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SCAD Names Dirk Standen Dean of School of Fashion

Dirk Standen was named dean of SCAD's School of Fashion.
Dirk Standen was named dean of SCAD's School of Fashion. (Courtesy)
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The former Style.com editor and founding editor of Condé Nast’s creative agency 23 Stories will oversee Savannah College of Art and Design’s undergraduate and graduate programs in fashion design, marketing and management, fibres and accessory and jewellery design. Standen joined SCAD in 2021 as a professor of fashion marketing and management. He will be tasked with developing the School of Fashion’s curriculum and leading it through a fast-evolving industry.

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Joan Kennedy
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Joan Kennedy is Correspondent at The Business of Fashion. She is based in New York and covers beauty and marketing.

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