WWD has teamed with the Parsons School of Design and the education platform Yellowbrick to produce Fashion Business Essentials — an online course digging deep into the trends shaping the industry today.
Those who complete the course, which can be found at www.yellowbrick.co/FashionBusiness, will earn a noncredit certificate from Parsons. At least two big names in basketball have used the courses to build their fashion chops, including the Suns’ Langston Galloway, who took Sneaker Essentials while seeking to grow his own sneaker brand, and the Warriors’ Chasson Randle, who took Fashion Industry essentials to help him get into men’s wear.
Amanda Smith, president of Fairchild Media Group, said: “WWD has been covering the fashion industry since 1910, and few if any years have been more disruptive to the industry than 2020 was. However, where there’s disruption, there’s opportunity. This is a chance for a whole new generation of talent to join us in reimagining the industry in bigger and better ways.