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Amsterdam Fashion Academy acquired by Luiss Business School

A promising future for the Amsterdam Fashion Academy as part of the prestigious and private Luiss Business School from Rome, Italy.

 

The Amsterdam Fashion Academy is proud to announce that since the 1st of January 2020 it has become part of the Luiss Business School based in Rome, Italy, with a new and international Board of Directors.

 

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The Amsterdam Fashion Academy has long been seeking to strengthen its international connections in an ever globalising world and remain at the forefront of fashion. Since its creation in 2013 the Amsterdam Fashion Academy has been highly successful with its own brand of highly personalised, intimate education. It has built up exceptional ties with the fashion industry and developed its own international fashion community.

 

“Key within this relationship is that the Amsterdam Fashion Academy maintains its own identity and unique characteristics and continues to grow and develop in its own way. It will continue to offer the same courses and degrees and excel in doing what it does best: bringing the fashion industry and education together and offering a personal and student-centred learning experience in a supportive environment, focusing on fashion design and fashion business”, Deborah Pulleyblank, Amsterdam Fashion Academy’s Academic Director commented. “This new step will strengthen the Amsterdam Fashion Academy’s position as a unique international fashion university accredited by Buckinghamshire New University and offering Bachelor’s with Honours degrees”.

 

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Luiss Business School based in Rome, is part of the Luiss University, a prestigious and world-renowned private university affiliated with the biggest Italian employers’ organization, Confindustria. Luiss Business School and the Amsterdam Fashion Academy share a common vision of personalised education with a high-level of attention for each and every individual student, making for a perfect match.

 

“The acquisition of Amsterdam Fashion Academy represents a historic milestone for Luiss Business School and for our University”, commented Giovanni Brugnoli, Vice President for Human Capital at Confindustria – the main association representing manufacturing and service companies in Italy – who is also member of Luiss Board of Directors and was appointed Chairman of Amsterdam Fashion Academy. “Thanks to this operation, Luiss strengthens its positioning as an extremely dynamic reality; Amsterdam is at the core of Europe and this acquisition will boost Luiss’ network and international activities”, Brugnoli added.

 

 

“Thanks to this operation, Luiss Business School will be able to develop a particularly attractive educational offer, with double or joint programmes located in Amsterdam and Rome, in addition to the creation of a solid axis in fashion and luxury sectors between Milan and Amsterdam hubs”, added Paolo Boccardelli, Dean of Luiss Business School and newly appointed CEO of Amsterdam Fashion Academy. “Luiss Business School will develop a concrete international hub, in which to focus on educational activities dedicated to international young graduates, in all those sectors representing the Made In Italy excellence: fashion and luxury first, but creative industry and family business are included, where Italy and Luiss Business School are referring points”, added Boccardelli.

 

Luiss Business School has excellent connections in the top of the business world and is expanding selectively with the very best in the creative sector, which led it to the Amsterdam Fashion Academy. By combining forces both schools will benefit enormously, with the Amsterdam Fashion Academy strengthening its position as outstanding boutique academy while increasing its international reputation and reach.

 

Ingrid Mijnheer, Founder and Director of the Amsterdam Fashion Academy for 7 years, said: “This is a great step forward for the Amsterdam Fashion Academy that will keep it at the forefront of fashion while preserving its unique and much admired position as a highly personalised, small and friendly fashion academy bursting with big ideas and creative excellence”.

2019 Fashion Graduates aim to clean up fashion

On Sunday the 30th of June 2019 the Amsterdam Fashion Academy celebrated the graduation of its students from the Bachelor’s (Hons) degree programmes in Fashion Business and Fashion with Textiles Design, at the exclusive Andaz hotel in Amsterdam. The event included an open exhibition of some Final Major Projects of the BA (Hons) Fashion Business graduates and a fashion show presenting the final collections of the 2019 fashion graduates from the BA (Hons) Fashion with Textiles Design.

 

 

After an introduction speech by Cristiano Carciani, Head of Academic Affairs, the stage was set for a celebration of sustainable, highly creative and innovative fashion, as design graduates showed their final collections on the catwalk. This, together with the exhibited Final Major Projects of Fashion Business graduates, was the crowning glory of three years hard work, a culmination of skills, knowledge and creativity. Following on from this came the formal ritual of recognition: the graduation ceremony. Where tradition set the tone as student’s clad in caps and gowns came forward to accept their degree from Cristiano Carciani and by doing so accepting the recognition for their endeavours and walking away as graduates. This new generation of 2019 fashion graduates are all determined to make their mark in fashion and change the industry into a more sustainable and humane one. One they can all be proud to be part of. We wish them all the best.

