Sarah Ryan - London Fashion Week - Ones To Watch

Sarah Ryan,  has  been named  among  Fashion Scout's Ones To Watch for the autumn/winter 2014 season and will showcase  her collection  at London Fashion Week.

Previous Ones To Watch Fashion Scout alumni have included Eudon Choi, Hermione de Paula, Phoebe English and David Longshaw. This year's selection was chosen by an industry panel that included Hilary Alexander and designer Georgia Hardinge.

 

http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2014/02/10/fashion-scout-ones-to-watch-lfw#gallery/1113296

Kerry Fashion Week Finalists 2014

Congratulations  to  current  4th  year  Fashion  Students  who   are  finalists  in  the  Irish  Fashion  Industry  Awards  at  Kerry  Fashion  Week  which  will  be  taking  place  from  Monday  3rd - Saturday  8th  March.

KFW  One  to   Watch  Category - Ruth  Doyle
KFW  Irish  Student  Designer  Category - Olga  Profutkina

Graduates  Stephen  Foley, Catherine  Kelly, Kaitlyn  McGrath  and  Orla  O'Connor  have  also  been  selected. Full  information  is  on  the  KFW  website
http://kerryfashionweek.com/?p=1693

Persil Design Awards

Congratulations  to  Nicole  Jackson  who  has  been  selected  to  represent  LSAD  in  the  Persil Fashion  Awards  2014

Europe Rising Fashion Designers

Work  from  Limerick  School  of  Art and  Design  Graduates  Rebecca  Marsden, Ciara  Sheridan, Clare  Chambers, Clare  Silke  and  Roisin  Murphy  feature  in  the  publication  Europe  Rising Fashion Designers. LSAD  were  among  the  21  colleges  from  the  UK  and  Europe  selected  to  participate  which  include  Central  Saint  Martins, The  Royal  College  of  Art, and  London  College  of  Fashion.

 

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Europe%3A-Rising-Fashion-Designer%3A-2-Patrick-Gottelier/9780764345456

Graduate Una Burke listed among 53 Irish women to watch out for in 2014

A cuff designed by Una was worn by Jennifer Lawrence in character as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games, and Nicki Minaj has previously been spotted in one of her bolero jackets. Expect a lot more celebrities to be sporting Úna Burke pieces in 2014.

http://umyeahok.wordpress.com/2014/01/18/53-irish-women-to-watch-out-for-in-2014/
http://www.unaburke.com/biography_1.html

Rebecca Marsden wins HOMI Maker Design Award - Milan

Congratulations  to  Rebecca  Marsden - 2012  Fashion  Graduate - who  has  just  been  awarded  the  HOMI Maker  Design  Award  in  Milan

The competition is aimed at young, designer makers, artisans, artists who have not yet turned 35 years of age on 1st January 2014.

The applicants can be: artisans; artists; holders of diploma and/or graduates coming from all levels of art and design schools; young people in a phase of

starting a business.

HOMI MAKER DESIGN AWARD is an initiative of HOMI in association with Artex, Centre for Artistic and Traditional Handicrafts of Tuscany and under the patronage of CNA and Confartigianato.

 http://www.artex.firenze.it/en/categoria/design-and-innovation/homi-maker-design-award#1729

http://rebeccamarsdendesigns.weebly.com/about.html

Fashion Education Network

'The Fashion Education Network is a non-profit initiative which offers fashion schools and institutes a platform which stimulates interaction and knowledge sharing.'

A  good site  to  keep  up  with  issues  in   fashion  education, industry  and  jobs........

http://www.fashionunited.com/education?goback=%2Enpe_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1#%21