Interactive session with UNFPA at CFD
It was a pleasure having UNFPA Sri Lanka at our CFD: College of Fashion & Design campus for an enlightening knowledge sharing interactive session for our team and students, as part of “16 days of activism”, underlining the importance of preventing ‘Gender based violence’.
CFD-AIS Workshop 2
The College of Fashion & Design had the pleasure of conducting a creative knowledge sharing session in the ‘Graphic design and visual communication’ disciplines for Asian International School Students, facilitated by our CFD lecturer, Akash Sunethkumara. Appreciation for Lecturer in charge Vanessa Abdeen for bringing about this interactive session, and her lecture […]
Ambassador Rita Giuliana Mannella, visits CFD
A proud moment for us at College of Fashion & Design welcoming her excellency Ambassador Rita Giuliana Mannella, Italian head of mission to our state of the art campus in Colombo. Highlighting our relationship with IUAD Milan, our Italian academic partnership, the CFD commitment to Srilankan design education grows with unique and enriching experiences. […]
An afternoon of design enrichment with Asian International School.
The College of Fashion & Design had an afternoon of design enrichment at our campus, for the young creative enthusiasts from Asian International School. Discussions on design pathways, as well as workshops on interior design and fashion design by CFD’s Academic Director Dinesh Chandrasena, also meant that these future stars had an afternoon of […]
(Making) sense of fashion in 2021
By Ajai V Singh – Founder & Managing Director, Colombo Fashion Week The fashion industry needs a hard reset, and in my view, 2021 could give the industry the opportunity for that reset, realignment and recalibration Fashion was slowly losing relevance over the past decade, until the global pandemic in 2020. The lockdown of cities, […]
The Rise of Fashion NFT’s
By Alanna Fairey – Commonwealth Fashion Content Editor When the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) was first declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020, the world changed –– seemingly forever. Businesses were shut down, employees were required to work remotely, families and friends were not permitted to gather, and major events […]
Embracing Different Socioeconomic Backgrounds in Fashion
By Alanna Fairey – Commonwealth Fashion Content Editor Fashion has long had a reputation of elitism and classism, which has created a disconnect with the working class. According to the 2011 Census from the UK Government website, people from the White ethnic group made up a lower share of those classed as ‘never worked […]