A Conversation with Derek Lam and Jenna Lyons Friday, October 15, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. David Schwartz Fashion Education Center 560 Seventh Avenue (40th Street), 2nd Floor Auditorium Dean of the School of Fashion Simon Collins speaks with renowned Parsons alumni regarding their experiences in the fashion industry, expectations for life after graduation, and advice [...]

Attention all Parsons School of Fashion BFA Juniors, Seniors and AAS Fashion Design students, who have completed 1 semester. We are thrilled to announce our second annual collaboration with Louis Vuitton. Reconstruction 2.0 Please join Simon Collins and Geoffroy van Raemdonck, Acting President, Louis Vuitton North America for the presentation of this year’s project concept [...]

Design and Existential Risk Fall 2010 Lecture Series Kellen Auditorium Saturday, October 9, 2010 6:00 pm As we enter the second decade of the 21st century, we are challenged by unprecedented planetary-scale events—resource wars, climate change, emerging diseases—which increase in frequency and pose unprecedented problems for mapping and design. Additionally, due to everyday revolutions in [...]

Opening Reception for Living Concrete/Carrot City The Sheila C. Johnson Design Center 5th Ave at 13th Street Thursday, September 30, 2010 6:30-8:30 pm Living Concrete/Carrot City, a collaboration of Ryerson University and The New School, explores the intersections of design, food systems and communities. Featuring: Edible Cocktails by the Cross(x)Species Adventure Club: exploring a biodiverse and [...]

Call for submissions: The Spark International Design & Architecture Awards Seeks Innovative Solutions The Spark Awards are a pan-design competition welcoming all disciplines of design. Spark encourages participants from professional to student and novices. Spark major sponsors are Hewlett-Packard and Autodesk. Spark is an international, multi-disciplinary competition that recognizes that design is a critical tool [...]

October 8th from 8:30am-6pm at FIT, The first annual “Behind The Seams” event is a veritable “how-to” for designers, writers, publicists, retailers, or anyone looking to pursue or expand their fashion career. Held at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), the all-day event has already drawn top designers, veteran industry insiders, manufacturers, multimedia fashion journalists, [...]

Recently, Fashion Design instructor Laura Volpintesta spoke with current Fashion Design student, studying in the AAS program, Ms. Jie-Euen Choi. Ms. Choi submitted and was selected to present two designs in a runway event in Indianapolis, Indiana at their Museum of Art.  Project IMA (Indianapolis Museum of Art): Fashion Unbound will showcase talented artists and [...]

If you’re interested in joining the New School Styling Club, there will be a meeting on Tuesday, Sept 28th from 7-8pm in room 500 at 560 7th Ave. Make sure to attend in order to get the full club overview and mission, and hear about the opportunities that are associated with membership. *No need to [...]

For the first time, Twitter has created unique hashtags to help you identify top designers. These designers will start showing their Spring 2011 collections Thursday, September 9, 2010 during New York Fashion Week. As shows are happening all over Manhattan and the boroughs, this is a great way to keep track of real-time observations from [...]

  Come out and enjoy Braccialini’s “City Sweet” for Fashion’s Night Out. Debut of Handbag Created By Parsons The New School for Design Student. Premiere of the limited edition “City Sweet” bag, designed by Parsons student Martha Napier in collaboration with Braccialini Friday, September 10, 2010 6-11 pm Braccialini store, 436 West Broadway (at Prince [...]