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 [...]

On Thursday October 11 Dr Kate Fletcher, Reader in Sustainable Fashion at the Centre for Sustainable Fashion, London College of Fashion delivered the lecture Alternative Fashion Systems as part of the Stephan Weiss Memorial Lecture series. The series was introduced by Alison Mears, Dean of the School of Design Strategies, and Kate was introduced by [...]

October 11th, 6pm: Kate Fletcher “Alternative Fashion Systems” Fashion Auditorium, 560 Seventh Avenue, 2nd floor This lecture is part of the Stephan Weiss Lecture Series Kate Fletcher explores alternative fashion systems that value a broader range of fashion activity than is currently recognized, drawing upon examples of the ”craft of use” in her project Local [...]

Project Linus is an organization that provides hand made blankets for children in need. This includes children who have illnesses, experienced trauma, or been abused. As an organization, their goal is to provide security to these children through the protection, warmth, and comfort of a blanket. The club, Fashion & Mentoring, got together in May [...]

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 [...]

The weekend of October 28-30 the Global Sustainability Jam will take place around the world. Here in New York City, Parsons and more specifically, the Parsons Desis Lab, is very much involved. Contact Cameron Tonkinwise (details at the NYC link above) if you want to be involved. You should!

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 [...]

In the Spring of 2011, seven students from Parsons Fashion Marketing and Communication Design programs enrolled in a project-based course in which they were given the task of promoting environmental responsibility via fashion-forward communication. The students shared a passion for sustainable practice within the field of design, and were challenged to create an industry  and [...]

Fashion Students and Faculty are needed to volunteer in a Costume Making Workshop for the Lower East Side Girls Club.  Assist revelers prepare their costumes for the Girls Club Annual Mardi Gras Ball.  Patricia Field will be judging costumes, and you are welcome to purchase tickets to attend the Ball, 21 years and over only. [...]