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\n\tSarabande is coming back to New York.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe foundation started by Lee Alexander McQueen is reprising its \u201cWhat Now?\u201d event in the city, which connects recent graduates, students and more with present-day professionals. It will take place at The Standard, High Line in New York\u2019s Meatpacking District on May 8.<\/p>\n
\n\tWhile free of charge, attendees can register for the event on Eventbrite.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cCreative careers rarely follow a straight line, and breaking into the fashion industry in particular isn\u2019t always straightforward. There\u2019s a common misconception that the only path after studying fashion or the arts is to become a designer or launch your own label, when in reality the creative industries offer a vast range of roles and opportunities,\u201d Trino Verkade, director of Sarabande, said in a statement. \u201c\u2018What Now?\u2019 was created to help young people see the breadth of those possibilities and connect them directly with the professionals who can help guide those first steps.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tParticipating companies for the 2026 iteration include Marc Jacobs, Khaite and J.Crew.<\/p>\n
\n\tIn 2025, the event attracted 68 participants from Thom Browne, Coach, WWD, Herm\u00e8s, Dazed and more, with hundreds of attendees.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe event joins Sarabande\u2019s other efforts to bolster new talent, which include scholarships, subsidized studio spaces and more. As Verkade acknowledged to WWD in 2024, the rate of change is only creating more opportunity for entry-level employees, although it can be difficult to keep pace with.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cA large part of this event was to really point out that things keep changing so quickly. There are new jobs that did not exist five years ago,\u201d Verkade said. <\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cColleges are not equipped to be on top of these roles and to help people navigate what the industry is looking like now. That\u2019s why it\u2019s really important to get the brands here to say, \u2018I need people who can do this right now,\u2019\u201d Verkade said. \u201cIt\u2019s not as though they need everybody to be pattern cutters, but they may need somebody [to become] a pattern maker,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sarabande is coming back to New York. The foundation started by Lee Alexander McQueen is reprising its \u201cWhat Now?\u201d event in the city, which connects recent graduates, students and more with present-day professionals. It will take place at The Standard, High Line in New York\u2019s Meatpacking District on May 8. While free of charge, attendees can register for the event on Eventbrite. \u201cCreative careers rarely follow a straight line, and breaking into the fashion industry in particular isn\u2019t always straightforward. There\u2019s a common misconception that the only path after studying fashion or the arts is to become a designer or launch your own label, when in reality the creative industries offer a vast range of roles and opportunities,\u201d Trino Verkade, director of Sarabande, said in a statement. \u201c\u2018What Now?\u2019 was created to help young people see the breadth of those possibilities and connect them directly with the professionals who can help guide those first steps.\u201d Participating companies for the 2026 iteration include Marc Jacobs, Khaite and J.Crew. In 2025, the event attracted 68 participants from Thom Browne, Coach, WWD, Herm\u00e8s, Dazed and more, with hundreds of attendees. The event joins Sarabande\u2019s other efforts to bolster new talent, which include scholarships, subsidized studio spaces and more. As Verkade acknowledged to WWD in 2024, the rate of change is only creating more opportunity for entry-level employees, although it can be difficult to keep pace with. \u201cA large part of this event was to really point out that things keep changing so quickly. There are new jobs that did not exist five years ago,\u201d Verkade said. \u201cColleges are not equipped to be on top of these roles and to help people navigate what the industry is looking like now. That\u2019s why it\u2019s really important to get the brands here to say, \u2018I need people who can do this right now,\u2019\u201d Verkade said. \u201cIt\u2019s not as though they need everybody to be pattern cutters, but they may need somebody [to become] a pattern maker,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14507"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}