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2012 November | British Council x Jane Bowler Workshops at SoFA
UK-based fashion designer, Jane Bowler, conducted an exclusive Fabric Manipulation workshop to selected SoFA Students and a public sharng on design.


2012 November | Love, Bayo x Kotex Collection by SoFA Student, Sylvia Park
Top local retail brand Bayo collaborates with SoFA for a design competition and lconducts an official aunch of the winning collection of SoFA Student, Sylvia Park. The winning collection is now available in all leading Bayo branches.


2012 October | 3rd SoFA Graduation Fashion Show
SoFA holds its 3rd Graduation Fashion Show introducting 17 young graduates at the Rockwell Tent. The event was co-presented by Blackberry and Rockwell Land.

 

2012 September | Preview Emerging Fashion Talent Awards 2012
SoFA Students and Graduates, Tipay Caintic, Danika Navarro, Vince Tolentino, and Mark Tamayo make it to Preview Magazine's top 10 PEFTA Awardees for the year 2012.

 

2012 May | SoFA Introduces New Dean, Arch. Tobias Guggenheimer

In its commitment to further design education, SoFA welcomes its new Dean, Arch. Guggenheimer, an accomplished member of the academe who has been with top ranking Ney York-based institutions such as Pratt Institute and Parsons New School of Design.

 

2012 May | Launch of the New SoFA Design Institute Campus

SoFA Design Institute formally opens the doors of its new campus through conducting a series of events. Consequently introducing its new Dean, Arch. Tobias Guggenheimer.

 

2011 September | Preview Emerging Fashion Talent Awards 2011
SoFA Academic Scholar, Dan Duran, makes it to Preview Magazine's top 6 PEFTA Awardees for the year 2011.

 

2011 May | Triumph Inspiration Award National Finals
Triumph International Inc., Phils exclusively partnered with SoFA for the Triumph Inspiration Award. Winners for the National Finals (L-R) are: Niño Angeles (2nd runner up), Pristine de Guzman (Winner) and Stephany Verano (1st runner up). Students were under the mentorship of Mr. Danilo Franco. Pristine de Guzman moved on to compete in Berlin, Germany for the International Finals as the official representative of the Philippines.


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2010 September | SoFA Speaks & Invisible Ideas Exhibit
SoFA hosts a symposium on Creative Businesses featuring lectures from the country’s most respected creative professionals: Rajo Laurel (Fashion), Cynthia & Ivy Almario (Interior Design), Kenneth Cobonpue (Furniture), and Raymund Isaac (Photography).

 

2010 September | Preview Emerging Fashion Talent Awards 2010

SoFA Graduates, Noelle Llave, Vania Romoff, and Camille Co make it to Preview Magazine's top 10 PEFTA Awardees for the year 2010.

 

2010 September | Mega Young Designers Competition

SoFA Student, Kirby Cruz, emerges as one of the six finalists of the Mega Young Designer’s Competition, MMPI.

 

2010 May | 1st SoFA Graduation Show in Cooperation w/ Philippine Fashion Week
SoFA mounts its first ever graduation fashion show in cooperation with Philippine Fashion Week. SoFA is recognized as the first and only fashion school to participate in Philippine Fashion Week (PFW). Graduates were under the mentorship of Mr. Jan Garcia.

 

2010 April | SoFA Summer Fashion Camp

SoFA mounts its first Fashion Camp at Bonifacio High Street – a one day fair showcasing students’ talents and engaging young children and budding fashion enthusiasts through various fashion activities.

 

2008 July | Official Launch of SoFA Students' Retail Boutique, Retail Lab


2008 January | Official Launch of SoFA as Istituto Marangoni's Local Affiliate


2007 | Official Launch of SoFA Workshops

 
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• SoFA Is the Philippines First Specialized Fashion College. We seek to help students create profitable careers out of their own raw talent and life passion.

• We believe it is in merging the design & business worlds where creative industry leaders are born.