Fashion design education

Fashion designers should be prepared to create their own brands

Fashion universities and fashion schools - if you want to become a fashion designer or fashion professional here you will learn how to select your dream school in order to start the way to your fashion career. Learn about the contests and other events that leading fashion universities and schools organize.

A Free Illustration Workshop with Daniele Davitti at Whitehouse Institute of Design Australia

A Free Illustration Workshop with Daniele Davitti at Whitehouse Institute of Design Australia

Italian artist Daniele Davitti has just joined the Whitehouse Institute of Design's team and he's going to be a host of a FREE illustration workshop held at the Institute's Sydney and Melbourne Campuses.

Pitti Immagine launches a new TUTORSHIP project

Pitti Immagine launches a new TUTORSHIP project

As of early January 2016, Pitti Immagine is expanding its field of action and investing even more tangibly in its role as a promoter of young talents in contemporary fashion. It has set up a new Tutorship Management Team, dedicated exclusively to helping, accompanying and managing designers in their business and professional careers.

LCFMA16 Womenswear graduates - let's get to know them!

LCFMA16 Womenswear graduates - let's get to know them!

As I've previously reported, London College of Fashion's annual MA Womenswear catwalk show will be held on February 18, 2016. So, let's spend a few minutes to know better these ten talented young designers, who are going to show their works during the event...

2016 MA Womenswear catwalk show at London College of Fashion

2016 MA Womenswear catwalk show at London College of Fashion

The show, which is part of LCF's MA16 graduate season, will feature collections by ten graduates from the MA Fashion Design Technology Womenswear course - Pelin Isildak, Lauren Lake, Yiru Sui, Alexandru Tunsu, Zhixian Wang, Ning Xu, Ywaen Qian, Kirim Yun, Desiree Slabik and Ysabel Lee.

London College of Fashion presents MA 2016 Exhibition

London College of Fashion presents MA 2016 Exhibition

This year's MA season showcases the wealth and diversity of postgraduate student talent. The #LCFMA16 exhibition reveals visions and pieces from the next generation of fashion designers, artists, business professionals and media makers.

The World's first Menswear Master's Degree program is coming Fall 2016

The World's first Menswear Master's Degree program is coming Fall 2016

The University of Westminster is going to start the world's first Menswear Master's Degree program the upcoming Fall season. It will offer a two-year studying dedicated entirely to the men's clothing. The program will be led by Ike Rust, who previously served as the Royal College of Arts head of menswear design.

Quality Fashion design education with a strong focus on Industry engagement by Whitehouse Institute of Design Australia

Quality Fashion design education with a strong focus on Industry engagement by Whitehouse Institute of Design Australia

Positioned as Australia's premium institute for design education across fashion, interiors and creative direction and styling, The Whitehouse Institute of Design, Australia, offers atelier styled workshops with small class sizes, one-on-one engagements with students and the nurturing of each individual student's strengths to enable them to be employable and make a significant contribution to the future of the industry.

London College of Fashion with new exhibition: Mad About The Boy

London College of Fashion with new exhibition: Mad About The Boy

VENUE: Fashion Space Gallery
ADDRESS: London College of Fashion
20 John Prince's Street, London, W1G 0BJ
ENTRANCE: FREE
DATES: Friday 8 January - Saturday 2 April 2016

LCF's Head is among the 500 most influential people in the global fashion industry for 2015

LCF's Head is among the 500 most influential people in the global fashion industry for 2015

In September, Frances Corner OBE, Head of London College of Fashion (LCF) and Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of the Arts London (UAL), was named in the Business of Fashion (BoF) 500 list of the most influential people shaping the global fashion industry in 2015.

Parsons The New School for Design to open a Making Center in 2016

Parsons The New School for Design to open a Making Center in 2016

As you already know Parsons The New School for Design (New York) is one of the Top 30 Fashion schools in the USA. Its list of celebrity alumni includes: Donna Karan, Marc Jacobs, Tom Ford, Alexander Wang, Jason Wu and many more. The latest news around Parsons are that it is going to open a new Making Center next Fall with 35,000-square-foot space on two floors of the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center (SJDC).

Whitehouse Institute of Design Australia presents 2015 Graduate Exhibition and Parade

Whitehouse Institute of Design Australia presents 2015 Graduate Exhibition and Parade

You can join the Graduate Exhibition and Parade at Whitehouse's Sydney campus on the 23rd and 24th of November 2015 and at their Melbourne campus on the 25th and 26th of November 2015. Institute's graduates will present their designs and collections on the Runway, supported by graduate students, alumni, friends, family and staff.

London College of Fashion presents 'Digital Disturbances'

London College of Fashion presents 'Digital Disturbances'

Fashion Space Gallery, located at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London is pleased to announce its latest exhibition Digital Disturbances. A group show curated by Leanne Wierzba and featuring designers: ANREALAGE, Bart Hess, Flora Miranda, POSTmatter, Simone C. Niquille and Alexander Porter, Tigran Avetisyan, Texturall. This new exhibition will examine the influence of digital concepts and tools on fashion.

