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Second Years are starting their fashion internships!

The second-year students of the BA (Hons) Fashion Business and BA (Hons) Fashion Design are off to work at their fashion internships for the next months.

They arrived at the Amsterdam Fashion Academy from different countries during a warm late-summer day in September 2017. We worked all together very hard for one year and half to prepare them for their first big step into the fashion industry. And now, it’s time for them to spread the wings and fly.

We want to wish all students good luck! We are sure that they will learn a lot from a real experience in the industry! We are looking forward to seeing them in September as new and young professionals of the fashion world! Of course, we’ll keep you up to date about all the new developments and feedbacks of their fashion internships.

(Photo credit: Ping Huang)

Virginie Thirion, BA (Hons) Fashion Business, 22 years old from Belgium, will work in her home country at Ambiorix in the Creative Department. “I am doing my internship as a product manager for the 125th year celebration. I will develop the collection and bring it to the market. They expect me to create the idea behind the collection and doing all the marketing research”.

Phillip Roessen, BA (Hons) Fashion Business, 23 years old from the Netherlands: “I am doing my internship at Amsterdam-based retail store FOUR Amsterdam. I am working as an “All-round E-commerce intern” focussing on website optimisation, online sales and developing my own customer base around the world”.

Zoe Kooren, BA (Hons) Fashion Business, 22 years old from Belgium, says: “My position/department for my upcoming internship at Gassan Diamonds will be in visual merchandising. During the next months I expect to learn a lot about how the internal organizations work within a luxury company. I’m looking forward to working with the styling and visual merchandising teams”.

Rebecca van Caem, 22 years old from the Netherlands, and Robin Hubert, 19 years old from the Netherlands, students of the BA (Hons) Fashion Design will both work at Reconstruct. “I am starting my internship at an Amsterdam-based clothing brand Reconstruct, where I hope to learn more about the process of producing a collection. I’m really interested in getting a better understanding of how the industry works and be able to create my own brand in the future”, Robin says.

Tricie Bergmann, 22 years old from Austria: “I will be moving to the UK to start my internship at Aitor Throup Studio. I’m very passionate about sewing, so I wanted an internship in which I would be involved in the production process, with a designer whose work I genuinely admire”.

Ellen Hawes, 21 years old from the UK: “I worked with fashion designer Kasper Jongejan over the course of about 4 months and was helping him to create the garments for his collection that was to be part of Dutch Sustainable Fashion Week. I did a lot of weaving when I was with him but then moved on to pattern cutting for some hats which were going to be featured in his new shop”.

Alexandra Poláková, BA (Hons) Fashion Design, 23 years old from Slovakia: “My internship will take place at a design studio of a young Dutch designer Tess van Zalinge, in Amsterdam. I will be Fashion Design Intern and some of my daily tasks will include gathering inspiration for new projects, translating ideas into sketches and designs, creating moodboards and technical drawings, making patterns and transforming them into garments. I am looking forward to being part of the development and realisation of the collections from the first sketches to a fashion show”.

Lisa Wiendels, BA (Hons) Fashion Business, 22 years old from the Netherlands: “I am doing an internship at Runes Athletica as a Fashion Intern with a specialization in Social Media. I have been given the opportunity to assist in all areas for the launch and development of this start up brand”.

Liana Weber, BA (Hons) Fashion Business, 21 years old from Germany, will work as Social Media Intern with a DJ/artist in Amsterdam.

Marijne Weggemans, BA (Hons) Fashion Business, 23 years old from the Netherlands, will work with popular fashion blogger Rebecca Laurey as Social Media Intern.

Maria Sole Novelli, 23 years old from Italy, will be intern at Suitsupply, renowned Dutch men’s fashion brand.

Sophia Pohlmann, 20 years old from Austria, is in Germany working at A Kind of Guise, brand that offers a wide range of menswear, womenswear and accessories.

Gabriella Frempong, 27 years old from the Netherlands, will work at The New Originals in Amsterdam.

Domitille Georget, 24 years old from France, is starting soon her internship at La Belle Studio, Amsterdam.

Sabrina Marinus, 25 years old from the Netherlands, will do her internship with Dutch fashion designer Dennis Diem.

Merel van der Laak, 21 years old from the Netherlands, will work with Dutch illustrator Anne Stooker.

Internship stories: fashion design BA students in New York and Copenhagen

While the academic year 2017/2018 is about to end this week with final presentations, and the countdown of the fashion summer courses has begun, most of the 2nd-year Fashion Business and Fashion with Textiles Design (Hons) BA students are still doing their internships around world. Few weeks ago we reached out Evelina Anglickaite, who told us about her job at Essentiel Antwerp. Today we want to introduce you our fashion design BA students Isabelle Wildenburg and Myrthe van der Leden.

