Fashion alliance to tailor better-fitting fashion talent
An alliance and an academy were launched in Shanghai over the weekend to facilitate fashion talent development in the Yangtze River Delta region.
The China Fashion Talent Development Alliance was initiated by the Shanghai International Fashion Education Center, Bailian Group Fashion Center and the Condé Nast Center of Fashion and Design, and was joined by fashion education institutions and companies as well as other industrial organizations from home and abroad.
It will explore ways to promote communication and cooperation among schools, industry and government so as to drive the fashion industry forward in the region.
It is expected to ensure schools will provide needed talent for the industry, while the industry provides input into training based on real world industry needs. In this way, it hopes to discover and cultivate badly-needed talent with the greatest potential and market value.
The alliance held their first annual meeting on Saturday, when the Shanghai International Fashion Education Center and Shanghai KNX Human Resources Technology jointly announced plans to work out China’s first white-paper report on demand for fashion talent. The report is expected to be released in March next year.
An academy was also set up by the fashion education center to produce fashion business elites and future leaders in the fashion industry.
The Fashion and Arts Business Academy will invite top fashion experts, investors, famous designers and successful entrepreneurs from all over the world to teach its students with courses about fashion, business, technology and finance.
It will offer a master program of business administration, plus innovative courses and salons to integrate resources and help fashion talent to transform or upgrade themselves in their careers.
Its target groups include current fashion industry elites seeking further career development, college students who hope to work in the fashion industry, and others who are interested in fashion.
