Congratulations to Amanda James and Jin Hee Shin, both BFA Fashion Design students, for placing in the 2013 Arts of Fashion Competition.  Under the theme “Resilience”, the annual competition is aimed to promote and reward creativity, inventiveness and to discover new talent. There are 365 registered students, from 120 Universities and Colleges in over 37 [...]

Congratulations to Jin Kay, winner of the 2012 Kering (formerly PPR) Empowering Imagination contest. He was recently featured in a piece produced by Garance Dore entitled, “Nurture”. Watch the video below.

. Coming soon! The Parsons Fashion Elements editorial video 2013.     Watch this space for more information…

One of Parsons BFA and MFA alumni, Paula Cheng, has won a spot as a finalist in the International Talent Support (ITS) competition, 2013. This is the first time a Parsons alumni has placed, and with a selection of over 1500 entries, Paula deserves a big round of applause. She started at Parsons in the [...]

NYCxDesign week is happening…and you won’t want to miss this event being held on campus. May 14, 2013 6:30pm – 8:30pm 560 Seventh Avenue, 2nd Floor Open to the public, students and faculty NYC’s design community depends on the presence of manufacturing that is within an arm’s reach with just-in-time capacity. The interdependency between designers [...]

Parsons The New School for Design will hold its annual Fashion Benefit on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers. The event will honor Bonnie Brooks, of Hudson’s Bay Company and Parsons alumni Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez of Proenza Schouler for their contributions to Parsons, the fashion industry, and philanthropy. Funds raised [...]

Interviewed and written by:  Amanda Silva Britto. AAS Fashion Marketing student. Melissa Hall and Priyanka Kundu are two very talented Parsons Alumni selected for the 2013 NYC Fashion Fellows. Designed for rising stars in the fashion business, the yearlong fellowship program provides executive-level mentoring, networking and community-building opportunities, along with continuing education and career advancement workshops with industry professionals to measurably accelerate [...]

How do Parsons students get those coveted internships, at the world’s top fashion houses? Kering (formerly PPR) has partnered with Style.com, Barneys NY and the School of Fashion at Parsons, in our second annual Empowering Imagination competition. Graduating Seniors, in the BFA Fashion Design program, were urged to apply through the School, and the top [...]

Parsons and Bloomingdale’s partnered up to support the Parsons Scholars Program, #bthenext with a celebration in the Bloomingdale’s NYC flagship store, the last week in April.  The event brought together notable alumni from Parsons, and 5 Parsons Scholars, to showcase their work. Directly off Bloomie’s 4th floor escalators, were the beautiful and uniquely designed garments [...]

You are invited to the Parsons, School of Fashion End of Year 2013, Fashion Show.  Held on May 22, 2013,  plan to arrive at 11:45 a.m., at Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers, NYC.  The event is open to all Parsons and The New School students, alumni, faculty and the fashion industry, in order to view the [...]