 

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“It’s the third year in a row that the Andaz hotel is hosting our Graduation Ceremony. The cosy, elegant and charming spaces perfectly represent the Amsterdam Fashion Academy’s characteristics. It’s the perfect location to celebrate our 2019 graduates who have been personally guided by our international teaching staff during the last 3 years. Finally, each one of them is ready for a bright career in the fashion industry with projects and collections addressing relevant topics in today’s society, from sustainable techniques to Japanese aesthetics and appreciation”, Cristiano Carciani, Head of Academic Affairs.

 

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Photo: Maaike Daatselaar
Model: instagram.com/fridamvdw_
Make-up: Art of Colors makeup school

 

The 2019 fashion graduates arrived at our international fashion university three years ago full of the desire to learn and now, they are all highly-skilled and knowledgeable, not just in the practical skills they have acquired, but also as confident, self-assured individuals who are aware of how they work and of their own strengths and weaknesses. They have been followed by the teaching staff according to personal approach principle that runs this private fashion university.

 

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Photo: Maaike Daatselaar
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The Amsterdam Fashion Academy is a private international fashion school situated in the heart of Amsterdam; this state-of the-art academy has become a hub of student-centred learning with a high level of personal attention while also focusing on graduate employability. The Amsterdam Fashion Academy prides itself on being a, small and personal fashion academy putting quality before quantity. In 2017 it moved to its current location in an elegant townhouse in the heart of Amsterdam, which helps create a more friendly and informal atmosphere where students can get to know each other better and inspire each other.

Melissa’s fashion career will shine after her internship in Barcelona

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The second-year Fashion Business and Fashion with Textiles Design (Hons) Bachelor’s students are starting, or are about to start, their internships in the fashion industry. Whether they will be working in Amsterdam, London or New York, it is a really good opportunity for them to experience the real world outside the Amsterdam Fashion Academy and make the first steps towards a bright fashion career.

 

Before Christmas we asked three of them to tell us about their feelings and expectations: please, click here to read about Isabelle, Avalon and Lene’s fashion internships. Today, we asked a third-year student to tell us a bit about her experience last year:

 

“My name is Melissa Joyce, I am a 3rd-year Fashion Business (Hons) BA student and I am half Spanish and half Dutch.

 

Last year I went to Barcelona, Spain to do my internship at Model Management where I had to take care of their social media. I mostly worked with Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and their blog; in order to increase brand awareness and engage consumers. Modelmanagement.com is an online platform, operating internationally, connecting models with reputable photographers, agencies, stylists and other industry clients.

 

During my internship I learned a lot and I got to know some amazing people who knew about the industry and helped me throughout. I also got to know how things work in real life and how to manage the stress that everyone feels when pursuing a fashion career. All in all, I enjoyed it and met amazing people during this wonderful experience.

 

My current plan for the future is to get to know more about the fashion industry and get more work experience before doing a Master’s and getting qualified in a specific area.”

 

Also read about Linda and Lexie’s internship stories and their fashion career dreams.

Internship story: Linda’s fashion career starts at Asger Juel Larsen

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Internship is a key moment for our students’ fashion career during their second year in both Bachelor’s honours degree in Fashion Business and Bachelor’s honours degree in Fashion with Textiles Design. Linda is back from Copenhagen where she spent a rewarding 4 months working at Asger Juel Larsen renowned for unconventional tailoring with a heritage of hell-raising. She explained us why she decided to study fashion design in Amsterdam and what she learnt during her internship.

 

“Hello, my name is Linda Dittrich, I am in my 3rd year of the Bachelor’s honours degree in Fashion with Textiles Design. Originally, I am from Berlin, Germany and chose the Amsterdam Fashion Academy ahead of other fashion schools because of the personal attention it gives its students. During my intake interview I had the feeling I would get the support I was expecting from tutors and that the Academy would be able to give me the right base for my future career.

 

In my second year I went to Copenhagen for my internship. I was always interested in men’s wear and thrilled when I got accepted for one of my favourite designers Asger Juel Larsen. At AJL I worked closely with Asger and the design team on the upcoming collection. My responsibilities included researching for the collection, digital realisation of design sketches, making range plans and other overviews and creating technical specs ready for production. In addition to this, I worked closely with the print designer which I found very inspiring. Being away in another country and different environment helped me further develop as a person and was definitely the right decision. There are certain things a school can’t teach you and an internship is the best possible way to find out and understand what the industry expects from you as a young fashion designer.”

 

Do you want to know more about our students and steps towards a bright fashion career? Then read here!