The partnership project built between Parsons and LVMH surpassed all expectations.  The talented photo/video journalist Elle Muliarchyk was on-site documenting students setting up the exhibition for the Nowness blog.  She is pictured right, photographing a model in a student designed dress, left, in an historic home on Governor’s Island.  The photo documentary of this day [...]

A Panel Presented by WGSN & Parsons the New School For Design Thursday, June 17,  at Parsons Tishman Auditorium- 66 W. 12th Street 6:00 – 6:30pm Cocktails and Networking 6:30 – 7:30pm Panel Discussion and Q&A Moderator: Claire Hamilton, WGSN, Editor Panelists: Emily Current and Meritt Elliott, fashion stylists, brand consultants, design duo, Current/Elliott Meisha [...]

Global luxury leader LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton and Parsons The New School for Design have joined forces for an important initiative — “The Art of Craftsmanship Revisited: New York.” This celebration of the artisan tradition — whose authenticity, creativity and craftsmanship have long inspired and defined the luxury industry — was conceived with two [...]

“A Response to Emotion: Every Bag Tells a Story” was the subject of a recent competition issued to Parsons Fashion Design and Fashion Marketing students, by Italian handbag company, Braccialini.  A partnership with the winning creations from the Braccialini Handbag Competition were announced and presented by Emilia Pedullà, President and CEO of EMIMAR-Braccialini Franchisee USA [...]

Last evening, the opening reception for Line Debut, was a smashing success. With over 300 in attendance, graduating students in the AAS Fashion Design program showed off their best work in the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery space at Parsons, The New School for Design. The exhibition of student work includes incredibly designed gowns, futuristic [...]

Yesterday we saw a very exciting cross-school project announced: Parsons will be working with AirDye®, a company specializing in a new way of dyeing and printing fabrics of synthetic fiber. While the technology may initially seem like conventional sublimation printing, the level of sophistication and control that AirDye® brings into it is completely new – [...]

Thursday April 29, 6:00pm at Macy’s Herald Square – Women’s on 3 Ellen Tracy and Macy’s challenged design students from Parsons The New School for Design to re-invent the iconic white shirt.  Join them to welcome the winner of this challenge, 4 runner ups, and be among the first to purchase these winning designs! Free [...]

Congratulations to all the students, faculty and artisans who participated in The Art of Craftsmanship Revisited, introduced during New York Fashion Week, 2010. Fashion Design and AMT (Art, Media & Technology) students worked together with New York area selected artisans, to create both finished garments and documentaries inspired by the artisans work. The big event, [...]

Wednesday, March 3, from 6-8PM at Wollman Hall, 65 West 11th Street, 5th flr, meet Lexy Funk, artist, entrepreneur, co-founder, and CEO of Brooklyn Industries. Noted for its anti-bureaucratic culture of creativity and independence in the workplace, the company has grown from making messenger bags out of used billboard vinyl to become a full men’s [...]

Monday, March 8, from 6 – 8:30 pm at Lang Hall, 55 West 13th, 2nd fl, Design and Management alumni talk about their Parsons experience, career paths, job search, day-to-day job duties and more. A great place to network, ask questions and hear invaluable advice from alumni who have been in your shoes. Panelists will [...]