Swarovski Elements invites Parsons The New School For Design’s AAS & BFA 2009, 2010, & 2011  alumni to be a part of their Autumn/Winter 2012/13 Accessory/Jewelry Design Competition. You will be eligible to submit sketches of jewelry and/or accessories pieces only, interpreting the Swarovski Elements trends. There will be an information session at the Swarovski [...]

Tis the season for new books! Congratulations to Michele Wesen Bryant, Parsons School of Fashion illustration faculty member, for the arrival of her third book, “Fashion Drawing: Illustration Techniques for Fashion Designers.“  The new coffee table/text book is chock full of illustrations, & techniques with a global eye on fashion illustration styles. Michele, an alumni [...]

Article written by Parsons Faculty member, and panel moderator, Caletha Crawford. On March 9th, Parsons hosted an “Inside Children’s Wear” panel, highlighting the interesting design challenges, creative opportunities and varied career options in the kids’ market. The panel was comprised of Michi Raab, director of talent acquisition at Polo Ralph Lauren; Amy Pang, design director [...]

That buttonhole. The hand sewn buttonhole; the mark of an exquisitely made garment. “No one does this kind of work anymore” my Mother pointed out to me when we went shopping for her clothes. “Norell, Norman Norell, made the most beautiful buttonholes. . . Not like this.” She would say as she held up an unfortunate [...]

In a presentation brimming with vibrant reminiscence and a love of craft, top designer and Parson’s alumna, Anna Sui, and Curator of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Andrew Bolton, took to the stage of Parson’s Fashion Auditorium to discuss Bolton’s recently authored book entitled “Anna Sui,” a look into twenty-five years [...]

Parsons 560 is excited to profile our very own fashion design faculty member, Mark Brower. Mark teaches Junior Concepts at Parsons New School for Design. He feels that it is his job to help the students form their own opinions, in order to come into their own sense of design. He pushes his students to [...]

Garment entries are due December 1, 2010 This design competition is open to students and non-students alike (even professors!). Aside from the trip to SA, winners also receive coverage in a future issue of Vogue Knitting, plus yarn goodies galore. Finalist garments will be exhibited at Vogue Knitting LIVE here in NYC and included in [...]

As the murmur of excited students and eager alumni quieted, and the lights died down at auditorium on the corner of 40thand Fashion Avenue, the reality that two successful Parsons alumni, Derek Lam and Jenna Lyons, were going to be heard at the bi-annual Alumni Interviews, finally began to sink in.  Students, fashion industry specialists, [...]