Trip to Chanel Ateliers
A new atelier complex of the French fashion house Chanel has opened in Paris. It is called le19M and is home to 11 Chanel-owned craft workshops: embroidery workshop Lesage, hat manufacturer Maison Michel, jewelry company Goossens, feather manufacturer Lemarié, shoe workshop Massaro, Lognon pleating studio, Eres underwear manufacturer and other companies that produce handmade products. The students of the Fashion Design Institute were able to get a taste of the embroidery techniques of Chanel-Atelier, creative [...]
The FDI enabled its fashion students to spend a day with Vivienne Westwood
The fashion school Fashion Design Institut Düsseldorf organized a day in London dedicated to the famous and recently deceased fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. A walk in the footsteps of the British punk designer Vivienne Westwood - the "Queen of Punk". She was one of the most important fashion designers of the last century and is considered the inventor of punk fashion. She stood [...]
Trip to one of the best men's tailors in the world
At the Fashion Design Institute, great importance is attached to the individuality of the students and everyone is allowed to design a collection according to their own taste. Recently, more and more interest has been shown in menswear. This is precisely why the Düsseldorf Fashion School organized a trip to London to one of the world's best menswear tailors "Gieves & Hawkes". This is where the richest men dress [...]
Visit to Alexander McQueen
During the trip to London, our students visited the fashion house Alexander McQueen. The label shocks and fascinates at the same time with its unusual and non-standard silhouettes. Behind the closed doors, the Fashion Design Institute explained the brand's insider tips to the students. They were shown how the successful brand works: from collection development and mood board creation to [...]
The FDI at the most important fashion festival in France
Our students attended the 37th edition of the International Festival of Fashion, Photography and Accessories in Hyères. Once again this year, the festival's loyal partners are committed to supporting the next generation of designers: CHANEL, le19M, Première Vision, LVMH, Hermès, Mercedes-Benz, American Vintage, la Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, le Défi, Galeries [...]
From mineral to designer jewelry: students visited the Van Cleef & Arpels museum in Paris
Students of the Fashion Design Institute admired the wonderful jewelry creations of Van Cleef & Arpels in the Paris museum Who does not know the jewelry pieces of Van Cleef & Arpels, elaborate in design and material? The precious works of art were and are worn by style icons such as Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly and the Duchess of Windsor. Students of the Fashion Design [...]
Coffee and cake at Louis Vuitton
Students of the Fashion Design Institute visited the home of the great designer and the bag workshop of Louis Vuitton For a coffee at Louis Vuitton - who can tell about such a thing?Students of the Fashion Design Institute can, because they were allowed to make a trip to the home of the great designer. The latter lived in Asnières, a small suburb [...]
Bazaar Berlin - the chance for young fashion designers from Cambodia
At the Bazaar Berlin every year the best graduates of the social project "Modern Ethnic Design Center" present their creations For already more than 60 years, the Bazaar Berlin is considered Germany's most important international sales fair for handicrafts, design, natural goods, fair trade and socially produced products. The products shown and traded here are always of high quality and [...]
Haute Couture up close at Schiaparelli
Budding fashion designers from the Fashion Design Institute visited the House of Schiaparelli Elsa Schiaparelli always enjoyed provocation. It was basically even her business model, back in the 1930s, at the height of her creativity in Paris. Elisa Schiaparelli combined the offbeat with the elegant. Her passion for art and her talent as a networker made the designer at times [...]
Visit to the king of shoemakers
Fashion students from the Fashion Design Institute visit the John Lobb workshop Anyone who wants to have shoes handmade by the masters of the shoemaker's art at John Lobb should have a lot of patience. It takes at least six months from the time the order is placed until the artistically packaged shoe is picked up. But in the end the shoe fits like a glove and is so [...]