12, November 2014

Beyond the Seams: MAFS Student Catherine Smith Launches Own e-Commerce Website

  Beyond the Seams is a monthly feature on the MAFS blog that highlights students’ careers, projects and more outside of the program.  Catherine Smith is a fashion stylist and writer who began her career in fashion publishing as the intern to Stefano Tonchi, Editor-in-Chief of W Magazine. She studied Political Science [ read more ... ]

03, November 2014

Halloween Roundup: 6 Of the Best Costumes from Our Students

Halloween 2014 went out with a bang. The annual parade took place just a block over from our campus, and while some students joined in to march alongside the parade's Grand Marshal, Whoopi Goldberg, others got all dolled and ghoul(ed) up for a spooky night of fun. From foxy felines to sushi, our first-year MAFS students got pretty [ read more ... ]

13, October 2014

4 Fun Facts from Teri Agin’s Talk with Fern Mallis

Loading Prominent fashion journalist #TeriAgins signing my copy of "Hijacking the Runway." She also chose to answer my question during her talk! #geekingout #theendoffashion #92Y #wallstreetjournal View on Instagram   by Adelle McElveen This post originally appeared on fashionistalab.com, a fashion blog [ read more ... ]

06, October 2014

Beyond the Seams: Vanessa Rosales

    Beyond the Seams is a weekly feature on the MAFS blog that will highlight students' careers, projects and more outside of the program.  Vanessa Rosales graduated from MAFS this past May, and has since gone on to reach new heights (even though she accumulated many accolades during her time in the program). Most [ read more ... ]

22, September 2014

YOU HAVE TO CHECK OUT THESE BLOGS BY OUR STUDENTS

Aside from long classes and readings that seem like they never end, students in our MAFS program spend time outside of school documenting their experiences through fashion on their coveted blogs. From entrepreneurial styling websites to short snippets of their perspectives on the industry, our students' blogs offer a sweet escape (and [ read more ... ]

22, September 2014

WHY YOU NEED TO ATTEND PARSONS’ GRADUATE KIM JENKINS’ “FASHION TALKS”

[caption id="attachment_793" align="aligncenter" width="339"] Courtesy of Parsons' ADHT[/caption] Last week kicked off Pratt Institute's Department of Fashion's third annual "Fashion Talks," hosted by MAFS alumnae Kim Jenkins. And, if you think you're going to just hear about fashion week and blogging, think again. The series [ read more ... ]

15, September 2014

Our Students Head to New York Fashion Week

Although it is not a requirement, some of our students felt it very necessary to hit the tents at New York Fashion Week. While some where able to go to a couple of shows (and even sit front row!), others found it equally pleasing to go people watching. Check out shots of Leren, Veronica, Tansy, Michelle and Adelle from this season's [ read more ... ]

15, September 2014

7 of Our MAFS Students Share Their Love for New York, Parsons and More

On August 18, 35 new students by way of Canada, South Africa, and a lot of places in between, entered Parsons as first-year graduate students in Fashion Studies. They are among the 70 incoming graduate students who make up the School of Art and Design History and Theory. Each student brings with them diverse backgrounds in fashion, [ read more ... ]

07, January 2014

Program Holiday Party and Presentations

At the end of the semester the students and professors came together for a holiday party and an exhibition of the work done by first and second year students in the Fashion Practices class. The class was taught by Pascale Gatzen. [caption id="attachment_749" align="alignnone" width="3872"] Eda's bee pins, a conversation [ read more ... ]

26, December 2013

Alumnus Accepted into PhD Program

Becca Crawford, MAFS '13 was offered a place in the PhD of Design program at the University of Technology Sydney. She was also offered a complete government funded scholarship and will start her studies in February. Congratulations [ read more ... ]

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