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Real Leather Stay Different student design competition 2024 opens applications

Real Leather Stay Different and Arts Thread have opened entries for the fourth edition of their international student design competition. The competition is open to all students in higher education globally who have graduated in the past year. The aim of the competition is to “challenge the fast fashion cycle and promote the sustainability of...

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TikTok launches fashion design competition in the UK

Social media platform TikTok is searching for the next generation of fashion innovators in the UK with a new design competition where the winner will showcase their looks during London Fashion Week in February 2024. The #TikTokFashion design competition is looking to discover the UK’s next fashion talent and is asking for wannabe designers,...

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H&M and Central Saint Martins team up for sustainable fashion and journalism award

H&M has partnered with Central Saint Martins to offer grants to students in the BA Fashion Design and BA Fashion Communication Journalism courses. The grants, building on previous support in 2021, aim to nurture emerging sustainable fashion leaders. Four winners, three from the Fashion Design course and one from Fashion Communication Journalism,...

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Kurt Geiger Kindness Foundation launches learning programme

The Kurt Geiger Kindness Foundation, the charity from footwear retailer Kurt Geiger, has announced a new academy, Business by Design, which will offer a dedicated learning programme designed by young people for young people. Kurt Geiger launched the Kindness Foundation in September 2022 to give young people opportunities, support, and tools to...

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Not-so-average: Elizabeth Way - Associate Curator at The Museum at FIT

Elizabeth Way is an Associate Curator at the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), as well as a fashion historian whose personal research focuses on the intersection of Black American culture and fashion. Her most recent project is the Fresh, Fly, Fabulous: 50 Years of Hip Hop Style exhibit which celebrates the 50th anniversary of...

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Yoox Net-a-Porter launches responsible collection crafted by students

Yoox Net-a-Porter has teamed up with The Prince’s Foundation to launch a responsible ready-to-wear luxury womenswear capsule collection, designed and handcrafted by students. The 13-piece capsule marks the culmination of the second edition of The Modern Artisan, Yoox Net-a-Porter’s and The Prince’s Foundation’s flagship training programme, which...

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Boohoo launches modest collection with GFW designer

Fast fashion e-tailer Boohoo has launched its first modest collection with Graduate Fashion Week (GFW), designed by fashion design graduate Sameera Mohmed from the University of Central Lancashire. The 30-piece womenswear collection has been designed with modesty in mind, made with opaque fabrics, floor-length hemlines, longer sleeves and...

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The first edition of The Kooples Art Prize unveils its two winners

This year, French ready-to-wear brand The Kooples launched the first edition of its The Kooples Art Prize. On April 12, the competition presented its first two winners, Gaby Sahhar and Kim Farkas, who were chosen from a total of twelve entries. Led by Studio Marant - Emily Marant, The Kooples Art Prize is part of a professional support...

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Westfield London’s Future Fashion winners reveal commissioned work in exhibit

London-based retail park Westfield has announced the six winners of its Future Fashion competition through a commissioned showcase at the shopping centre. In collaboration with the Royal College of Art, selected finalists were commissioned 2,000 pounds to complete their work and exhibit it through one of the eight windows along the Silver Walk....

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Yoox and The Prince’s Foundation unveil new trainee artisans for The Modern Artisan launch

Fashion retailer Yoox Net-a-Porter, together with The Prince’s Foundation, has announced the new artisans taking part in its responsible luxury training programme, The Modern Artisan project. Eight artisans have been selected to participate from a pool of applications, including four British fashion and textiles graduates and four Italian...