The Florentine school has chosen to offer scholarships worth €2m to support the next generation of fashion creatives and business leaders.

A panel of experts shared their insights around sustainability, inclusivity and education at Polimoda’s annual global discussion on fashion.

The Institut Français de la Mode, newly formed in the merger of IFM and the École de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, wants to be ‘the world’s best fashion school.’ In an exclusive interview with BoF, Dean Xavier Romatet lays out his strategy.

Sterling Ruby was a standout at the Florentine event: the look was pragmatic but so punchy, so perfectly edited, so fashion forward that you immediately asked yourself how much Raf Simons was involved.

BoF’s new Education Council of global fashion industry experts offer their advice to prospective students.

The fashion programme at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, led by Walter Van Beirendonck, is one of the most prestigious in the world. But after a recent suicide, current and former students have come forward with accounts of depression and drug abuse, calling teaching methods into question.    

As students in the US and the UK finalise their university applications, BoF asks some of fashion’s most respected educators what they look for in prospective students.

Amidst a shifting international fashion education landscape, Central Saint Martins tops both the BA and MA rankings in BoF’s second annual ranking of global fashion schools.