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Belgian schoolchildren can now receive free lessons on impact of fashion

Belgian primary school children can now learn about the impact of fashion. The lesson package "Do trousers grow on trees?", based on the book of the same name, is now provided free of charge thanks to the support of retailer JBC. "At JBC, we believe in the power of young generations," said Anaïs Claes, sustainability manager at JBC, in the press...

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Future expectations of trainee fashion designers: Meet four students

What do tomorrow's fashion designers dream of? Four young twenty-somethings, graduates of the Bachelor of Fashion Design and Pattern Making programme at Mod'Art International Paris, share their doubts, ambitions and relationships with the professional world. Between creative passion, desires for freedom, ecological awareness and entrepreneurial...

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IFM and HModa Academia partner for footwear training program

The Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) and Accademia HModa (Italy) have launched a unique educational project. The project aims to connect students specialising in Leather Goods, Fashion Accessories and Footwear as part of their Master of Arts in Fashion Design with Accademia HModa. Accademia HModa offers comprehensive training in luxury...

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Departing head of fashion and design at ArtEZ knighted

Matthijs Boelee has been appointed Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau. The departing head of ArtEZ’s fashion and design department received the royal decoration during his farewell at the school. This was announced in a press release from the municipality of Arnhem. Boelee is leaving the academy after 35 years. He started as a lecturer and...

IFM Paris show: Xavier Romatet explains fashion school’s pedagogical priorities

The only school to feature in the Paris Fashion Week calendar, the Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) opened the SS26 season with a fashion show by 30 of its 70 enrolled in Arts and Fashion Design bachelor's degree students. FashionUnited spoke to Xavier Romatet, director of the school, about IFM’s pedagogical priorities. What are IFM’s...

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A Guide to the Dutch Fashion Market

BACKGROUND - For anyone looking to start or expand a fashion business in the Netherlands, here is a guide to the Dutch fashion market. Details on the market itself and everything that goes with it such as the shopping behaviour and desires of Dutch consumers, shopping streets, online shopping and, of course, sustainability. Publication date:...

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German Academy of Fashion & Design (AMD) to host Global Fashion Conference 2022 on Sustainability

The Global Fashion Conference, an initiative that aims to create an innovation system for the fashion industry, is to be hosted from Germany for the first time this year. The ninth edition of the international conference will take place online from November 17 to November 18 and will be hosted by the Akademie Mode & Design Design (AMD), the...

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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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Video: LCI Barcelona students present their fashion film 'Inner Worlds' at 080 Barcelona Fashion

In this video, 15 fashion design students of LCI Barcelona present their graduation collections at 080 Barcelona Fashion through their fashion film "Inner Worlds", which gives a sneak-peek of the big December graduation show in which all LCI Barcelona graduates will participate. You can watch the video below: Source: video, courtesy of LCI...

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Istituto Marangoni in Miami: “For students it’s not just about storytelling, but ‘story living’”

Buenos Aires- Massimo Casagrande is currently the Academic Director at the Istituto Marangoni in Miami. Casagrande completed his studies at the Marangoni institute headquarters in Milan and at the University of East London before working at Versace and, in 2012, he launched his own menswear brand. He has presented his designs in Paris and...

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University of Applied Sciences BSP Berlin: Study fashion in a splendid ambience

The BSP Business School Berlin is a state-recognized, private university for management. But in addition to the many management subjects, the university also offers a variety of courses for those interested in fashion - such as fashion marketing or sustainable fashion. The BSP is located in the south of the German capital and stands out above...

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Harold Tillman calls for more support for creative talent

Harold Tillman, the British Fashion Council’s longest-serving chairman from 2008 to 2014 and the previous owner of fashion retailer Jaeger, is calling on the government to “save the bright, young minds” of our creative industry. The pandemic has hit the world of fashion, design and creative arts hard, especially those in higher education,...