Before pursuing her M.F.A. at the Academy, April received a B.A. in Anthropology, A.A.S. in Textile/Surface Design, and worked professionally designing home, tabletop, giftware and linens for Tommy Hilfiger and Ralph Lauren. For this collection, she was inspired by the work of found objects sculptor Kathy Kelley, the decaying concrete and plastic of an urban wasteland, and Cormac McCarthy’s novel “The Road.” Her organic shapes and construction details are representative of discarded items. Leggings are made to look like molded foam. Slim pants like slashed tires.
For more info about our New York Fashion Week show, click here.
Zandra will share her photos, inspiration, and design process for the costumes she created for the 2010 opening season of the San Francisco Opera’s Aida.
This past Sunday, Gladys went the the technical rehearsal for Aida to visit Zandra and her gorgeous designs — here she is hard at work:
And here is Gladys Perint Palmer and Zandra Rhodes after the rehearsal. As you can see, they are still hanging in there!
After completing classes in Tambour Beading in the School of Fashion, Maria incorporated metal encrusted pieces and details into her collection. The hand beading took over 600 hours to complete. The starting point of her inspiration was the Jenny Lewis song “You Are What You Love” from which she pulled visual and conceptual references for her moody collection of lace, embroidery and layered pieces.
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Jungah Lee, M.F.A. Fashion Design
Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea
Materials: latex, silk
Jungah used the faded colors of antique books as inspiration for the hand dyeing of her fabrics. She mixed water with the dyes and used brushes to obtain a water stained look. She layered, pleated and manipulated the fabric to mimic warped and torn pages of old books. Traditional Korean dresses influenced the soft silhouette and lines of her collection.
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Here are some photos of our Surface Techniques class. We learned embroidery as well as tie-dye & a method called batik (a method in which you apply wax to the surface of the fabric prior to the dying process and then boil the wax out.)
We just finished this class this past Friday! It’s so exciting to be done with one class — but I am so exhausted. For our final in that class we had to do 4 creative swatches (in about 2 days!) We needed to incorporate at least two techniques we learned throughout the class.
The School of Fashion would like to thank Somer Flaherty, editor at Marin Magazine, for including a design by Stephanie Tan, BFA Fashion Design, in the magazine’s fall fashion spread.
Here is a behind-the-scenes video of the shoot:
The design by Stephanie Tan used in Marin Magazine
To see the collection from the May Graduation Fashion Show and Awards Ceremony click here.
On Friday, September 17th BFA and MFA students will present garments in a fashion show at the de Young Museum’s event “Mexico 2010″ which will honor the country’s artistic creativity. Here’s a preview of the garments that will be featured:
The event is a part of the museum’s “Friday Night Soirées” programming so make sure you keep Sept. 17th open (from 5 to 8:45 p.m.) For more info the de Young museum’s website. Did we mention the event is free?
In addition to being a Fashion Group Foundation Scholarship recipient and participant in a LVMH Creative Briefing Design Challenge, Cara interned for N.I.C.E. Collective and Michael Kors. She found inspiration in femininity and examining how a woman is perceived. Bridget Fonda’s character Nina in the film “The Point of No Return” became Cara’s muse. Her fabric choices influenced the garment details, manipulations and bonding techniques. Helmut Newton’s photography helped her capture the mood.
For more info about our New York Fashion Week show, click here.
On Friday, September 3rd 3:30pmGladys Perint Palmer will report on the Haute Couture Fall ’10 / Winter ’11 collections in Paris – her photos, her observations, her illustrations at Morgan Auditorium (491 Post Street).
As an added bonus, special guest and legendary British fashion designer, Zandra Rhodes, CBE will be visiting our fashion school and joining Gladys for the presentation. She will share her photos, inspiration, and design process for the costumes she created exclusively for the 2010 opening season of the San Francisco Opera’s Aida.
A Monday morning tweet from Fashionologie.com told me that Anna Wintour owns an iPad. I was flummoxed because fashion and technology do not always go together. The best interpretation of this relationship is when Samantha Jones handed her iPhone to Carrie Bradshaw in which she replies “I don’t know how to work this,” on her wedding day in Sex and The City the movie.
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