Media Mix X4 is a group exhibition curated by Jim Osman. Cynthia Lawson Jaramillo is showing alongside the very talented Babs Reingold, John Roach, and Mary Schiliro for this outdoor exhibition. The opening is Sunday, September 12, 2-5pm at Art Lot 206 Columbia Street (click for map), Brooklyn, NY (Raindate: September 19) Exhibition dates: September [...]

For the first time, Twitter has created unique hashtags to help you identify top designers. These designers will start showing their Spring 2011 collections Thursday, September 9, 2010 during New York Fashion Week. As shows are happening all over Manhattan and the boroughs, this is a great way to keep track of real-time observations from [...]

Last week, the New York Times Style section published this article, on the Asian-American fashion designers rising to the top. We are lucky to have so many come through the ranks of Parsons School of Fashion and look forward to seeing their Spring 2011 collections this week at New York Fashion Week.

   There has been a lot buzz surrounding renowned custom dressmaker Jessie Franklin Turner lately, what with her inclusion in the Costume Institute’s American Women exhibition as well as The Museum at FIT’s American Beauty, the many years deceased fashion maker is looking a bit like the Deb of the Year. Franklin Turner herself would have [...]

  Come out and enjoy Braccialini’s “City Sweet” for Fashion’s Night Out. Debut of Handbag Created By Parsons The New School for Design Student. Premiere of the limited edition “City Sweet” bag, designed by Parsons student Martha Napier in collaboration with Braccialini Friday, September 10, 2010 6-11 pm Braccialini store, 436 West Broadway (at Prince [...]

Career Services will soon be hosting the Parsons Internship Fair and students are encouraged to participate. This event is the perfect place for students to find an internship and gain valuable experience interacting with industry professionals. Parsons Fall Internship Fair Wednesday, September, 8, 2010 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM 55 W. 13th Street, Lang Student Center, 2nd floor [...]

Fashion week is just over two weeks away, and it is fantastic to see the increase in sustainability-oriented events increase each season. On Friday September 10th, the Textile Arts Center and Ecouterre.com are coming together for Fashion’s Night Out to celebrate ‘slow’ at the Center in Brooklyn. Here’s how the night will run: 6:00-7:00PM: The [...]

CONVOCATION Thursday, September 2, 2010, 3:00 p.m. John L. Tishman Auditorium 66 West 12th Street We ask that you please be seated by 2:45 p.m. The 14th Annual Welcome Block Party immediately follows the Convocation Ceremony on West 12th Street. Program PRESIDENT KERREY’S WELCOME PRESENTATION OF THE DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY TEACHING AWARDS Richard A. Boukas Faculty [...]

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 – [...]

Students in professor Kathryn Simon’s fashion history class, took on the challenge of tracking the unique trend: slashing. Read about the project and their findings in this recent NY Times article.