Our teacher feature this month is Jessica. Jessica is formally trained in British, Canadian, and Japanese pattern drafting which has allowed her to work within a variety of experiences achieving enduring success.

In response to Covid-19 learning environments are changing drastically, with a lot of schools switching to online learning to accommodate. For some, taking classes and working from home is a dream, and to others it’s a little more difficult. Whatever your feelings, we’re here to offer you some helpful tips to be more productive from home.

We asked one of our teachers Jason Matlo, 6 questions that share advice for you as students, and gives some insight into the expert designer you will be learning from. Jason has had a 15 year long career, running his own brand and dressing Vancouver’s elite.

Hi All! We know this has been a crazy time for everyone, especially our local businesses. We want to shout out one of our favourite businesses located here in Vancouver, Malvados! Malvados was created by Jen Rainnie, a former Canadian Windsurfing Champion, and an all around adventurer. Jen has released a collection of slides that are perfect for lounging around the house while we’re all stuck at home.

We want to thank the Vancouver Sun for the great article. We’re so proud to be producing masks through Carewear and the school, for the community. But even more, we’re so happy that we can help a good cause like the Vancouver Food Bank in the process.

Calling all fashion enthusiasts, fashionistas and fashion designers! This week we take a look back at fashion month, our absolute favorite time of the year. We have done our due diligence and have chosen our favorite collections across New York, Paris, London and Milan fashion weeks. If like us, you were awe-inspired by the textures, colors, conceptual aesthetics and just overall zest, keep reading to get a glimpse of what really stood out for us here at The Cut Fashion Academy.

The art of draping dates back to 3500 BCE. It began with the Mesopotamians and Ancient Egyptians. Greek fashion decided to adopt the art of draping and create silhouettes like the chiton, peplos, chlamys and himation. You can see this technique influence fashion through-out the decades, holding strong to this very day. 

We are committed to inspiring, educating and illuminating the way for the next generation of designers and visionaries. This is your year to make an impact, so we’ve created a list of the top 10 tips from our gifted team of experts to help you make an impact on the fashion industry this year.

Have you been dreaming of a career in fashion but you’re not quite sure where to start? At The Cut Fashion Academy we can show you firsthand how participating in one of our many courses can ignite your career in ways you can’t even imagine. 

If you’re contemplating a career in fashion, you can learn from some of the best in the industry at The Cut Fashion Design Academy. It’s an opportunity to absorb the knowledge of designers, illustrators, pattern makers, creative directors, and marketers who have unparalleled real-world experience—and they want to share their expertise with their students.

If you’ve ever wondered whether working full-time and going to fashion school could be a reality, Clarissa Gallaccio is here to tell you it’s possible.

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a fashion student at the Cut? Selina Yang, a student at the Cut Fashion Design Academy, speaks about how the portfolio program has kick-started her career in fashion and sets her up to apply to the university of her dreams.

What if there was a sustainable method for the fast fashion giants to reuse their own overstock? Introducing Waste Up, a method of using deadstock to create yardage, and selling it back to the fast fashion companies for them to reuse and profit from.