Tide Partners with Parsons School of Design to Educate Future Designers on How to “Design for Care”

CINCINNATI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–With new high tech and luxury fabrics moving from the runway to the
“everyday,” both style and luxury are now within reach for everyone.
However, with this new trend comes confusion on how to properly care for
your clothes, especially at home. As part of P&G Fabric Care’s
commitment to protecting and preserving the clothes we love, Tide
and Downy
are supporting Parsons School of Design at The New School to educate
future designers on how to “Design for Care” through a Fall 2015 course
offering.

The course will take an innovative approach to fashion design to explore
how the care and use of fashion—laundering, storing, repairing, altering
and wearing clothes— informs the creation of garments. Students will
consider how their designs will change as they are worn and cared for to
learn how to craft garments that are long-lasting and have a low impact.

The specially designed coursework will combine the design expertise of
Parsons Faculty with the fabric care knowledge of Procter & Gamble
scientists to help students think of new ways to make their future
collections surprisingly washable.

“This exciting collaboration between Parsons and Tide brings an
innovative approach to fashion design that transforms the way we use
clothes,” said Burak Cakmak, Dean of the School of Fashion at Parsons
School of Design. “This new way of thinking about fashion design with
‘care of use’ will challenge and inspire the industry and Parsons is
thrilled to be starting the conversation.”

P&G Fabric Care is pushing the boundaries of “washable” by developing
innovations that go beyond cleaning to conditioning, protecting and
gently rejuvenating the appearance of clothing down to the fiber level.
The technology in Tide Pods cleans and protects fibers, while the
conditioners in Downy both condition and enhance those fabrics, making
them look like new.

“With the ever-changing wash-basket of clothing fabrics and styles, we
know that people are searching for guidance on how to care for their
broad range of garments. At P&G Fabric Care, we invest in testing to
ensure our products can meet these home washing needs, so it’s natural
that we are dedicated to being the leading resource to both consumers
and designers on how to best care for their garments at home,” said
Carolina Rogoll, Marketing Director, North America Fabric Care.

In addition to the Parsons partnership, Tide is also hosting a design
competition inviting aspiring designers to show their washable designs
to a panel of fashion expert judges for a chance to create a
commemorative item to be sold exclusively by The Procter & Gamble
Company during the February 2016 at New York Fashion Week: The Shows HQ.
The competition will take place at NYFW: The Shows HQ on Saturday, Sept.
12, 2015. See official rules here
for complete details.

About Procter & Gamble

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About Parsons School for Design

Parsons School of Design is one of the leading institutions for art and
design education in the world. Based in New York but active around the
world, the school offers undergraduate and graduate programs in the full
spectrum of art and design disciplines, as well as online courses,
degree and certificate programs. Critical thinking and collaboration are
at the heart of a Parsons education. Parsons graduates are leaders in
their respective fields, with a shared commitment to creatively and
critically addressing the complexities of life in the 21st century. For
more information, please visit www.newschool.edu/parsons.

Contacts

FleishmanHillard
Ivy Rueda Diederichs, 305-520-9025
ivy.rueda@fleishman.com