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Milan’s fashion matriarchy is dying a slow death

1 Granary @1granary.bsky.social · Mar 19

Given the recent appointments and the news of Donatella’s departure, we’re questioning the future of MFW in terms of female leadership:

Milan’s fashion matriarchy is fading. Our analysis of fashion weeks reveals a stark gender gap in creative leadership—why aren’t women getting top roles?

IFM MA 2025: Designing for the past, present and future

1 Granary @1granary.bsky.social · Mar 12

Discover this year's IFM MA Fashion graduates' collections and sketchbooks:
#fashion #fashiondesign #sketchbooks

The tedious repetition of luxury fashion

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1 Granary @1granary.bsky.social · Mar 7

Why do luxury Creative Directors keep using their brands' cheat sheets?
1granary.substack.com/p/the-tediou...

The rich pasts of brands like Valentino, Dior and Schiaparelli are currently compensating for a lack of bold new ideas. What does that mean for their future?

1 Granary @1granary.bsky.social · Mar 6

Why is it so hard to run a fashion business in London?
Read more here: 1granary.substack.com/p/london-fas...

Emma Davidson on following a non-linear path

1 Granary @1granary.bsky.social · Mar 5

DAZED Magazine’s Fashion Features Director Emma Davidson touches on her journey and background in clothes-making, a call centre, and content creation:

London Fashion Week: All the gear and no idea

1 Granary @1granary.bsky.social · Mar 4

Once the world's capital for avant-garde design, London's designers have been left adrift. What now?
#fashion #fashionindustry #lfw #londonfashionweek

Once the world's capital for avant-garde design, London's designers have been left adrift. What now?

The DIY YouTube tutorials that designers swear by

1 Granary @1granary.bsky.social · Feb 25

We put together a list of the best how-tos for sewing zips on, lining tracksuits and other important techniques:
1granary.substack.com/p/the-diy-yo...

A few of the best how-tos for sewing zips on, lining tracksuits and other important techniques.

Fashion Designer Internships

1 Granary @1granary.bsky.social · Feb 24

There needs to be more transparency around design internships. We are gathering information on design internships to promote wider transparency for anybody looking to gain work experience.
Help your peers out, and fill in our short survey:
docs.google.com/forms/u/2/d/...

We are gathering anonymous information on fashion designer internships to promote wider transparency for students or anybody looking to gain work experience.

docs.google.com

1 Granary @1granary.bsky.social · Feb 14

When brands grow too quickly, they rarely last. Here is why:
#fashiondesign #fashionbusiness

When brands grow too quickly, they rarely last

Here's why you shouldn't start hiring and expanding your office as soon as your sales increase. (It's not just because your costs go up).

4 photographers on the most important advice they received

1 Granary @1granary.bsky.social · Feb 11

How to become a photographer: 4 photographers on the most important advice they received. Read more:
#photography #fashionphotography #photographer #art

Nick Knight, Anton Gottlob, Sirui Ma and Alex Aruaz tell us how they started their careers.

39 photography prizes you can enter this year

1 Granary @1granary.bsky.social · Feb 5

Christian Dior crescent moon clutch from the 1950's

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1 Granary @1granary.bsky.social · Feb 4

We put together a list of photography prizes you can enter this year. Be quick! Some of them close this week :)
1granary.substack.com/p/39-photogr...
#photography #fashionphotography #photographer #photographyprizes

Quick, a couple of them close this week!

The art of taking feedback

1 Granary @1granary.bsky.social · Feb 3

Me ready to analyse Bianca Censori's Grammys outfit only because I've read "Ways of Seeing" and a Laura Mulvey essay for my fashion theory class:

1 Granary @1granary.bsky.social · Jan 31

Everyone dreads the sting of harsh criticism, but what if it’s the very thing you need to level up?
#art #creativity #fashion

Everyone dreads the sting of harsh criticism, but what if it’s the very thing you need to level up?

You need a co-founder if you're starting a brand

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1 Granary @1granary.bsky.social · Jan 29

If you're starting a fashion brand, you need a co-founder.
From splitting debt to avoiding decision fatigue, here's a few reasons why you shouldn't do it alone:
#fashion #fashionbrand #fashionbusiness #fashiondesign

From splitting debt to avoiding decision fatigue, here's a few reasons why you shouldn't do it alone.

New creative directors bring chaos for in-house designers

1 Granary @1granary.bsky.social · Jan 27

New creative directors bring chaos for in-house designers. We spoke to employees at luxury brands like Givenchy, Bottega, and Celine to understand the toll these ever-more regular changes take:
#fashion #fashionindustry #creativedirectors

We spoke to employees at luxury brands like Givenchy, Bottega, and Celine to understand the toll these ever-more regular changes take.

4 photo critics + curators on how to succeed as a photographer

1 Granary @1granary.bsky.social · Jan 21

How can you succeed as a photographer?
1granary.substack.com/p/4-photo-cr...
#photography #fashionphotography #youngphotographer #creativeeducation #1granary

Bruno Ceschel, Adam Murray, Siân Anstee and Ryan White explain what they find exciting in new work.

DMR and the demise of fashion magazines' creativity

1 Granary @1granary.bsky.social · Jan 20

What is DMR and how does it control fashion magazines?
1granary.substack.com/p/dmr-and-th...
#fashion #fashionmedia #fashionmagazine #fashiondesign #dmr

If print media is being kept afloat by a data-driven, point-scoring software embraced by multi-billion pound brands, no wonder we're questioning its relevance.

#fashion #fashionschool #fashiondesign

1 Granary @1granary.bsky.social · Jan 20

1 Granary @1granary.bsky.social · Jan 20

Discover the work of this year's HEAD Genève MA graduates of 2024:

HEAD Genève MA 2024: specialised designers, big ideas

This year’s MA Head Geneve graduates embodied a diverse approach to contemporary design and conceptual thinking

All the free online courses to take in January

1 Granary @1granary.bsky.social · Jan 17

"I use this machine that jams that ink into paper that's a quarter of an inch thick, so there's a beautiful marriage of materials there that can't be achieved any other way."
- David Lynch on Printmaking
#davidlynch #lithography #printmaking #art

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1 Granary @1granary.bsky.social · Jan 17

New York independent designer to writer: Hey man, would $900 dollars work for a press release? Sorry we are running on a limited budget.

London independent designer paying all their collaborators with a drink and a good time:

1 Granary @1granary.bsky.social · Jan 15

New here, and sharing one of our latest newsletters with all the free fashion courses you can take this January:
#fashion #1granary #fashionresources #fashiondesign

1 Granary’s guide to the free fashion schools, libraries, museums and university courses to up-skill yourself in 2025.