Lectra inks privilege partnerships with 3 US fashionable universities

20 Mar '08

5 min read

The company also sponsored the Live Gallery Show. Through these actions, Lectra is proud to contribute in identifying and distinguishing deserving current and future professionals of the North American fashion industry.

Parsons The New School for Design:
Based in New York City, Parsons was founded in 1896 and is one of the top design schools in the US. In 1970, it became associated with The New School.

Lectra has had a very strong presence in the Parsons program for more than 10 years. Parsons The New School for Design is equipped with Lectra U4ia and will begin to migrateto Kaledo, the new Lectra fashion and textile design solution.

"Lectra has been an unusual partner for more than a decade because of their progressive vision of working with education. They have not viewed us as an opportunity for profit.

Rather, they have donated software and support with the understanding that we are training future fashion designers. This has helped enable us to develop the finest digital fashion curriculum," said Maura Jurgau, Coordinator Fashion Digital Design / Professor, Parsons the New School for Design.

This has helped enable us to develop the finest digital fashion curriculum," said Maura Jurgau, Coordinator Fashion Digital Design / Professor, Parsons the New School for Design.

FIT:
FIT is one of the premier institutions for Fashion in the US. Founded in 1944, FIT is a college of art and design, business, and technology and part of New York State University.

The School of Graduate Studies offers programs leading to the Master of Arts or Master of Professional Studies degree. Lectra has a very strong presence in terms of products and courses taught.

FIT is equipped with Lectra U4ia and Prima solutions for all its courses linked to fashion and textile design, with Modaris and Diamino Lectra's benchmark pattern-making and marker-making solutions for their pattern-design, grading and marker-making courses.

“Lectra has been a wonderful educational partner for FIT for more than a decade. We are thrilled that FIT is a part of Lectra's privilege partnership program,” said Mario Federici, Chairperson, Production Management, Fashion and Related Industries, FIT. “This partnership willreinforce Lectra's continuing commitment to FIT and the development of outstanding students from our school.”

North Carolina State University (NCSU):
North Carolina State University is the largest university-based textile school in the United States. The school is rated 12th among the nation's colleges and universities in terms of value, according to Kiplinger's Personal Finance and is renowned for its dedicated fashion and textile design courses.

It annually awards about half of the country's bachelor's degrees and 75 percent of the country's advanced degrees in textiles. North Carolina State University is equipped with Lectra Kaledo, U4ia, Modaris and Diamino solutions.

“Fashion and Textile Designers and Developers rely on a series of computer design tools and systems to enhance the design process and bring products to the market faster than ever before.

These 2D and 3D CAD tools have become an essential part of the professional design process. At NC State we strive to teach the latest design tools and methodologies.

This is the reason why we have chosen to sign a privilege partnership with Lectra, which allows our students to benefit from the best technologies and acquire a solid expertise for a successful career.” said Trevor Little, Professor, NC State University - College of Textiles.

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