Representing the creative future

Fashion Image  –  Dec 2020

CSM MA FASHION IMAGE 2020: Meet this year’s graduates

We asked this year’s Fashion Image students about their experience on the course and their hopes for the future

Designers To Hire

Julia Ballardt: The poetry of punk

The German designer Julia Ballardt is inspired in her collection by the subculture’s signature emblems of belonging.

CSM Fashion Image student Stephanie Francis Shanahan and the importance of joy in fashion image

Fashion Image  –  Nov 2020

CSM MA Fashion Image student on creating a book full of joy

The photographer and artist Stephanie Francis Shanahan talks about the book she created as part of her Fashion Image MA at CSM

Designers To Hire

How Yasmina Atta is channeling surrealist African cinema through her graduate collection

The Nigerian designer talks on capturing the feeling of in between-ness that exists when two cultures merge through a single collection that bonds traditional Nigerian doctrines with modern crafting techniques

Designers To Hire

Johanna Parv: “Is femininity a form or an action?”

Womenswear graduate Johanna Parv questions the extent to which the shapes from everyday, active situations impose restrictions on the female form

ISABELLA BURLEY ON HER JOURNEY FROM DROPPING OUT OF CSM TO BECOMING EDITOR- IN-CHIEF OF DAZED

Fashion Journalism  –  Nov 2020

Isabella Burley on her journey from dropping out of CSM to becoming editor-in-chief of DAZED

The Editor-in-chief of DAZED shares her advice and speaks openly about the reality of running a magazine and pursuing personal projects in 2020

Central Saint Martins  –  Oct 2020

This is how studying fashion design really looks for the class of 2021

9 Central Saint Martins’ final year fashion design students share how the classes are run, how “blended learning” works, and how much they miss being stressed together..

Parsons  –  Oct 2020

The first ever documentary about studying fashion in Parsons

A documentary that takes you inside the MFA Parsons fashion design course

Designers  –  Oct 2020

WED insists on trying to make bridalwear a more ethical and inclusive industry

The design duo behind WED is making wedding dresses out of forgotten bridalwear and fabric scraps opening a dialogue on sustainable occasion wear

Fashion Educators  –  Oct 2020

Adam Murray on fashion communication and the importance of looking outside the big capitals

The MA Fashion Image and BA Fashion Communication and Promotion pathway leader at CSM shares his career journey and gives advice to aspiring image-makers

Fashion work placements during the pandemic

Central Saint Martins  –  Sep 2020

What is happening with fashion design work placements during the pandemic?

8 Central Saint Martins’ Fashion Design students on the challenges of interning during a global pandemic, the disparity between small brands and big houses, and the futility of fashion

Julie Gilhart on fashion in crisis

Business Insiders  –  Sep 2020

Julie Gilhart on fashion in the times of a crisis

Chief Development Officer of Tomorrow Ltd Julie Gilhart shares her views on how fashion showrooms are dealing with the pandemic and her advice for emerging designers