I had the opportunity to meet with Josh Tafoya, just after graduation in mid-May, 2013. We met in an empty classroom, and lucky for me, Josh brought a few pieces from his Senior collection entitled CHOLO. What may seem an unnatural or even offensive title to the novice, not so for Joshua. Growing up in [...]

For the 10th year, Saks Fifth Avenue has supported the BFA Fashion Design graduates by selecting a number of pieces, to display in their iconic Fifth avenue store windows. The work of students is not only on display in the windows, but also on the 2nd floor of the store, located on Fifth Avenue at [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

H&M has invited Parsons BFA Seniors, graduating in May 2013, to participate in the H&M Design Award 2104 Competition. Entries are based on submission of the graduate’s thesis/ collection.  Submission Deadline is July 31, 2013. Students interested to apply, should send an email inquiry to HMDesignAward2014@hm.com Learn more about the H&M Design Award 2014.   [...]

Madeleine Provost, has won a coveted spot as one of the 2013 Windgate Fellows.  The Center for Craft, Creativity and Design hosted the selection panel this year.  The selection process presents a rare opportunity to survey the best and brightest emerging makers in the field of craft. Windgate is honored to continue the important legacy [...]

The fourth annual collaboration between The Shoe Polytechnic, Parsons School of Fashion and Iris Shoes, provides Undergraduate/BFA Fashion Design Seniors the opportunity to design and prototype footwear as a pivotal component of Thesis work. Beginning with 75 concept-based student submissions, eight BFA Fashion Design Seniors were selected to see their shoe designs come to fruition [...]

It’s Thesis Week at Parsons, School of Fashion. Good luck to all of the BFA Senior Designers as they present their final collections.  This year, we have over 250 Seniors presenting to notable panels from the fashion industry. Who will be this year’s Designer of the Year?  The work of the 2012 Designer of the [...]

The School of Fashion invites BFA Sophomore level and third/ fourth semester AAS Fashion Design students  to participate in our first Drawing Quadrathlon on Saturday April 27th. Join Richard Rosenfeld, Tamara Albu and guest Neil Gilks on a one day live studio of idea- building, image- making, and navigational exploration of design through body + form. Upon completion, successful [...]