How to attract a global audience to your local brand
Dirt started life in Bali during the pandemic. Five years later it’s grown an international customer base.
Influential Fashion Educators: Ragna Sigríður Bjarnadóttir, IUA, Reykjavík
The advantages of studying in a country without a fashion industry.
How burnout changed this independent bag designer's goals
Robin Deceuninck went from Ann Demeulemeester to Adidas, before taking time out to re-evaluate what he wanted from the industry.
Influential Fashion Educators: Elina Peltonen, Aalto, Finland
How to study fashion when the industry's centre feels far away.
Parsons MFA 2025: Between Heritage and Experiment
From Sardinian lace to school sports kits, this year’s MFA collections rework tradition into personal statements
Collaboration over competition
Nicholas Daley and Kozaburo show what happens when designers share resources instead of gatekeeping them.
When fashion students take on opera
For Òh!pera in Barcelona, IED students created costumes that shifted between apocalypse and pastoral dreamscape, testing the limits of design and teamwork.
FIT MFA 2025: Living Archives
From sarees to scars to bedtime stories, the New York graduates turn memory into garments that speak to the present.
KADK 2025: Between Heritage and Future
From Catalonia to Transylvania to Russia, the Royal Danish Academy’s graduates transform cultural roots into contemporary expression
IFM BA 2025: Clothes as Biography
These designers know what they’re doing – and more importantly, what they want to say.
Polimoda 2025: Fashion as Transmission
A class that understands fashion as language – where silhouette becomes story and craft becomes clarity.
