Fashion Design programme exhibition: how did it go?

What a lovely vibe at the Amsterdam Fashion Academy last Thursday, 13th of December 2018! Many people and friends came to visit our exhibition of students works created in the BA (Hons) Fashion Design, BA (Hons) Fashion BusinessFashion Foundation and Fast-Track programmes.

 

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Garments, coats, designs, styling and textiles: the visitors had the opportunity to check what the fashion students did in just 3 months in our fashion design programme. The exhibition was also the excuse to celebrate the students of the Fast-Track Fashion Design & Business course, a group of international students coming from different countries who studies at our fashion university for 12 weeks.

 

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The Fashion Design programme exhibition included several pieces, such as jackets realised by the second-year BA (Hons) Fashion Design students, two dresses created by Emma and inspired by her childhood in Shanghai, two clothes by Tiffany, from Tokyo, inspired by a Parisian love story, a piece by Zhinia inspired by Iranian craftmanship and a piece from Olivia’s feminine collection inspired by Spanish culture and storytelling, among others.

 

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The Fast-Track Fashion Design & Business course will start again on May 6th and applications are open. You can spend three months at our international fashion academy in Amsterdam learning fashion design, illustration, pattern making, draping, trend forecasting, marketing. The perfect way to combine travel, culture, creativity, learning and laying the foundations of your future and all in 12 weeks, which also happens to fit the validity of a 3-month tourist visa to the Netherlands. Please, watch the video below about the experience of the previous course.

 

 

Furthermore, we have scheduled a new event on the 29th of January 2019, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm under the topic “How can designers & stakeholders contribute to a more sustainable fashion”. Guest speaker will be Dr. Radha Jethu, assistant-professor and program manager of the MBA-program Fashion Management at Business School the Netherlands. She has a PhD-degree in European Law and conducted research on Textile labelling. Moreover, she is the co-author of the book International Business (2016) published by Noordhoff Publishers and Routledge Publishers (UK).

 

“I work in the textile industry for almost 20 years and I feel privileged to share my knowledge and ideas of Fashion Business, gained over the years through intensive research and study combined with my experience in the fashion industry”, says Radha.

 

The Meetup is free and open to everybody. After the talk, we will have a networking session, with drinks and snacks.

Dec. 13th: fashion show exhibition and branding lecture

The Amsterdam Fashion Academy is happy to invite you to visit its first world-inspired fashion show exhibition on Thursday, the 13th of December 2018 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. Simultaneously, a lecture about branding will be offered by the creative boutique agency Mamma Soup.

The fashion show exhibition and the lecture will be open to the public with no cost. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet students and lectures, beside exploring the works that the talented students have created during the last three months as part of the BA (Hons) Fashion Design, Fashion Foundation Diploma and Fast-Track Fashion Design & Business course.

23 students, coming from all corners of the world, chose to continue their studies and to gain professional skills in this private international fashion school situated in the heart of Amsterdam. The fashion show exhibition will include several pieces, such as jackets realised by the second-year BA (Hons) Fashion Design students, two dresses created by Emma and inspired by her childhood in Shanghai, two clothes by Tiffany, from Tokyo, inspired by a Parisian love story, a piece by Zhinia inspired by Iranian craftmanship and a piece from Olivia’s feminine collection inspired by Spanish culture and storytelling, among others.

 

“We are very proud to host this fashion show exhibition in our elegant building and to give our students the opportunity to show their pieces to Amsterdam’s fashion community. It is important for them to meet and receive feedbacks from external people. During this semester we did our best to bring experts from the fashion industry in our exclusive academy in order to offer the students more learning opportunities”, says Iris Peitzmeier, Managing Director. “From Viktor & Rolf’s Masterclass and the jeans design competition for the Dubai’s market with Stefan Lohmann to guest lectures by London-based print designer Davinder Madaher, Paris Fashion Week designer Nasheli Juliana and former Calvin Klein Marketing Manager Sara Tugnolo, our semester has been very busy, and we are happy to show this to the public. I’m also glad to announce that the collection of our third-year students will be presented at Paris Fashion Show in March 5th and 6th”.

 

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From 6:30pm to 7:30pm, Pepe Villaverde, Founder and Creative Director, and Milly Roy, Head of Marketing, from the creative agency Mamma Soup will offer the lecture “UNlearning to Learn: build a brand now that is future proof”.

 

“We are programmed into a society of rights and wrongs. This directs us to make decisions and/or shy away from ideas constantly. This session will get you to challenge some ‘facts’ and opinions so you can get better at developing and creating communications and brands. Forget about the codes and rules and how things should be. Join us in order to know more and build a brand now that is future proof”, says Pepe Villaverde.

 

Mamma Soup has spent 6 years of boosting lifestyle branding and developing global campaigns and digital strategies for brands such as Tommy Hilfiger, Adidas, Calvin Klein, Diesel and deBijenkorf. They have collaborated in internationally recognised projects for agencies such as JWT, DDB, Grey or StrawberryFrog achieving international awards and recognition.

 

“This event is for free and everybody is more than welcome to join us at our international fashion academy in a friendly and cosy evening. You will meet our lecturers and students and we will offer you drinks and snacks. During this year we have met many interesting people at our evenings with several ideas and projects and we would like to invite all of you to come at the academy one more time for a toast to 2018 and to welcome the new year”, says Iris Peitzmeier.

Meetup + Fashion Exhibition: UNlearning to Learn

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We would like to invite our fashion community to visit us on the 13th of December 2018 from 6:00pm for a new Meetup “UNlearning to Learn: build a brand now that is future proof” and for the Fashion Exhibition of students’ works.

 

We are programmed into a society of rights and wrongs. This directs us to make decisions and/or shy away from ideas constantly. This session will get you to challenge some ‘facts’ and opinions so you can get better at developing and creating communications and brands. Forget about the codes and rules and how things should be. Join us in order to know more and build a brand now that is future proof.

 

MEET THE GUEST SPEAKERS

 

Milly Roy loves all things food – so much so that she made her profession within the consumer goods industry. She has spent the past several years working with National and Global retailers and manufacturers across Europe and Canada: from Loblaw and Metro to Pepsico and Tesco. She specialises in understand shopper habits, what drives their behaviour and how to forecast future trends based on past behaviours. She worked across marketing, sales, business development and client relationships. She now brings this to the Fashion and Lifestyle world at Mamma Soup as Head of Marketing.

 

Pepe Villaverde is a Creative through and through, his passion lies in strategic branding and communications developed for more than 15 years working in top agencies and global corporate advocating for innovative next-gen strategies. He is leading the charge applying Branding Intelligence and starting up his own boutique creative agency, called Mamma Soup with a strong international portfolio to show for it across Europe with names such as: Diesel, Tommy Hilfiger, deBijenkorf, Adidas, Kia, CK… to name a few. Where he is not only the founder, but also Creative Director.

 

Visit: mammasoup.com

 

FASHION EXHIBITION

 

We want to close the year with a special Meetup, where you won’t only meet two amazing guest speakers from the creative boutique agency Mamma Soup, but also you will have the opportunity to visit our fashion exhibition of pieces realised by students of the BA (Hons) Fashion Design, Foundation Diploma and Fast-Track Fashion Design & Business course.

 

IT’S FREE

 

As all our Meetups, this event and the fashion exhibition are for free and everybody is more than welcome to join us at our international fashion academy in a friendly and cosy evening. You will meet our lecturers and students and we will offer you drinks and snacks. During this year we have met many interesting people at our evenings with several ideas and projects and we would like to invite all of you to come at the academy one more time for a toast to 2018 and to welcome the new year!