Study Trip to New York Highlights

Last week WSA Fashion and Textiles staff took a group to students to New York for a study trip of studio visits, fabric and trimming shopping and museums. And an unexpected snow storm! Here are some highlights…

Marc Jacobs tour

Head of Womenswear at Marc Jacobs shows students round the New York studio seeing the process from research to designing and making to show room. Students were lucky enough to see the current collection in progress for the upcoming runway show at New York fashion week.

Marc Jacobs Studio Marc Jacobs talk

Fabric and trimming shopping in the Garment District. Such amazing array of colours and unusual fabrics.

Fabric Ribbons

Picasso Sculptures at the MoMa.

Picasso

African Kente fabric at the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum.

Kente

Frank Stella at the impressive new Whitney Museum building.

Frank Stella

The Empire State Building post-blizzard.

Snow