Summer is over. It’s not so bad.

You’ll make new friends (or catch up with old ones)

And learn to cut, sew, sell, drape, draw

Welcome to the Fall Semester at the School of Fashion of the Academy of Art University!

Written by: Gladys Perint Palmer

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Patricia Kelly is a great artist and also provides ESL support for the following classes in the School of Fashion at the Academy of Art University:

FSH 112.01 Fashion Illustration 2 - Tuesdays and Thursdays, noon - 2:30 pm
FSH 320.01 Interpreting and Reporting Fashion - Wednesday noon - 2:50 pm
FSH 600.01 Masters Fashion Design 1 - Friday 8:30 - 11:20
FSH 640.01 Masters Fashion Illustration 1 - Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:30 - 6:20pm

If you are lucky enough to meet her, take a trip to Berkeley (for her exhibition); and ask her how she makes her own paint the old old fashioned way.

The shoes were great in Paris last month. Sexy, witty and chic.

But let’s face it, they look great, sexy, witty and chic on the seventeen-year-old, seven-foot tall models without bunions.

No one can walk any more, not like Patty Cleveland in the Eighties and Nineties. Patty, one of Antonio Lopez’s Girls, could prance and pirouette on the runway unbuttoning a coat, always starting at the bottom.

In the heat of the moment (it’s always boiling in Paris, unless it’s freezing or pouring) most of the elite audience was less than well shod. Many editors opted for flat sandals, even flip-flops. I only counted a handful of running shoes but they were there.

There was a society editor, now dead, who was accused of writing “like her feet hurt”.

To assure those of you who feel inadequate compared to what you see in Vogue, especially the advertisements, I have drawn a realistic line up of the shoes I saw last month, on regular feet and normal legs.

Since I do not want to be banned from shows next season, I will let you figure out the origins.

They are all from Fall/Winter 2010/11 Haute Couture. March on.

LANVIN: Nobody looks like this.

TIRED EDITOR.

SHOES FOR FLOWERY FEET

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Decorative Tambour Beading guru, Robert Haven is back this summer and he cordially invites you to join him and his students in end of the term display of Tambour Beading on Tuesday, August 10 and Wednesday, August 11 from 12pm to 3pm.

The Fashion Illustration Gallery (a.k.a. FIG) is a hotbed for some of the most important fashion illustrators which include the likes of Francois Berthoud, Jean-Philippe Delhomme, David Downton, Bobby Hillson, Marko Matysik, and our own Gladys Perint Palmer (and a whole crew of other cool illustrators). Starting June 25th, the FIG will showcase the work of Jason Brooks, Richard Gray (showing with FIG for the first time), Tanya Ling, and, or course, GPP. If you happen to be in the London neighborhood, perhaps you should pop in to take a gander at the illustrations. (Pictured right: Azzedine Alaia, July 8 2009 7 Rue de Moussy; Pastel, glitter, paint and ink on paper; by Gladys Perint Palmer)

Visit FIG’s website for more details

Designer and School of Fashion instructor (by way of Central St. Martins College of Art and Design), Louisa Parris recently re-launched her website to show her new 2010 collection of gowns. You can check out her looks at www.louisaparris.com.

Last weekend, Fashion Merchandising alumna, Courtney O’Kane helped organize and event called Take Wing, a fashion show and benefit for ESL instructor Rebecca Wangh’s play Terroristka (coming to the Berkeley City Club, May 2010.)

Fashion students also participated in the event as designers and models while poetry and song took the stage at Cafe Royale on Post Street. Participating students included Katya Garcheva, Kettia Saint-Surin, LaLa Botshoma, Lauren Haut, Leah Mendelson, Wendy Chu, Sasha Nelson, Khristina Jairam, Charlotte Gronseth, Yin Yin Liow, and Mahsa Gharahgozli. Waugh’s fellow ESL instructors Maw Shein Win, Masha Rumer, and Sarah Kipperman also participated in the extravaganza.

To see more pictures of the event, click here.

This weekend some of our students will be partaking in Take Wing a live performance of fashion, poetry and song presented by Threshold: Theatre on the Verge.

Curated by alum Courtney O’Kane, the event will feature students Lauren Haut, Leah Mendelson, Wendy Chu, Yin Yin Liow, Sasha Nelson as well as instructor Masha Rumer.

Here are the details of the event:

WHEN? Saturday April 3, 7 to 9 p.m.

WHERE? Cafe Royale, 800 Post Street, San Francisco

WHO? For more info visit thethresholdproject.blogspot.com

On Sunday, School of Fashion instructor Rob Curry donated a coat (that he made) to a fundraiser organized by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a group of guys who use drag and Catholic imagery to bring awareness to social conflict and sexual tolerance.

Two “Sisters” who like to “Indulge”

Held at Wild Side West, the event raised funds for breast cancer and Rob’s coat was auctioned off for $500. A total of $3500 was raised at the event - and Rob couldn’t be any more excited about his coat and the socially conscious drag nuns.

The coat that Rob donated

“I’ve gotten to know (the Sisters) quite well,” says Rob, “and I love them all!”

For more information on the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, visit their website

Forbes.com did a well-produced video that focused on the designers who recently showed at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week and put a spotlight on the School of Fashion’s renowned reputation.

Take a look:

Great job Steven and Bethany for being spokespeople for the school! And kudos to Simon as well!

Check out all of our coverage from Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week by clicking here