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Career advice and industry notes for fashion, apparel, and textile designers.
The New Rules of Fashion Interviewing: Entry, Mid and Executive
Dress codes, hiring math and job security have all shifted at once. Here's how to read the room and present yourself at every career stage, plus where the industry's most desirable employers are actually hiring right now.
August 16, 2026 · 13 min read
Down to the Loom: Why the Best Designers Get Their Hands Dirty
Understanding how a product is actually made, down to the loom and the tannery, is what separates designers who innovate from designers who create expensive mistakes. A case for process literacy in knitting, weaving, and manufacturing.
August 12, 2026 · 8 min read
Fighting AI With AI: Why the Outrage Over Online Degree Cheating Misses the Point
Students using AI to get through college are getting blamed for cheating, while the debt they take on and the jobs waiting for them are shaped by the same forces.
August 10, 2026 · 5 min read
The Performance Review Nobody Wrote: When AI Talks to AI About Your Year
Employees use AI to draft self-reviews, managers use AI to assess and respond, and AI checks the whole exchange for tone and bias. Here's what the data says about a process where the humans have quietly left the room.
August 3, 2026 · 6 min read
The AI Hiring Arms Race: Why Nobody Is Actually Winning
Employers use AI to write job descriptions, candidates use AI to answer them, and AI screens the results. Here's what the data says about the cost of that loop, and how to use AI as a tool instead of a replacement.
July 28, 2026 · 6 min read
Building Your Design Resource Roadmap: The Tools Industry Insiders Actually Use
A working list of the forecasting platforms, archives, and trade shows design professionals return to season after season, and why the tools matter less than what you do with them.
July 19, 2026 · 7 min read
AI and Design: A New Kind of Collaborator
AI is changing what design work looks like, from faster concept generation to a renewed emphasis on taste and judgment. Here is where the technology helps, and where human craft still leads.
July 18, 2026 · 3 min read
Furniture Design in 2026: Where the Industry Is Headed
Curves, dark wood, circular materials, and AI in the studio and on the factory floor. Here are the trends shaping furniture design in 2026, and what they mean for the people designing it.
July 11, 2026 · 6 min read
How to Build a Fashion Design Portfolio That Gets You Interviews
A practical guide to putting together a fashion design portfolio that hiring managers actually respond to, from what to include to how to present your process.
July 9, 2026 · 2 min read