Safety: Please all students and faculty record your name on the online sheet so we know who is ok and who needs help. We also need to know what challenges you are facing in getting here. To that end TNS has laid on buses to replace the L Train and the Path train from Jersey [...]

  New Jersey Inbound Bus 1: Depart 6:00 a.m.—Pickup at Hoboken/Path Station, drop-off at New School (14th Street and Fifth Avenue)* Bus 2: Depart 9:00 a.m.—Pickup at Hoboken/Path Station, drop-off at New School (14th Street and Fifth Avenue)* Outbound Bus 1: Depart 6:30 p.m.—Pickup at New School (14th Street and Fifth Avenue),* drop-off at Hoboken/Path [...]

ATTENTION – CHANGE OF PROGRAM DUE TO IMPEDING BAD WEATHER IN NEW YORK CITY. THE FASHION COLLOQUIA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2013. WE WILL ONLY BE IN THE 55 WEST 13TH STREET BUILDING. THE GUIDED TOUR OF THE SOPHIE GIMBEL EXHIBITION IS CANCELLED. THE EXHIBITION IS OPEN THROUGH FEBRUARY 12, [...]

Shima Seiki, the leading manufacturer of flat knitting machinery in the world, would like to invite you to our Private Show in New York, to see the latest Design System, SDS-ONE APEX3 and all of the capabilities of the WHOLEGARMENT knitting machinery. The event will be a demonstration of the SDS-ONE APEX3, a complete design [...]

I was walking up Fifth Avenue this morning and I couldn’t resist taking this photograph.  The construction workers were hoisting a very large window frame and attaching it to the facade of the University Center.  It reminded me of one of the terms- fenestration- that was on a test last week in my Visual Merchandising [...]

In my Visual Merchandising class we are looking at how designers tell stories. Whether it’s a storefront window or a presentation of merchandise on a table or a designer’s runway, how something is displayed has to tell a story. Last week when all eyes were on the runway mine were focused on the back drops. [...]

September 20 – 26, 2012 (Tuesday-Friday: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm Sat: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Closed on Sundays) The Nippon Gallery at The Nippon Club, 145 West 57th St., New York, NY 10019. (212) 581-2223 Admission: Free Madam Keiko’s Original Hand-Knit Collection “FREE and EASY” – The Artistic World Painted by Yarn and [...]

One year since its inception, The Creative Space Beirut launched its third collection, Seascape for Fall 2012 designed and sewn completely by their most recent group of student designers.  Founded in 2011 by Parsons graduate Sarah Hermez and Parsons faculty, Caroline Simonelli, The Creative Space Beirut promised from the very start to be a democratically principled [...]

Beauty is fleeting and so are display windows.  Some change weekly, some change monthly. This window, photographed by AAS Visual Merchandising student Chantel Shah, shows one of this season’s “it” bags. It was photographed one day and changed the next (probably to make room for Prada Soho’s FNO events) Walking is good for you and [...]

Congratulations to the MFA Fashion Design and Society first class of graduates, Spring 2012. This New York Fashion week, all 18 graduates will be showcasing their collections on Saturday, September 8, 2012 at MADE Fashion Week. The show will be Livestreamed from this page starting at 11:00 a.m. EST. In the runway show, these designers [...]