A benefit gala is being hosted this month by a fashion design school in recognition of two major industry players in fashion design, retail, and merchandising. The Fashion Institute of Technology in New York is hosting their annual gala in honor of the Executive Chairman of The Estee Lauder Companies Inc., William Lauder, and vice-president […]
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Fashion design schools start by teaching the fundamentals of design: sketching, pattern making, sewing, tailoring, and other basics. This is not likely to change any time soon, but a new type of technology might just change how fashion design schools do some of those things in the future; it might also change the role of
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When a graduate from a fashion design school enters the world of fashion, few come back to “pay their dues” like fashion innovator and inspiration Calvin Klein. Klein recently donated a cool $2 million to his alma mater, the widely acclaimed Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. According to a press release from Fashion
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Fashion design school FIDM is taking summer school to a new and exciting level for high school students willing to travel to one of four major U.S. cities this summer. High school students can attend a 3-day fashion design summer camp with the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising at the school’s campus located in
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A group of students in fashion design classes at a United Kingdom school recently exhibited designs to a sold out audience in a fashion show displaying trash turned into treasured apparel this month. The students of Sarum Academy used trash and scrap fabrics to create the apparel as part of a project to bring awareness
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A popular fashion design college recently announced that one of its own graduates has been selected to compete in a major television network sponsored fashion design competition that is set to kick-off on March 13th. Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) graduate Lisa Vian Hunter will take part in NBC’s FASHION STAR competition, which
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New fashion design classes are coming to a Westchester, New York public arts center thanks to a new instructor that is looking to inspire designers young and old in the region. The Katonah Art Center is now providing training through two new fashion design classes available for public registration. Rags to Runway and Fashion Illustration
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There are an endless number of sub-genres in the fashion design industry that one might study in school. Fashion design colleges prepare students for a multitude of fashion industry gigs; from sewing and manufacturing to the glitz and glamour of catwalk ready apparel, but the most important role they play might be in deciding where
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Fashion design classes helped teen Samantha Bryant win the coveted grand prize for a prom dress design contest she entered last year. Thanks to her natural talent for art and the fashion design classes she takes at a local community college, Bryant won a spread in the magazine that sponsored the contest and other prizes.
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Fashion design colleges spend a lot of money on fabrics and other necessary supplies to teach their students the art of fashion design. In high schools where funding doesn’t come from tuition and grants, fashion design classes that help students make decisions about future career moves have to cut corners when possible. That is why
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