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 [...]

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 [...]

The HBDNetwork invites you to compete in the 7th Annual Independent Handbag Designer Awards, the only handbag competition of its kind in the world. This is your opportunity to submit your handbag and compete for one of nine awards in handbag excellence, international recognition and a variety of coveted prizes at the awards ceremony held [...]

Enter to win the latest designer challenge on StitchCollective.  Design an evening bag for Town & Country Editor, Micaela English.This challenge has the deadline of April 21.  All details can be found on their website, StitchCollective and more info about the competition is on The Cut this month. Here’s How it works: 1. Submit your [...]

The School of Fashion is pleased to share news on two YMA Scholarship program recipients from our BFA program.  Fashion Design Senior, Patrick McCabe, presented his Menswear case study and portfolio, to win one of the four $30,000 YMA Geoffrey Beene Scholarships in January 2013. We could not be more proud of all of Patrick’s [...]

SJDC WALLPAPERS: FRESH WALLS 2013! CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Application deadline: April 1, 2013, midnight The walls at the elevator banks at 2 W. 13th Street and 66 5th Avenue are ready for a makeover! These highly visible surfaces reflect Parsons’ design excellence, both within The New School and to the general public. They serve as [...]

An expert fashion panel, including Simon Collins, Dean of the School of Fashion at Parsons The New School for Design; Nick Sullivan, Fashion Director of Esquire; and Allen Edmonds President & CEO, Paul Grangaard selected the Seventh Avenue and Kings Point by Parsons students Patrick McCabe and Melanie Berger for inclusion in the company’s upcoming [...]