Isabelle Wildenburg is currently in New York City as intern a global, luxury street wear brand Nomad VII by Anne Bowen. Isabelle is telling her experience in the United States on her website d1rt.nl, where she also collected all the projects she did at the Amsterdam Fashion Academy during the last three years. Indeed, she started in 2015 with our Fashion Foundation programme, before continuing her studies in the Fashion with Textiles Design (Hons) BA programme in 2016.

Myrthe van der Leden is currently in Copenhagen, Denmark, doing an internship at Tobias Birk Nielsen. This is what she told us: “When I started my internship on the 1st of February 2018, the collection AW18 was already finished, but I had the big opportunity to work in the main photoshoot and in the preparation of the look books. After that we started to design the SS19 collection, for which I worked with showpiece patterns, creation of hoodies and short cords from scratch, as well as fabric dying, styling and mood boards”.

We can’t wait to welcome back our 2nd year fashion design BA and fashion business BA students in September and know more about their internships all around the world. If you want to follow Isabelle and Myrthe’s steps into the fashion world, you can still apply to our Fashion with Textiles Design (Hons) BA, Fashion Business (Hons) BA and Fashion Foundation programmes and start in September 2018. Please, send us an email to info@amsterdamfashionacademy.com and we will be more than happy to schedule a personal appointment with you at the Amsterdam Fashion Academy.

International fashion internship at Essentiel Antwerp: Evelina’s story

We have reached out our 2nd-year Fashion with Textiles Design (Hons) BA student Evelina Anglickaite to know more about her international fashion internship experience at Essentiel Antwerp in Belgium. Evelina is one of our many international students. Born in Lithuania, she is already expressing a very good talent in fashion design. Check her last work here. This is what she told us:

“Essentiel Antwerp is a fast-growing, vibrant fashion brand based in Belgium. As a fashion design student, I was given a great opportunity to gain greater knowledge of the fashion industry and the design process as an intern at the headquarters of the brand. Working side by side with the designers and stylists, I have so far experienced various steps of the design process – choosing the right fabrics, creating a color story, receiving first prototypes of a garment, fittings, quality checking and of course the thrill of a collection presentation show. As only a third of the internship has passed, I am excited for what it’s yet to come, because the best way to learn about a specific field is to witness it all firsthand”.

All 2nd-year students of the Fashion with Textiles Design (Hons) BA and the Fashion Business (Hons) BA are spending the semester doing interesting and exciting fashion internship experiences in the fashion industry. “We are very proud to have students working all over the world, from London to New York, from Stockholm to Amsterdam and Curaçao. As international fashion academy, we encourage our students to go out their comfort zones and benefit from an international fashion internship in the real world”, says Cristiano Carciani, Head of School ad interim.

If you are dreaming of an international fashion career then send us a message and book a personal visit to the Amsterdam Fashion Academy.

Melissa’s fashion career will shine after her internship in Barcelona

The second-year Fashion Business and Fashion with Textiles Design (Hons) Bachelor’s students are starting, or are about to start, their internships in the fashion industry. Whether they will be working in Amsterdam, London or New York, it is a really good opportunity for them to experience the real world outside the Amsterdam Fashion Academy and make the first steps towards a bright fashion career.

Before Christmas we asked three of them to tell us about their feelings and expectations: please, click here to read about Isabelle, Avalon and Lene’s fashion internships. Today, we asked a third-year student to tell us a bit about her experience last year:

“My name is Melissa Joyce, I am a 3rd-year Fashion Business (Hons) BA student and I am half Spanish and half Dutch.

Last year I went to Barcelona, Spain to do my internship at Model Management where I had to take care of their social media. I mostly worked with Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and their blog; in order to increase brand awareness and engage consumers. Modelmanagement.com is an online platform, operating internationally, connecting models with reputable photographers, agencies, stylists and other industry clients.

During my internship I learned a lot and I got to know some amazing people who knew about the industry and helped me throughout. I also got to know how things work in real life and how to manage the stress that everyone feels when pursuing a fashion career. All in all, I enjoyed it and met amazing people during this wonderful experience.

My current plan for the future is to get to know more about the fashion industry and get more work experience before doing a Master’s and getting qualified in a specific area.”

Also read about Linda and Lexie’s internship stories and their fashion career dreams.

Fashion internship: from classroom to the real world

Finally our second year Fashion Business and Fashion with Textiles Design (Hons) Bachelor’s students are about to be unleashed on the fashion world. Yes, next semester they will be embarking upon their fashion internships experiences. We have asked two of them about how they feel about this future experience.

