One of Parsons BFA and MFA alumni, Paula Cheng, has won a spot as a finalist in the International Talent Support (ITS) competition, 2013. This is the first time a Parsons alumni has placed, and with a selection of over 1500 entries, Paula deserves a big round of applause. She started at Parsons in the [...]

Interview by Lorena Murat, Fashion Publishing Micaela Erlanger, a native New Yorker, is one of the most successful stylists of the moment. Not only is she the hardest working person I have ever had the honor to work alongside, but she’s the best mentor and boss in the fashion industry. Micaela graduated from Parsons The New [...]

For its third edition, petitePARADE is partnering with VOGUE Bambini to present Kids Fashion Week, a two-day showcase of Spring/Summer 2013 Children’s collections from a Who’s-Who in the international Children’s fashion and design worlds. The event will take place at Industria Studios (775 Washington Street, New York, NY 10014) in New York City on October [...]

Join us to celebrate the #ParsonsMFAFashion graduating class of Spring 2012, Thursday, September 6. A selection of designers’ garments will be on display in the store. Thursday, September 6, 2012 from 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. PORTS 1961 3 Ninth Avenue, New York City See you there! This event is open to the public. Be [...]

Please join us in congratulating Parsons Alumni, Jin Kay and Melanie Seligman, winners of the Parsons x PPR x The Fancy Summer 2012 Empowering Imagination Competition. In July, five 2012 Parsons graduates had their work showcased on The Fancy, an innovative online platform at the intersection of blog, magazine, and image-based social media. Visitors to [...]

Congratulations to 2011 Fashion Design BFA alumni Carmen Chen Wu, for winning the LOOKK 1Hundred Designers Womenswear collection category contest.  Her “Save Fish from Drowning” collection can be found on this blog’s LookBook page, as it was the thesis collection presented at the 2011 Fashion Benefit in New York City. Read her interview with LOOKK [...]

Christian Louboutin, Bergdorf Goodman and Parsons The New School for Design called upon the talents of the school’s alumni to help celebrate the footwear brand’s 20th anniversary in February 2012. The competition was open to design students who graduated in 2010 and 2011, encouraging them to create apparel inspired by Louboutin’s silhouettes of the past [...]

Is competition good or evil? Regardless the answer, International Talent Support is Back! Pin these days on your calendar: ITS 2012 will take place in Trieste, Italy, 13-14 July 2012. The deadline to enroll is 23 March 2012. There is no entry fee. Four different forms of creativity: Fashion,  Accessories, Jewelry and Photography. WHAT WE ASK [...]

Recent fashion design graduate, Lizette Avinari, received press coverage in the latest edition of “Affluent Magazine.”  Lizette explains why she is against the use of real fur in the world of fashion and pro-faux. She quotes, “I love animals and I’ve always liked animalistic, wild looks in fashion. But I don’t think it is right [...]

AAS Alumni discuss the career change experience.