London College of Fashion: Interview with the Collection of the year 2015 winners

London College of Fashion: Interview with the Collection of the year 2015 winners

As you know, on Monday (June 8th), London College of Fashion announced its Collection of the year Award Winners. Now, we are going to present you an interview with the awarded students, which they gave for LCF News and which we believe can be useful for everyone who wants to study Fashion design.

London College of Fashion: Collection of the year Award Winners announced

London College of Fashion: Collection of the year Award Winners announced

Last night (Monday, 8th June 2015) London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, opened its BA15 season with its now iconic catwalk show, featuring 20 collections styled by LCF's Creative Director of Fashion & Design, Rob Phillips. Each collection competed for the coveted Collection of the Year award and the winning collection is a collaboration between: Kate Donald, Sian O'Neill, Tanaporn Wongsa, Kate Cheung Wing Ki and Rosemary Lambert.

London College of Fashion Bachelor 2015 Exhibition

London College of Fashion Bachelor 2015 Exhibition

See Designer Collections, Costume, Illustration, Photography, Journalism, Business, Beauty, Styling, Accessories, Jewellery, Footwear, Special Effects… new visions and ideas for the future of fashion. Tuesday 9 - Saturday 13 June 2015, 12:00 to 19:00, 3-10 Shoreditch High Street, London, UK.

Exhibition 'Warpaint: Alexander McQueen and Make-Up' at London College of Fashion

Exhibition 'Warpaint: Alexander McQueen and Make-Up' at London College of Fashion

Fashion Space Gallery, located at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, is delighted to announce Warpaint: Alexander McQueen and Make-Up, the first ever exhibition to explore McQueen's catwalk make-up.

Fashion design contest  Richmart Vintage

Fashion design contest Richmart Vintage

Richmart Ltd respects and prices copyright of each artist. Each designer retains copyright over their own model. Richmart Ltd has no right to reproduce, manufacture or use the proposed models as their own without the consent of their authors.

Bachelor of Design degree at Whitehouse Institute of Design Australia

Bachelor of Design degree at Whitehouse Institute of Design Australia

The Bachelor of Design runs on a trimester model (full time). Three semesters per year allows you to complete your degree in 2 years as opposed to the traditional 3 year delivery models. Classes commence on 2 February 2015.

Whitehouse Institute of Design Australia offers BD in Styling & Creative direction

Whitehouse Institute of Design Australia offers BD in Styling & Creative direction

Now Whitehouse Institute of Design Australia offers you the opportunity to complete a Bachelor of Design 'Creative direction & Styling' in 6 study periods over 2 years.

Parsons Paris with two new Graduate programs

Parsons Paris with two new Graduate programs

Parsons Paris launches two new master's programs - History of Design and Curatorial Studies (MA-HDCS-Paris) and Design and Technology (MFA-D+T-Paris) - this year.

Whitehouse Institute of Design Australia 2015 Summer Studios programs

Whitehouse Institute of Design Australia 2015 Summer Studios programs

Whitehouse offers one week workshops at foundation and advanced levels in:
- Fashion illustration;
- Interior illustration;
- Personal and professional styling.

Royal Designers for Industry: Gilles Clément

Royal Designers for Industry: Gilles Clément

Gilles Clément is an acclaimed French horticultural engineer, gardener, landscape architect, botanist and writer. He was one of the first to allow nature to participate, and often lead, in the creative and ecological shaping of new landscapes and, for the last 40 years, he has had a significant influence on landscape design across the world.

Royal Designers for Industry: Richard Rogers

Royal Designers for Industry: Richard Rogers

Richard Rogers first came to prominence in the late 1960s with the competition-winning scheme for the Pompidou centre in Paris, and he has been at the cutting edge of architecture and urban design for 50 years since.

Royal Designers for Industry: Neil Thomas

Royal Designers for Industry: Neil Thomas

Neil Thomas is one of the most inventive structural engineers of his generation. With more than 30 years of working alongside architects, artists, and production designers, his work is often the invisible hand that delivers extraordinary and ambitious visions with elegance and quality.

Royal Designers for Industry: Fernando Gutiérrez

Royal Designers for Industry: Fernando Gutiérrez

Over the past two decades, Fernando Gutiérrez has developed into a highly individual and distinctive graphic designer, and of the most talented in the UK. Through his many books, catalogues, magazines, exhibitions and posters, he has raised public awareness of challenging social issues, made museum and gallery collections more accessible, and reignited public interest in classic literature.

Royal Designers for Industry: Helen Storey

Royal Designers for Industry: Helen Storey

Professor Helen Storey MBE studied fashion design and achieved critical acclaim in the industry for many years before changing the focus of her career to explore new creative challenges within the field of science.

Fashion Design Education: SITAM-AB School of Fashion Design and Applied Arts

Fashion Design Education: SITAM-AB School of Fashion Design and Applied Arts

SITAM-AB School of Fashion Design and Applied Arts, founded in 1970 in Thessaloniki, Greece, is one of the longest running and most successful training institutions in Greece in the field of Fashion and Design.

