A Knitwear Demonstration

Last night, San Francisco, along with 249 other cities across the US, participated in Fashion’s Night Out – an annual event designed to support the fashion industry through shopping.

In reality, FNO is essentially clubbing for fashion lovers and the hosted by Neiman Marcus and 7×7 was no exception. Decked out in their swankiest outfits, FNO-goers eyed each other as much as the fashions on display. People traveled in packs or in pairs, chirping and laughing with their friends while clutching giveaways from various stores. At Neiman’s, these included Chocolates by Jerome, PopChips, and Hanky Panky panties with do-it-yourself decoration. There was even a FNO “red carpet” where you could get your picture taken, celebrity style. Underscoring the club atmosphere were DJs spinning dance music throughout the store.

Rachele Baretto displaying her amazing jewelry.

As in years past, Neiman Marcus partnered with AAU to spotlight the work of student designers and some of the specialties of the school, such as tambour beading and silk-screen printing. There were displays of student work in store windows as well as inside the store, allowing customers to see (and touch!) the designs up close – nubby knits of Stephanie Gelot, slick leathers from Holly Smith, and gelatinous textiles of Drew Williams among others.

Although Twitter chatter for the event was relatively quiet, the vibe in the store and on the streets was high energy and excited. Everyone must have been too busy shopping to tweet!

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The fifth issue of 180 Magazine has officially dropped! It was on all the seats of at our show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Lincoln Center and it is also available on a new section of the Academy of Art University website.

The new issue loosely follows the theme of “walkabout” — a journey of self-discovery related to the Australian aboriginal culture. It is full of great shoots and stories. That said, you can check out the electronic version by clicking here.

Tell us what you think!

Urban Knights volleyball player and B.F.A. Fashion Design student Phooey Yang was profiled in an article on the Academy of Art University athletics program in the winter 2010 issue of NCAA Champion Magazine. She was also featured in the story titled “The Knights” in last issue of 180 Magazine.

To read the entire article, click this link.

Shooting a fashion editorial is NOT fun. It’s hard work. Ask anyone who does it for a living. Those images you see in the glossies may look effortless but rest assured — the work behind producing them is not.

Last Wednesday and Thursday, a great team shot a story for 180 Magazine on location in Sonoma County. (Exact details are not available, as we don’t want to spoil the story before the issue drops in February).

From location scouting, model casting, pulling clothes and building looks to the production of travel and accommodation, it all takes work (and lots of it) before shooting even starts.

Once on set, (our first two shots were by the river, the third was in it), we had to negotiate a group of drunk fisherman. They wanted in on the action. One in particular did not get the message while he supped on his 40 oz. I whispered in his ear that the president of the chamber of commerce was on my speed dial and was set to call the cops if he didn’t behave.

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Our resident scene photographer/street style/urban voyeur Laura Reilly took some pics of our Fashion’s Night Out event in San Francisco with Neiman Marcus — check it out:

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The title of this post may have embellished the truth a little bit. They didn’t really go wild for the new issue of 180 Magazine — but people were really excited.

The super-sized issue (it is quite large) did not only get an ovation from the crowd at our Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week show (a copy was placed on each seat), but people rushed into our Fashion’s Night Out event and cleaned us out of 200 copies in less than hour!

Beyond the Front Row members, Gena Banducci, Annie Wehby, Danny Dinh, Courtney Geier and Bridget Reed flip through the new issue of 180 backstage at our New York show. This picture is not posed at all.

For more info about our New York Fashion Week show, click here.

Here it is folks! The September issue of 180 Magazine, which takes a look at icons, urban gardening and all things awesome:

So while you wait for pics and vids of our New York show, flip through the mag. And if you want a hard copy of the mag, more will be available around 180 New Montgomery!

Please, let us know your thoughts (only the good ones though).

Since so much is going on tomorrow, this post will help you sort things out:

1.) Fashion’s Night Out: Friday, September 10, 6:00pm – 8:00pm; the School of Fashion joins Neiman Marcus, exclusively, for Fashion’s Night Out. Faculty, students, and graduates will be on each floor throughout Neiman Marcus with exhibits, collections, and demonstrations. Open to the public.

2.) 180 Magazine: The new issue of 180 Magazine debuts! Come back to Fashion School Daily for an electronic copy or stop by our Fashion’s Night Out event to get a hard copy!

3.) Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week: For those of you who can’t make it to New York for our New York Fashion Week show, make sure you catch our live webcast!

Make sure you have all these marked in your calendar!

You may have heard of a little thing called Fashion’s Night Out, which was spearheaded by Vogue editrix Anna Wintour.

Well, our fashion school will be participating in the worldwide event (like they did last year) with Neiman Marcus in San Francisco’s Union Square.

Here are the events you should already have in your calendar:

Thursday, September 3rd- Tuesday, September 13th: In honor of Fashion’s Night Out, Neiman Marcus’ Stockton Street windows will exhibit the highly anticipated new issue of the School of Fashion’s 180 magazine, as well as select garments from graduates Sabah Mansoor Husain and Marina Solomatnikova that debuted during the Academy Art University Fall / Winter ’10 show at Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week.

Friday, September 10th
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Fashion’s Night Out at Neiman Marcus
The School of Fashion joins Neiman Marcus, exclusively, for Fashion’s Night Out. Faculty, students, and graduates will be on each floor throughout Neiman Marcus with exhibits, collections, and demonstrations. Open to the public.

Here are some iPhone snapshots of the windows (which, as noted above, are already up for public viewing):

In addition to these swanky windows, Friday night’s event will include knitwear demos, textile demos, featured projects from the creative minds of our students, tambour beading, music, food, and much more. And let’s not forget the debut of the newest (and epic) issue of 180 magazine (there’s a window for that too):

So prep yourself for Friday, it will surely be an FNO hot spot!

The gentleman that was pictured in this week’s Who’s That? Contest is Bob Guccione founder and publisher of the naughty adult mag, Penthouse.

We had a ton of people guess, but Julia was the only one who guessed correctly — so kudos to Julia!

Here is a breakdown of the clues I gave you:

Clue #1: Spin – His son, Bob Guccione Jr. was the editor of Spin magazine.

Clue #2: Vanessa Williams – One issue of Penthouse included unauthorized photos of the actress/singer which caused her to resign as Miss America in 1984.

Clue #3: Sci-Fi – Guccione also created a science fiction magazine called Omni.

And P.S. — Consider this a tiny sneak preview of the next issue of One Eighty magazine.

You’re welcome.