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LASALLE-SIA establishes Fashion Institute of
Singapore to spearhead new initiatives in fashion and fashion education |
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LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts is pleased
to announce the establishment of the Fashion Institute of Singapore, a
new initiative to spearhead fashion and fashion education in Singapore. |
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Coming under the Faculty of Design at
LASALLE-SIA, Ms Alison Harley, Dean of the Faculty, highlights the
importance of the institute: ¡°The Fashion Institute will enable and
facilitate an interaction with industries drawn from traditional and
non-traditional backgrounds to promote Singapore as a creative hub of
the region. This will be a first for Singapore and promises to be an
international beacon for the development of fashion.¡± |
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The Fashion Institute will be a facility for
students from all over the world who wish to study in a dynamic
environment. |
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The fashion degree programmes, BA (Hons)
Fashion Design and BA (Hons) Fashion Management, that LASALLE-SIA
already offers will come under the purview of the Institute. |
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The Fashion Institute will grow the breadth
and depth of degree programmes to offer a comprehensive range of
undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in fashion that will combine
both the practical as well as theoretical aspects of learning. New
degree programmes include Fashion Textiles, Fashion Promotion and
Fashion Journalism. |
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At the postgraduate level, students will
have the opportunity to enrol in an innovative international Master¡¯s
programme in fashion developed jointly with prestigious French fashion
institute, ESMOD International of Paris. |
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ESMOD, based in France, was established in
1841 and is the world¡¯s first fashion design school. It is now regarded
as one of the world¡¯s leaders in fashion education with a network of 12
leading schools around the world, including Milan and Tokyo. Its
graduates have found jobs with the cr¨¨me de la cr¨¨me of fashion names
including Armani, Calvin Klein, Christian Lacroix, Cartier, Elle,
Emmanuel Ungaro, Hugo Boss, Karl Lagerfeld, Yohji Yamamoto and many
more. |
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This unique Master¡¯s programme will give
candidates the opportunity to study in both LASALLE-SIA in Singapore and
ESMOD in Paris. Both cities will offer an educational and industry
experience particular to the culture and environment of the East and
West. Graduates of this programme will step from this unique platform
into an arena of international fashion design. |
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The Fashion Institute will also introduce
PhD programmes in the future that encourage individual research and the
development of new knowledge. |
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Another international initiative for the
Fashion Institute is LASALLE-SIA¡¯s partnership with Southern (Nanfang)
Television (TVS) in Guangzhou, China, to launch a Young Fashion Designer
of the Year Competition from 2006. |
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Earlier this year, LASALLE-SIA¡¯s President &
CEO, Professor Robert Ely, was in Guangzhou to judge TVS¡¯ annual
modelling competition - The New Silk Road Model Contest, for which many
of the apparel featured was designed by LASALLE-SIA¡¯s final year BA (Hons)
Fashion Design students. The College was the only institution outside
China to have its fashion designs featured in the competition and
broadcast live. |
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Launch of the Fashion Institute of
Singapore |
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The Fashion Institute will be launched in
the first quarter of 2006 by well-known British fashion designer Mark
Eley with a line-up of fashion events and celebrities of the
international fashion world. |
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Mark Eley, is one half of British/Japanese
fashion duo, Eley Kishimoto. Established in 1992, Eley Kishimoto is
rapidly establishing a name for itself as one of the UK¡¯s most
fashionable contemporary fashion houses. It is synonymous for its
print-led fashion collection and interior range, and has built a cult
following in the US, UK and Japan. |
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Its direction is reminiscent of the holistic
approach adopted by designers during the Art Deco period. Mark Eley has
also been appointed as the Fashion Institute¡¯s first Visiting
Professorial Chair. As Visiting Professorial Chair, Mark, with his vast
experience, will contribute to the Fashion Institute¡¯s international
dimension and strategic growth. |
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More..... (People behind the Institute) |
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