A 4-month diary of a designer mentorship
Mentor Rafaël Adriaensens and mentee Mattia Van Severen invite us into their strategy meetings.
There’s a load of Margiela (in plastic bags) on sale this week
We asked the sellers, Byronesque, about their anti-auction approach to selling vintage clothes.
SKETCHBOOKS FROM 6 CSM RESET SHOW COLLECTIONS
A closer look at the process and ideas behind a handful of students' work.
How to watch cinema like a designer
Treating film as method, not reference, changes how you design. A practical guide.
Collaboration over competition
Nicholas Daley and Kozaburo show what happens when designers share resources instead of gatekeeping them.
How to build a collection like a filmmaker
What cinema teaches fashion designers about world-building.
How to edit a collection like a filmmaker
What cinema teaches fashion designers about decision-making.
LCF MA FASHION 2026: THE BODY UNDER PRESSURE
This year’s MA collections focus on structure, material process and the social meaning of clothing.
HEAD Genève MA 2025: a response to uncertain times
From lingerie-inflected tailoring to experimental construction, the collections explore fashion as a personal, protective and politically charged practice.
Parsons MFA 2025: Between Heritage and Experiment
From Sardinian lace to school sports kits, this year’s MFA collections rework tradition into personal statements
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.
Antwerp 2025: Craft, Concept, and Complexity
This year’s MA graduates explore fashion as autobiography, critique, and sculptural expression.
Aalto 2025: Slow Worlds, Sharp Ideas
In a noisy industry, these graduates propose quieter, stranger, and more care-driven approaches to design.
The second coming of Anne Sofie Madsen
You can take 14 seasons off and come back stronger than ever. Here's what the Danish designer learnt from her time away from the fashion schedule.
Ruben Arnaldo Gollin is defending opulence
Does fashion need to appeal to the masses?
Lovro Lukić crafts Yugoslavian blankets into couture pieces
“I don’t care about your expensive, gorgeous embroidery”
Lottie Robinson is stitching worlds together
Fusing workwear and tailoring to paint a portrait of men
Wooni Jeong’s designs speak of introspection and team spirit
Can fashion put an end to its competitiveness?
An in-depth conversation with Marina Yee, the Antwerp Six enigma
Almost 40 years since the group officially became known by their group monicker, the designer reminisces about this vital era and her ensuing career.
Influential Fashion Educators: Ragna Sigríður Bjarnadóttir, IUA, Reykjavík
The advantages of studying in a country without a fashion industry.
Influential Fashion Educators: Elina Peltonen, Aalto, Finland
How to study fashion when the industry's centre feels far away.
Aki Choklat, College for Creative Studies, Detroit
What makes a fashion student hireable?
Influential Fashion Educators: Massimiliano Giornetti
From the classroom to the industry and back again: a conversation on redefining fashion education at Polimoda
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Designers – get ready for mandatory DPPs
Digital Product Passports are a hot topic right now. But how do they work? And how can brands prepare?
Fashion loves to talk about ‘family’, until it’s time to start your own
Starting a family in fashion is hard. Doing so through surrogacy, adoption or fostering is nearly impossible
Milan’s fashion matriarchy is dying a slow death
At least we have Donatella! At least we had Donatella.
