Articles by Veerle Versteeg
Veerle Versteeg worked at FashionUnited from 2021 to 2025. She graduated with a bachelor degree and two master degrees in Translation and Interpreting from the University of Antwerp, Belgium and functioned as a multilingual and multi-skilled member of the editorial team at FashionUnited for the past few years. Veerle wrote articles for and managed FashionUnited’s Fashion Education Platform until recently which features the latest news on fashion schools and fashion programmes worldwide and the next generation of industry talent.
Training centre and factory in one: new Fashion and Textiles Academy in Wales
Non-profit organisation and manufacturer Fashion-Enter Ltd (FEL) is opening a new location of the London-based educational institution Fashion & Textiles Academy in Newtown, Wales. The new school combines a learning academy with a factory. For the launch of the new academy, FEL’s Wales branch joined forces with the local NPTC group of colleges,...
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University of Salford teams up with China Academy of Art for fashion workshop
The University of Salford (UoS) in greater Manchester, UK and the China Academy of Art (CAA) recently hosted a joint fashion workshop event. The aim of the event was to explore the potential of using paper materials in fashion modelling. In October, educators from UoS travelled to the CAA Liangzhu Campus in China to partner with academics at the...
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Heriot-Watt University researchers develop system to combat microplastic pollution in fashion
A research team at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland, led by Lisa Macintyre, associate professor of textiles at Heriot-Watt’s School of Textiles has developed a grading system to help fight microplastic pollution in the fashion industry. More concretely, the researchers have developed ‘the world’s first visual fibre fragmentation scale’, as per...
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IFA x KSU show 2024: Battle of Versailles inspires international fashion students
Fashion institutions International Fashion Academy Paris (IFA Paris) and the School of Fashion at Kent State University (KSU) have held their third annual collaborative fashion show in New York City. In a show entitled ‘Scene Makers’, this year's young designers from both schools who presented their creations on the runway were inspired by the...
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Arts Thread announces winners of Global Creative Graduate Showcase 2024
Arts Thread has announced the winners of this year’s edition of its Global Creative Graduate Showcase, an international online showcase of graduating artists and designers. The 2024 edition is the fifth anniversary of the event and features trend forecasting agency WGSN as its main sponsor. The work of all of this year’s winners will be...
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Applications open for AMFI student essay writing competition in collaboration with Fair Wear Foundation
Dutch fashion institution Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI) is collaborating with The Fair Wear Foundation, the AMFI study association ‘The New Mode Collective’, and its student-led sustainability group ‘Dirty Laundry’ on a new essay writing competition for students. Essays can be submitted until November 15. Entitled the Klaus Hohenegger Essay...
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LCF’s Centre for Sustainable Fashion wins KE award
The UK-based international knowledge exchange association PraxisAuril has announced the winners of its annual KE awards, which this year included the London College of Fashion (LCF) at the University of the Arts London (UAL). The Centre for Sustainable Fashion at LCF, UAL has been awarded the KE award for Sustainability Collaboration of the...
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‘Fashion Nights': Over 30 fashion institutes in Italy to open doors to the public
Confindustria Accessori Moda, Sistema Moda Italia (SMI) and Rete TAM, the national network of institutes in the textile, clothing and fashion sectors throughout Italy, have announced the launch of the sixth edition of the educational event ‘Fashion Nights’ (Notti della Moda). Starting in October, this initiative will open the doors of technical...
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UDIT students showcase recycled fashion designs at Royal Tapestry Factory Madrid
The Royal Tapestry Factory (RFT, Real Fábrica de Tapices) in Madrid is hosting an exhibition about weaving looms using recycled fashion garments. Entitled, ‘Gestos’, which translates as ‘gestures’ in English, the exhibition features the designs of more than 100 students from the University of Design, Innovation and Technology (UDIT) in Madrid....
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French fashion schools Mode Estah and IFA Paris to merge into one institution
The educational institutions Mode Estah and IFA Paris have announced the union of their schools. The new Parisian but international merger school will be known as IFA Paris. IFA Paris announced the news in a post on its LinkedIn page. “This union between IFA Paris and Mode Estah represents not only the creation of a new school but also a...
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