Congratulations to the five School of Fashion rising seniors recently recognized by the CFDA for their outstanding portfolio submissions. As the leading organization dedicated to nurturing and supporting designers of America, their achievement cannot be celebrated enough. Highly selective, the CFDA extends the invitation for submissions only from the leading U.S institutions and in May, [...]

You can read the article here. Design competition will enable select students to earn internships within leading PPR brands and exposure on innovative social media platform, The Fancy NEW YORK, May 10, 2012 – Parsons The New School for Design, PPR, and The Fancy have announced the launch of a new partnership giving Parsons students [...]

What is “Fashion Campus NYC”? Fashion Campus NYC, which will be held Friday, June 15th, and Saturday, June 16th, 2012, is an exciting, free program designed to expose college students from around the world to the variety of business-related career paths within NYC’s fashion industry. An initiative of the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) [...]

The CFDA has entered into a partnership with Diet Coke, who is interested identifying the graphic element that best supports their current STAYEXTRAORDINARY campaign. Limited-edition t-shirts featuring the winning design will be produced and available at Target stores this Fall. Please see the attached DESIGN BRIEF for full details on the STAYEXTRAORDINARY Design Challenge. Assignment: “Design an original “extraordinary” [...]

The deadline for entries has been pushed to April 23rd. /// DESIGN CATEGORIES Humor: Make us laugh. Make yourself laugh. Send us your funny! Environmental Awareness: Earth Day is April 22nd… pick a cause you’re passionate about! Mayhem: Chaos, disorder, anarchy, destruction, rain clouds, dead puppies- ya know, that sort of thing. Hand-Built / Hand-Printed [...]

Recognizing excellence in all areas of design enterprise, the Core77 2012 Design Awards sets new standards for design awards with progressive categories, globally distributed juries, dedicated student fields, entrant video testimonials, live jury announcements and a unique trophy. The Soft Goods category honors all apparel and products made from soft materials for personal, recreational, outdoor [...]

by Jane Kim, AAS Fashion Marketing Last month, Joe’s Blackbook, a recruiting and consulting firm, held their 2012 scholarship competition which was open to all juniors at top U.S design schools. Based on their creativity, originality, presentation, and strength of concept, designers and employers from leading industry companies judged their submissions in a two-stage process. [...]

Congratulations to our Allen Edmonds Student Designer Finalists! Patrick McCabe/ The 7th Avenue Ick Jeong/ The Austin Melanie Berger/ The King’s Point These three designers were selected from the  work of six semi-finalists via a public voting process on the Allen Edmonds website and a judging panel that included Esquire Magazine’s Nick Sullivan, Dean of [...]

We’ll post a reminder when the applications for 2013 open in a few weeks in April. In the meanwhile, all and any sustainability-minded students, this is something to keep an eye out on: the Hessnature – Humanity in Fashion Award 2013. The Humanity in Fashion Award is the design prize for green fashion. It recognizes [...]

Kickstarter is the world’s largest funding platform for creative projects.  Parsons has created a program page, to support any student, alumni or faculty creative project who choose to utilize Kickstarter for their funding opportunities. How do you start a Kickstarter project and get featured on the Parsons page? Simply create your Kickstarter funding project, you [...]