Fashion Design Education: Istanbul Moda Academy

Fashion Design Education: Istanbul Moda Academy

İMA collaborates with world-famous fashion schools such as London College of Fashion, Polimoda, Institut Français de la Mod and Nottingham Trent University, providing its students access to international institutes, brands and designers.

Fashion Design Education: London College of Fashion

Fashion Design Education: London College of Fashion

As we previously reported London College of Fashion is among the Top 30 Fashion schools in Europe.

LCF Fashion Matters Gala raises money to launch new careers

LCF Fashion Matters Gala raises money to launch new careers

Fashion Matters, London College of Fashion's annual gala event which raises money for scholarships and bursaries has this year smashed its target, raising in excess of £85,000.

ESMOD Berlin celebrated their 20 Year Anniversary

ESMOD Berlin celebrated their 20 Year Anniversary

The ESMOD Berlin International University of Art for Fashion celebrated their 20-year anniversary on Wednesday (October 15, 2014) with an international fashion show under the patronage of Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit.

Fashion Design Education: Interview with Angelo Russica

Fashion Design Education: Interview with Angelo Russica

The previous week we presented you Milan Fashion Campus as one of the great places in Europe to receive quality fashion design education. Today, we continue our presentation with an interview with MFC's director - Angelo Russica.

Fashion Design Education: IADE School of Fashion and Design

Fashion Design Education: IADE School of Fashion and Design

IADE School of Fashion and Design (collaborating entity of the Universidad of Alcalá de Henares) is dedicated to the training of leading professionals in design and is considered as a prestigious and prominent center in Interior and Fashion Design worldwide.

Michelle Obama with first Fashion Education Workshop 'Celebration of Design'

Michelle Obama with first Fashion Education Workshop 'Celebration of Design'

150 high school and college students (designers-to-be) were selected by the White House to participate in this first of its kind Fashion Education Workshop, aiming to show what it takes to be a success in the fashion industry.

Fashion Design Education: Milan Fashion Campus

Fashion Design Education: Milan Fashion Campus

Lessons are taught in English, Italian and Spanish. Translators for other languages are possible upon special requirement. There is no age limitation or qualification requirement to attend MFC's courses.

Where to study Fashion design - Top 30 Fashion schools in the USA

Where to study Fashion design - Top 30 Fashion schools in the USA

After we've made an overview of the Top 30 Fashion schools in Europe, today we are going to present you a list of the 30 of the best schools in the USA, where you can receive quality Fashion design education (ordered alphabetically by the states codes).

Where to study Fashion design - Top 30 Fashion schools in Europe

Where to study Fashion design - Top 30 Fashion schools in Europe

For those who want to study fashion design in Europe we created a list of 30 of the best schools in Europe, where you can receive quality Fashion design education (ordered alphabetically by the name of the countries).

How to create your own men's suits brand - Free business training for fashion designers

How to create your own men's suits brand - Free business training for fashion designers

If you are a young fashion designer with talent, passion for fashion, many ideas, imagination and enthusiasm and you are interested in menswear, but you need some help and support to start your own men's suit brand, here is the right place for you.

Elie Saab organizes a fashion course

Elie Saab organizes a fashion course

The designer Elie Saab will organize a fashion course in cooperation with the London College of Fashion and the Lebanese American University. The course will begin in September 2014.

Taiwan Fashion Design Award opens up to foreign designers

Taiwan Fashion Design Award opens up to foreign designers

This year for 27th time will be held Taiwanese most prestigious design contest for young fashion designers.
In 2013 'Taiwan Fashion Design Award' might be won by foreigner for the first time, because the organizer - Taiwan Textile Federation - is welcoming international designers to broaden competition's platform.
This year's contest has attracted more than 450 young fashion designers from seven countries (China, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Canada, Swaziland and Hong Kong), compete in the preliminary round on 18 July 2013.

Parsons The New School for Design

Parsons The New School for Design

Parsons has a lot of synonyms- a school of fashion, a school of constructed environments, a school of art, media and technology, a school of art and design history and theory, a school of design strategies.

Fashion Design Education Guide helps you find fashion schools in the USA

Fashion Design Education Guide helps you find fashion schools in the USA

Fashion Design Schools Online is celebrating 10 years of offering education and career training information to individuals interested in a career in fashion or fashion design. Visitors to www.fashiondesignschoolsonline.com can learn about classes, schools and career training options.

The website's editor Michael Swanson said that he didn't expect to be still running this site ten years later. In the past there weren't many sites like theirs but now it is different.

New College of Fashion and Design opens in London by Condé Nast

New College of Fashion and Design opens in London by Condé Nast

Condé Nast College of Fashion and Design was opened in London. The students who are going to study in it in the first year are from 23 countries. With two courses on offer, a year-long 'Vogue Fashion Foundation Diploma' and a ten-week 'Fashion Certificate', students are promised an overview of the fashion world, designed to help set them up for jobs in the industry.