Fashion Design News

Fashion Design College’s Notoriety in Industry Publications

Earlier this week, we reported on the Fashion Institute of Technology’s (FIT) number 5 spot on the top colleges list from industry publication Fashionista, but FIT fashion design classes seem to garner awards from multiple news sources. Another publication that is well-known for publishing ranked lists of graduate schools, U.S. News 7 World Report profiled […]

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Blog’s Top 50 Fashion Design School List Brings Questions

Fashion design schools all teach the common threads of fashion design and most train professionals that are destined for trades in manufacturing or glamorous catwalk productions, but what are the differences between schools? An industry publication recently published its list of top twenty fashion design schools, begging the question: What makes a top fashion design

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Fashion Design Students Design Clothes from Debris

A group of fashion design students were recently challenged with a unique runway project. The students were asked to take what would be otherwise known as “trash” and turn it into apparel that the wearer simply couldn’t live without. The challenge was part of the iStyle Fashion KL International Airport 2011 design competition. Creative students

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Top Fashion Design School’s Job Placement Program a Success

One of the nation’s most prolific fashion design schools is in the news again thanks to a staggering statistic about its graduates. The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising recently announced that almost all of their graduates who use their career center find employment within a year of leaving the fashion design school and most

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Will Fashion Design Schools Address Labor Laws?

Fashion design schools tend to focus on the education of actually creating fashion, but many are starting to focus in on the core responsibilities of the industry. As these schools begin to consider producing specialty degrees in fashion design manufacturing, distribution, and licensing, will they also need to focus on pressing legal and political issues?

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Fashion Design Schools Create Little Dresses for Africa

Fashion design schools commonly participate in competitions and fashion shows to gain real-world experience in the design industry, but another project has caught the attention of many students. “Little Dresses for Africa” is a program that sends clothing, dresses, to Africa for girls that have no clothing. Fashion design schools across the county are holding

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