The University of Fashion video resource library is available to students across the United States – from Oregon to New York, we support and feature design students as they pursue their careers in fashion. This week, we congratulate the recent graduates of Oregon State University’s Apparel Design program. Read More
From color and quirk to neutrals and knits, this year’s graduate runways have it all. As an educational resource for the Fashion Institute of Technology as well as Parsons The New School for Design, we can’t help but feature their graduates’ work and feel proud that the University of Fashion offers an online video library to assist these talented graduates in reaching their goals. Read More
The University of Fashion’s supportive reach now stretches from coast to coast. This week, we extend a warm welcome to our two newest educational partners, Brooklyn College and Oregon State University. In addition to our geographic expansion, we recently added two new videos to our ever expanding video resource library: 100 Years of Rebels and Revolutionaries: Part 1 and Part 2. Read More
We are thrilled to add Parsons The New School for Design in New York City to our roster of fashion colleges utilizing the University of Fashion in their resource libraries. Wondering how the University of Fashion can work for you while enrolled in design school? In this blog post, we discuss using the “3 Es” to get the most out of the University of Fashion video library. Read More
Nicolas Ghesquiére’s debut collection for Louis Vuitton in Paris last week has launched a love affair with leather for Fall 2014. In A Dozen Girls, Juergen Teller captures both the inspiration and the artistry behind Ghesquiére’s FW14 collection for Louis Vuitton. Ghesquiére himself calls his team, “the best in the world” in terms of their knowledge and workmanship and Nicole Phelps of Style.com claims that outside of Ghesquiére’s collection, “You won’t find a more luxurious coat than the black crocodile … or a jacket as well made as the one he patchworked in different colored leathers.” How do designers begin working with leather? The University of Fashion has created a series of videos dedicated to working with leather to answer that question. Read on… Read More
We have seen Marc Jacobs’ last collection for Louis Vuitton and just days ago, we were introduced to Jeremy Scott’s first collection for Moschino. As designers play musical chairs at the helm of famed design houses, sometimes I am left humming Rihanna’s Please Don’t Stop the Music, just so I have enough time to learn how to pronounce Ghesquière. As we prepare to see Nicolas Ghesquière’s debut collection for Louis Vuitton in Paris this week, I have prepared a little cheat sheet for you in order to keep your designers and their current houses in order. Read More
During the past few weeks, color has dominated the runways of New York, London and Milan. From Prabal Gurung to Peter Pilotto to Marni, bold color combinations will be prominent come Fall 2014. But how do designers determine color palettes? Is there a science to color blocking? And why is it that our eye is drawn to some color combinations and not others? This week, the University of Fashion launches two new Color Theory videos in which these questions (and others) will be addressed. Read More
Our goal at the University of Fashion is to help you drape, draw and sew your way to the collection of your dreams. We are proud to inspire and support emerging designers with growing labels. We are especially eager to act as a resource for anyone interested in a fashion career and as a tutor for fashion design students enrolled in design programs around the world. This week, we would like to highlight our very first library affiliation with the well known Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) located in the heart of New York City’s Garment District. As one of the oldest fashion schools in the country, founded in 1944, FIT has graduated some of the most renown designers in the industry: Calvin Klein, Norma Kamali and Michael Kors, to name a few. Their expert faculty and extensive ties in the fashion industry puts them on top as one of the Top 10 premiere fashion schools in the world. Read More
Have you ever dreamed of your own branded empire? From couture to ready-to-wear to diffusion lines at H&M, Target or Kohl’s, perhaps? Maybe you envision perfumes, cosmetic lines, handbags, shoes or housewares with your name attached? Welcome to the wonderful world of LICENSING. Read More
“How do I get started in the fashion industry?” Since my win on NBC’s Fashion Star, this is the question I am most frequently asked. In the University of Fashion’s newest Designer FashionSpeak video, I will share my unique journey into the fashion industry as well as my five keys to success – education, experience, defining your brand, using your resources and taking time to celebrate your success. Read More