fashion and Textiles

The University for the Creative Arts (UCA) is a university in the UK and has five campuses across the South East of England, in Canterbury, Epsom, Maidstone and Rochester. School of Fashion and Textiles is one of the programmes at UCA and is a global leader in fashion education. Two of their key focus areas are sustainability and digital...

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Fashion design education matters for the metaverse

In 1964, Arthur C Clarke, science writer and futurist, predicted "the invention to end all inventions". He called "the replicator", a duplicating machine to create copies of anything at any time: "Confronted with such a device, society will probably sink into a kind of gluttonous barbarism because everybody would want unlimited quantities of...

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University for the Creative Arts to close Rochester campus

The University for the Creative Arts (UCA) has announced plans to close its campus in Rochester in September 2023. In a statement on its website, the university said that the move was part of its plans to refocus its efforts on becoming a “global creative university for undergraduate, postgraduate and research degrees,” and would be “stepping...

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Margaret Howell awarded honorary professorship

Fashion designer Margaret Howell has been made an honorary professor by the University of Creative Arts. The London Fashion Week designer was presented with the accolade at the Royal Festival Hall, alongside UCA’s graduating students and UCA Chancellor, Zandra Rhodes. "It's a great honour to receive this award from UCA and I would like to accept...

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Zandra Rhodes design archive launched online

The University for the Creative Arts has launched a digital archive of work by celebrated fashion designer Zandra Rhodes featuring 500 images of the designer’s iconic dresses and garments, including haute couture dresses worn by the likes of Princess Diana, Elizabeth Taylor and Diana Ross. Funded by JISC, a charitable organisation that aims to...

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Alexandra Shulman honoured by UCA

The University for the Creative Arts has named the high-profile figures to whom it will award honorary degrees. For outstanding contribution to fashion, British Vogue editor, Alexandra Shulman OBE, will receive her honorary award at UCA Epsom's ceremony on 29 June 2010 at Guildford Cathedral. Alexandra Shulman has been editor of Vogue since...