Parsons Fashion

Stay tuned for the Streetwear Education Initiative between Complex & Parsons! http://bit.ly/StreetwearEssentials

Joseph Gromek, Board of Trustees Chairman at The New School, donates $8.5M to create The Joseph & Gail Gromek Institute for Fashion Business at Parsons School of Design. The institute will "prepare students to become the next generation of design leaders and entrepreneurs. My hope is that it will serve as the crossroads for the study of fashion business, retail and brand management. Read more in WWD:

#RE [Design] the internet #IRL: A Fashion Collaborative Design Workshop Register today: thefestivalofnew2019.sched.com/event/TsEg

Provoke: On the Relationship Between the Internet and the Creative Process Register today: thefestivalofnew2019.sched.com/event/TsEO

An in depth look at how the 2019 Award Winners are imagining expansive, new possibilities for fashion design through their embodiment of the diverse and innovative curriculum of the different Parsons BFA Fashion Design Pathways: Systems & Society, Materiality, Fashion Product and Collection. Their work engages a wide range of critical issues from inclusivity to human rights to sustainability and all through the lens of incredible fashion design.

Parsons AAS Fashion Design ('08) and Parsons Paris (’18) alumna Rachel Fenderson is organizing an exhibition celebrating the life of fashion designer and native New Yorker, Jay Jaxon. A continuation of Rachel's Masters thesis on Jaxon, the exhibit highlights Jaxon’s significant historical contributions to the industry when academic sources fail to detail it, aiming to transform the fashion narrative of the past century through diverse representation. Catch it at @QPLNY now through August 31! In addition on August 10th, from 11am - 4pm, there will be a special celebratory event including a Public Viewing, Curator Exhibition Guided Tour, Lecture & Panel, and Refreshments.

Yesterday marks the official launch of FFORA, founded by BFA alumna Lucy Jones (c/o 2015). FFORA’s first collection, The Essentials Suite, is comprised of accessories designed for wheelchair users. Lucy says the mission of FFORA, which is a continuation of her thesis project, is designing with disability first, and not as an afterthought. FFORA’s products cater to a community normally underrepresented in fashion design, urging us to rethink how we approach resolving design issues.

Shout out to MFA Fashion Design & Society alum & BFA Fashion Design faculty member Shanel Campbell on being selected as one of the five finalists for the third annual Elaine Gold Launch Pad!

Check out #ParsonsFashion alum Yuner Shao and Stef Puzhen Zhou talk about their activism centered brand Refuse Club.

Congratulations to Daveed Baptiste on being selected by @redhooklabs to showcase his series Haiti to hood in their annual Emerging New Artist Exhibit! Catch the exhibit now through July 28, 2019: redhooklabs.com/exhibitons/labs-new-artists-iii Daveed used his background in fashion design to create the sets for his series. He used objects, @katiusciaa 's durags, textiles, and material manipulation to exemplify "The Common Home" and represent Haitian American identity.

Featuring BFA Fashion Design ‘19 alumni Josefina Muñoz and Natalia Riedel

We are proud to participate in Fondazione Ferragamo’s Young Talents for Sustainable Thinking project, which features work of fashion students from design schools around the globe. BFA students Matthew Cook, Ziqi Xing, and Rory Arthur created these pieces made from scrap materials donated by Ferragamo. Their work is currently on view in the Sustainable Thinking exhibit at Museo Salvatore Ferragamo through March 2020. Through their designs, participants reflect on sustainability in fashion and offer suggestions for a changing paradigm in the industry. @mrcfoto

Recent BFA graduate Josefina Muñoz featured in Colombia’s El Tiempo newspaper