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.
The Brand Whisperer: Bob Sheard and the future designers need to build
After decades spent reshaping the world’s biggest brands – from Levi’s to Rapha – Bob Sheard believes it’s time to open-source what he knows.
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.
Why become a photographer now?
We asked a few photographers – all showing at a new London exhibition – the big question.
How designers learn to lead: lessons from inside the industry
We asked a group of in-house creatives at brands from Balenciaga to Givenchy and beyond what helped them become better leaders
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
Designers of the future might be part scientist, part engineer
Two Central Saint Martins graduates worked with Canada Goose to turn discarded garlic peels into a bio composite for outerwear.
The DIY YouTube tutorials that designers swear by
Ahead of September, reacquaint yourself with our list of free video resources for designers in training, taken from the 1 Granary newsletter.