Avalon: “My name is Avalon Olivier and I am currently studying the Fashion Business (Hons) in this international fashion academy in Amsterdam. My next chapter will be doing my fashion internship here in Amsterdam and I am very excited. The company where I will be doing my internship is Suitsupply, working in the Buying Department. It is a Dutch company that makes suits for men and women and has grown globally. The lectures we had in school have made me very interested in buying and that is why I’ve chosen to go for this field. Also I believe I will learn a lot in different departments in the company. The experience of being in a global company will also teach me new job skills which will be useful for future opportunities. I cannot wait to start and learn as much as possible”.

Isabelle: “My name is Isabelle Wildenburg and I am a second year Fashion with Textiles Design (Hons) BA. On the 1st of February I will go to New York City, United States, for a seven-months internship at Anna Sui. I’m going to work in the sample department doing different things, from photography to sample investigation, from patter cutting to sewing. I am very excited about this fashion internship, not only because I will have the opportunity to work at the New York Fashion Week, but also because I really wanted to do an experience in a non-European fashion industry, which I already know”.

Lene: “My name is Lene Vindenes and I am a 2nd year Fashion Business (Hons) BA student at the Amsterdam Fashion Academy. I was so lucky that I got to work with Noumenon. For those who don’t know, Noumenon is a vegan clothing brand located in the heart of Amsterdam. I will be working there as an assistant office manager and will learn all about the business behind the brand. I have also been given the opportunity to join them at the trade show in Berlin in January, which is something I am truly looking forward to. I have the feeling the next half year will give me a lot of good knowledge and experience within the fashion industry”.

Keep following us on social media and the blog to know more about our student’s fashion internship experiences.

Internship story: Linda’s fashion career starts at Asger Juel Larsen

Internship is a key moment for our students’ fashion career during their second year in both Bachelor’s honours degree in Fashion Business and Bachelor’s honours degree in Fashion with Textiles Design. Linda is back from Copenhagen where she spent a rewarding 4 months working at Asger Juel Larsen renowned for unconventional tailoring with a heritage of hell-raising. She explained us why she decided to study fashion design in Amsterdam and what she learnt during her internship.

“Hello, my name is Linda Dittrich, I am in my 3rd year of the Bachelor’s honours degree in Fashion with Textiles Design. Originally, I am from Berlin, Germany and chose the Amsterdam Fashion Academy ahead of other fashion schools because of the personal attention it gives its students. During my intake interview I had the feeling I would get the support I was expecting from tutors and that the Academy would be able to give me the right base for my future career.

In my second year I went to Copenhagen for my internship. I was always interested in men’s wear and thrilled when I got accepted for one of my favourite designers Asger Juel Larsen. At AJL I worked closely with Asger and the design team on the upcoming collection. My responsibilities included researching for the collection, digital realisation of design sketches, making range plans and other overviews and creating technical specs ready for production. In addition to this, I worked closely with the print designer which I found very inspiring. Being away in another country and different environment helped me further develop as a person and was definitely the right decision. There are certain things a school can’t teach you and an internship is the best possible way to find out and understand what the industry expects from you as a young fashion designer.”

Do you want to know more about our students and steps towards a bright fashion career? Then read here!

Internship story: Lexie returns from the City of Angels

Our 3rd year Fashion Business student Lexie Hingsen did her internship in Los Angeles last year at Lunya Co., top-end specialists in luxury sleepwear. Ashley Merrill launched Lunya in 2014 with a clear conviction that the time was ripe to give women’s sleepwear a long-overdue fresh, modern perspective. We had the pleasure of meeting up with Alexandra and finding out how she got on at Lunya Co. and living and working in Los Angeles.

“My name is Lexie Hingsen, I am a 3rd Year Fashion Business student. I am half German, half American and I went to Los Angeles, California, for my internship. The company is called Lunya, a southern Californian based sleepwear company for the “modern woman”. My role at the company was to cover all digital media and e-commerce work. I worked closely with their Instagram and Facebook platforms to ensure that the right brand message got across to Lunya consumers. Some of my tasks included collecting quantitative and qualitative data from marketing campaigns, performing market analysis and researching competitors, supporting the marketing team in their daily administrative tasks.

I learned many lessons and was able to apply these in a professional environment. It is important to always have a positive attitude and work on personal development. Constructive criticism really helped me evaluate myself in such a professional setting. I definitely feel like I have grown, developing my skills and knowledge whilst working with such positive, inspirational woman who really pushed me to my full ability. I look forward to staying in contact with the entire Lunya team and possibly returning in the future.”

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