Donald Potard
Chair of Fashion Design
Founder of Agent de Luxe, Former CEO of Jean-Paul Gaultier, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac and Marchpole Continental; Former President of the French Federation of Fashion and of Ready-to-Wear of Couturiers and Fashion Designers (Chambre Syndicale du prêt à porter des couturiers et créateurs de mode). MA, Theater Studies, Paris III-Sorbonne.
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PCA Faculty and Chair of Fashion Design Donald Potard heads Second EuroSphere Vietnam
PCA Chair of Fashion Design Donald Potard heads the second exhibition of European luxury goods in Vietnam, Eurosphere. The exhibition will be held May 18-20, 2018 at the White Palace, Ho Chi Minh City. The exclusive three-day event features more than 150 European brands...More
Fashion Design Chair Donald Potard interviewed live by the Figaro Etudiant now!
Fashion Design Chair Donald Potard interviewed live by the Figaro Etudiant now!More
Calls for Entry: European Fashion Talent Design Competition
Serbia Fashion Week invites students to participate in a contest for all students of the Academies of Fashion Design, the European Fashion Talent Design Competition.More
Fashion Design MA Student Sho Konishi Won a Frankfurt Style Award
60 Finalists of 16 countries and 31 fashion schools discovered the designs of tomorrow’s fashion stars in a one of a kind runway show and PCA Fashion Design Student Sho Konishi won the Frankfurt Style Award Category : 'Dating'.More
33rd International Festival of Fashion and Photography in Hyères - Fashion Accessories: Call for Nominees
The Hyères Festival promotes young artists in the fields of fashion and photography. PCA Faculty Donald Potard has been re-elected for the 3 next year as board member of Villa Noailles for the Hyères festival!More
Class of '14 Alexander Asvarischtsch Presents his Second Collection: Borrowed Love
Take a peek at Alexander's second collection: Borrowed Love.More
MA Fashion Design Class of '17 Sho Konishi Hosts a Talk at Tokyo Mode Gakuen College of Fashion & Design
Class of '17 MA Fashion Design: Haute Couture/Haute Technology Sho Konichi gave a talk on his career as a fashion designer at his home university in Japan.More
Class of '14 Alexander Asvarischtsch Featured in Less Magazine
Check out what Fashion Design Class of '14 Alexander had to say about his creative process, and thoughts on the current state of the Fashion industry.More
Class of '13 Diana Christie Hosts a Webinar on Fashion Trends in the Hospitality Industry
Having launched her own company Desscode in 2016, Diana shared her expertise on changes and trends in uniforms in the hospitality industry.More
Highlight: Interior Design x Fashion Design Collaboration
Spotlight on the PCA End of Year Show collaboration between MA Fashion Design class of '17 Sho Konishi, and Interior Design class of '19 Viktoria Tamas!More
Symposium with Donald Potard at EuroSphere Vietnam
Chair of Fashion Design Donald Potard will be giving two conferences during the EuroShpere Exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.More
Enroll Now for "Cardin to Castelbajac: Style in French Fashion"
Chair of Fashion Design, Donald Potard, will be giving a global online course on Style in French Fashion through eLearning platform Kadenze.More
A Quick Run Down of the Class of '17 Graduate Students' Thesis Projects!
A short overview over each of the graduate students' thesis projects categorized by program, project title, and student name.More
Donald Potard, Chair of Fashion Design at PCA, Participates in Shenzhen Fashion Week
Donald Potard, Chair of the Fashion Design program at Paris College of Art, was invited to serve on the jury of Shenzhen Fashion Week in China.More
Les Ateliers d'Aubusson x PCA: Winning Design!
The winning design of the Contemporary Tapestry Project with Les Ateliers d'Aubusson has been announced!More
Les Ateliers d'Aubusson x PCA: Contemporary Tapestry Project
We're please to announce that the PCA Fine Arts and Fashion Departments are collaborating with Les Ateliers d'Aubusson on the Contemporary Tapestry Project this Spring semester!More
Donald Potard to Speak at Avantex, High-Tech Fashion Trade Fair on February 8, 2017
Avantex, the gathering for high-tech textile and fashion, launched in 2015 by Messe Frankfurt France, is a place for all actors of the fashion industry, experts and well-known players, to discover and exchange on high-tech fashion...More
PCA Offers Free Webinars on our Master's Degrees
Learn about the course offerings, faculty, and professional opportunities you will gain from joining our programs.More
PCA Chair of Fashion Design, Donald Potard will make the Cover of D.C. Magazine
Following Donald Potard's recent tour of Eastern Europe, participating in the juries of the Serbian and St. Petersburg Fashion Weeks, D.C. Magazine features him on the cover of their December issue.More
PCA Chair of Fashion Design interviewed during Serbia Fashion Week
Donald Potard participated in the Serbian Fashion Week that is getting more influential each year. Young designers are bringing a new energy to the market and buyers are looking towards these new talents.More
Paris College of Art Launches Online Course "Style and Strategy in French Fashion" with Kadenze
Donald Potard, PCA's Fashion Design Chair leads this 8-session survey program that covers the main designers in French Fashion from the 1950s to today, focusing closely on one iconic creative individual for each decade.More
PCA Fashion Design Chair Donald Potard attends Seoul Fashion Week
Donald Potard, Chair of Fashion Design was invited to Seoul Fashion Week, one of the trendiest fashion fairs in the world at the moment. Jung Ku-ho, executive director of Hera Seoul Fashion Week welcomed an exclusive list of international fashion professionals that...More
PCA Chair of Fashion Design Donald Potard Hosted the Webinar "The Next Revolution in Fashion Design"
On June 6th, PCA offered its first webinar on the ‘Next Revolution in Fashion Design’ with PCA Chair of Fashion Design Donald Potard.More
Haute Couture | Haute Technology - the MA in Fashion Design at Paris College of Art
Donald Potard, Chair of Fashion at PCA and Elizabeth de Senneville, Fashion Designer and specialist in new technologies discuss the future of Fashion Design and the Fashion MA – Haute Couture | Haute Technology at Paris College of Art.More
Donald Potard, PCA Chair of Fashion at Seoul Fashion Week
Last fall Donald Potard, Chair of the Fashion Design, was invited to serve on the jury of Seoul Fashion Week in Korea and this Spring he returns. All week, Donald is posting videos of the shows on PCA’s Instagram account. Donald is...More
Donald Potard Talks about the Future of Fashion and the New PCA MA in Fashion Design | Haute Couture - Haute Technology
We recently sat down with Donald Potard, Chair of Fashion to get his take on the future of fashion. He sees a revolution coming and gave us his insight into how it will manifest, and what skills fashion designers will need to...More
KEA Students Attend Master Class with Fashion Chair Donald Potard at PCA
Over spring break, Paris College of Art hosted a group of fashion students from partner institution KEA (Copenhagen Institute of Design and Technology) for a campus visit and a master class from Donald Potard, Fashion Chair and head of PCA’s new Masters...More