It will open to coincide with the start of the academic year in September 2012, it was announced today. Susie Forbes is named Principal of the College.
With up to 300 students in its first year, the College will offer fee paying scholars a year long Vogue fashion foundation course, as well as 10 week intensive fashion courses. House & Garden interior design and decoration courses are planned to follow, as well as various MA level courses. The curriculums will cover the history of the disciplines, and modules on the fashion year, print and digital journalism, luxury brand marketing, and other related business skills. The College will be supported by a board of education and fashion advisors, and Condé Nast is in the advanced stages of acquiring premises in central London.
Nicholas Coleridge (pictured), Managing Director of Condé Nast comments: “Condé Nast is perfectly placed to enter the world of education. The reputation and authority of our brands puts us in a strong position to teach and inspire the fashion and decorating talent of the future. We look forward to becoming the go-to academy for students from Britain and further afield. We are particularly fortunate that Susie Forbes has agreed to become the first Principal of the College. I would also like to thank her for her excellent work in launching and editing our magazine Easy Living over the past seven years.”
Susie Forbes, Principal of The Condé Nast College of Fashion & Design remarks: “With access to some of the sharpest and most creative minds shaping the fashion, design and interiors industries today, we aim to educate students to the highest level. It makes perfect sense for Condé Nast to open its College doors in London, the fashion capital of the world.”
Susie Forbes began her career on Elle, and was formerly Deputy Editor of British Vogue for five years. Susie is currently Editor of Easy Living.
Deborah Joseph is announced as the new Editor of Easy Living. Formerly a conspicuously successful BSME Award-winning Editor of Brides magazine, and prior to that a senior executive on Glamour and the Daily Mail, Deborah Joseph will return from maternity leave at the beginning of October to take up her new position, and the March 2012 issue of Easy Living will be the first under her Editorship.
Deborah Joseph says “I am incredibly excited about becoming Editor of Easy Living. I've loved the magazine since its launch, and am looking forward to working with the team to make it even more glamorous and must-read – the number one magazine for stylish grown-up women.”
Jade Beer, who has been the very successful Acting Editor for Brides magazine during Deborah Joseph’s maternity leave, will take up the position of Editor with immediate effect. Jade is a former Deputy Editor of Glamour, who has also held senior positions at the Daily Mail.
Jade Beer adds “Being given the opportunity to lead a magazine like Brides, with its impressive heritage and unwavering market leading status, is an enormous honour. Its consistently beautiful package of fashion, beauty, receptions and travel content continues to enthral brides-to-be more than ever, and I look forward to taking it to its next exciting stage.”
