The Conde Nast Publications is delighted to announce the launch of a college, The Conde Nast College of Fashion & Design. It will open to coincide with the start of the academic year in September 2012, it was announced today. Susie Forbes is named Principal of the College.
With up to 300 students in its first year, the College will offer fee paying scholars a year long VOGUE fashion foundation course, as well as 10 week intensive fashion courses. HOUSE & GARDEN interior design and decoration courses are planned to follow, as well as various MA level courses. The curriculums will cover the history of the disciplines, and modules on the fashion year, print and digital journalism, luxury brand marketing, and other related business skills. The College will be supported by a board of education and fashion advisors, and Conde Nast is in the advanced stages of acquiring premises in central London.
Nicholas Coleridge, Managing Director of Conde Nast comments “Conde Nast is perfectly placed to enter the world of education. The reputation and authority of our brands puts us in a strong position to teach and inspire the fashion and decorating talent of the future. We look forward to becoming the go-to academy for students from Britain and further afield. We are particularly fortunate that Susie Forbes has agreed to become the first Principal of the College. I would also like to thank her for her excellent work in launching and editing our magazine EASY LIVING over the past seven years.”
Susie Forbes, Principal of The Conde Nast College of Fashion & Design remarks “With access to some of the sharpest and most creative minds shaping the fashion, design and interiors industries today, we aim to educate students to the highest level. It makes perfect sense for Conde Nast to open its College doors in London, the fashion capital of the world.”
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