What were you teaching in South Africa and why were you there? I teach Concept Development, and John Jay Cabuay teaches Model Drawing. This program started as a possible exchange program between Parsons and the Villioti Elite Design Academy in Johannesburg, South Africa.  Due to academic calendars that do not exactly coincide, the approach has [...]

Working in the display business is a dream come true. Back in 1986 when Ralph Lauren opened its doors on New York’s Madison Avenue retail display took a giant leap forward. Just from walking past the store’s front windows I was hooked and I wanted to know more about how such exquisite windows and displays [...]

M•A•C and Lady Gaga’s newest VIVA GLAM Movement will debut this month collaborating with Thierry Mugler Creative Director Nicola Formichetti. The campaign invited M•A•C lovers to join by lending their face to be a part of a wearable art piece created by Formichetti, worn by Gaga and recruited recent Parsons fashion design grad, Ryan Jordan, [...]

Join three Parsons faculty members, Maura Jurgrau, Geoffrey Goertz and Christopher Musci as they lead a 3D printing workshop. Saturday, September 10th 1pm – 4pm,  $5 The Center, 208 W. 13th Street Click on The Center to learn more about this valuable workshop. As digital surface printing has revolutionized the textile design industry breaking free [...]

Saturday, September 10th, Assistant Professor Timo Rissanen will be co-teaching an all-day Zero Waste Workshop.  The workshop will take place at The Textile Arts Center, in Brooklyn, NY. Click on the title to purchase your ticket or for more information on the Center. Zero Waste Fashion Design Weekend Workshop: Timo Rissanen and Holly McQuillan are [...]

While visiting my hometown of Cleveland, Ohio, during the first few weeks of summer break, I was so pleased to be introduced to the talented design duo of Sean Bilovecky (formerly of Wrath Arcane), and Dana Hardy. Sean and business partner Danielle DeBoe recently opened their new shop and clothing line, Dredgers Union and anyone [...]

On Monday, as part of the Parsons Festival, Professor Beth Dincuff, BFA Fashion History Instructor, presented a lecture – including Archive garments – on American designer and Parsons benefactor, Sophie Gimbel. Gimbel’s career began in 1929 as a stylist at Saks Fifth Avenue’s custom dress shop Salon Moderne; within two years she was director and [...]

While the fashion industry is rapidly changing, Fashion Marketing faculty member Stanley Levine decided to capture what he knows and loves in his second fiction novel, False Faces. The story of False Faces follows a young designer, with limited talent, who uses her sexual prowess and manipulative skills to run for Designer of the Year. [...]

Tis the season for new books! Congratulations to Michele Wesen Bryant, Parsons School of Fashion illustration faculty member, for the arrival of her third book, “Fashion Drawing: Illustration Techniques for Fashion Designers.“  The new coffee table/text book is chock full of illustrations, & techniques with a global eye on fashion illustration styles. Michele, an alumni [...]

Pattern People, the surface design studio and daily inspirational website based in the indie mecca, Portland, Oregon, recently published an e-pub, “Pattern Design & Beyond.” Designers and studio founders Claudia Brown and Jessie Whipple Vickery share their insider secrets, how-to design guides and helpful resources to launch your career in surface design. The book also [...]