ACADEMY

The comprehensive curriculum of the FashionTEX Ateliers provides students with all the essential skills and knowledge for a successful career in digital fashion design.

From foundation courses in digital fashion to specialized training in software such as CLO3D, the modules are the perfect preparation for a career in the fast-paced fashion world. The participants are students from our partner fashion schools. After completing the course, the most promising take part in the FashionTEX Makerspace, an exciting two-week program designed to empower Design and Fashion Students with cutting-edge digital tools and a place to produce their physical fashion piece for the FashionTEX Festival.

The FashionTEX Studios are integrated practical modules at the partner universities, where fashion students learn the fundamentals of 3D fashion design. This includes an introduction to various digital fashion design programs, creating digital pattern plans, preparing and testing virtual fittings, as well as developing collection overviews. Students learn how to create and customize avatars, design their own poses, and create an online runway show featuring their avatar. Basic knowledge of working with AI programs is provided, and new business models within the context of a digital enterprise are explored.

The FashionTEX Studio is a key component in rethinking education and equipping students with the digital skills necessary for their future careers, thereby aligning fashion school training with the evolving needs of the industry.

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Makers gona make

The FashionTEX Makerspace is a three-week residency program in which selected students from the partner universities participate. For the first time, this program will take place in 2025 in the Capital of Culture region Schneeberg/Chemnitz. Here, young designers from across Europe will come together to physically create their creative digital designs using cutting-edge technology.

The results of the FashionTEX Makerspace culminate in a spectacular FashionTEX Show, a unique competition for emerging talent.

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The FashionTEX Festival is the showcase that provides students with a platform to present the outfits they’ve designed in the ateliers and makerspaces. In addition, it is a festival that brings together the (digital) fashion world: fashion industry professionals, start-ups, students, educators, and fashion entrepreneurs.

The festival will take place from November 5 to 7 in Chemnitz. The program will include keynotes, panel discussions, workshops, as well as fashion shows.

More info can be found here.

The Makerspace in Riga is also a residency program that offers selected students the opportunity to expand their knowledge and network across Europe.

Stay tuned, more information to follow.