Award winning designer Laura Amstein (Royal College of Art Fashion MA graduate) creates stunning, functional leather accessories which we know will turn a few heads at Who’s Next/Prêt-à-Porter! ARTS THREAD had a chat with Laura to learn all about her ‘Eight Shapes’ collection, favourite accessory and current projects.

The final results of Design Platform Limburg’s annual Toegepast program went on display today at the Z33 House for Contemporary Art in Hasselt, Belgium. The five promising designers who took part were given the unique opportunity to be professionally coached by fashion duo Ti + Hann who were on hand to enable their creativity and help them realise a brand new piece of work.

A new Fendi store opening on Sloane Street celebrated London Design Festival by inviting RCA Design Products students to create a series of window and in-store displays, which pay tribute to British design.

Vienna Design Week starts this Friday September 30 through to October 09 2011. ARTS THREAD takes a look at some of the highlights on show.

The London College of Fashion launched its very first pop-up shop in Kingly Court, Carnaby Street earlier this month, offering a unique range of one-off creations by a group of graduates from the past five years.

ARTS THREAD takes a look at a selection of the jewellery and precious metalwork on display at New Designers this year.

Year after year the Royal College of Art sets a new standard for graduate fashion shows and 2011 has been no exception!

Intitut Français de la Mode is a school known for giving young designers the opportunity to get in touch with the real world, as well as teaching them a sense of craftsmanship combined with technical design. On April 14 the IFM put together an evening called 10 Years of Fashion & Accessory Design – celebrating 10 years since the school first opened, as well as highlighting the future designers’ work in front of many potential colleagues from the fashion industry.

The Reykjavík Fashion Festival (RFF) took place March 31 to April 03 at Reykjavík Art Museum. Now in its second season, the festival was host to some of Iceland’s unique designers showing their collections of accessories and garments as well as an exciting mixture of music and culture from the various venues around the city.

Fashion designer and artist Kei Kagami and global fastening manufacturer YKK collaborated with St Martins Courtyard to present The Future of Fashion exhibition.