Follow Parsons’ students in sustainable practice and exploration within the fashion design and marketing programs. This semester and next, Parsons collaborates with AirDye®, a company whose technology manages the application of color to textiles without the use of water. It is today’s sustainable alternative to traditional dyeing and printing processes. Fall semester, AAS Fashion Marketing students [...]

The second annual partnership between Louis Vuitton North America and Parsons The New School for Design, created three live studio events celebrating the world of travel and fashion and innovation. Working in real time in three NYC locations (two at Parsons and the Louis Vuitton Soho store), six teams of students de-constructed signature Louis Vuitton [...]

Garment entries are due December 1, 2010 This design competition is open to students and non-students alike (even professors!). Aside from the trip to SA, winners also receive coverage in a future issue of Vogue Knitting, plus yarn goodies galore. Finalist garments will be exhibited at Vogue Knitting LIVE here in NYC and included in [...]

Attention all Parsons School of Fashion BFA Juniors, Seniors and AAS Fashion Design students, who have completed 1 semester. We are thrilled to announce our second annual collaboration with Louis Vuitton. Reconstruction 2.0 Please join Simon Collins and Geoffroy van Raemdonck, Acting President, Louis Vuitton North America for the presentation of this year’s project concept [...]

Call for submissions: The Spark International Design & Architecture Awards Seeks Innovative Solutions The Spark Awards are a pan-design competition welcoming all disciplines of design. Spark encourages participants from professional to student and novices. Spark major sponsors are Hewlett-Packard and Autodesk. Spark is an international, multi-disciplinary competition that recognizes that design is a critical tool [...]

Recently, Fashion Design instructor Laura Volpintesta spoke with current Fashion Design student, studying in the AAS program, Ms. Jie-Euen Choi. Ms. Choi submitted and was selected to present two designs in a runway event in Indianapolis, Indiana at their Museum of Art.  Project IMA (Indianapolis Museum of Art): Fashion Unbound will showcase talented artists and [...]

This weekend The New York Times wrote about an exciting collaboration between Parsons and Loomstate, where Loomstate is partnering with an elective course, Zero Waste Garment. There are a couple of spaces left in the course so get in quickly if you would like to take part. The course details are: Zero Waste Garment – [...]

Registrations are Due by Friday August 13th, 2010! WGSN, the world’s leading style and trend forecaster, is proud to present the inaugural Global Fashion Awards (www.globalfashionawards.com ) to honor fashion’s most inspirational, innovative individuals and businesses.  This annual awards ceremony will celebrate those who have been pushing the boundaries of fashion, propelling the industry forward and setting [...]

Fashion Fights Poverty is a Washington D.C. based non-profit organization.  They fund micro-finance projects around the world, and hold an annual fashion show featuring ethical fashion in Washington D.C. Their annual Lookbook is going bi-monthly and they want to feature you!  Student designer portfolios are being reviewed to be featured in the next Lookbook, which [...]

Fashioning the Future is the leading international platform for celebrating innovation in sustainable fashion design, development and communication. It is open to students currently in tertiary education across the world, and those who have graduated in the last two years. Fashioning the Future 2011 will officially launch in October 2010, however in the meantime you can [...]