Elisa Palomino, a guest to the May fashion show (and Simon Ungless’s classmate when he was at St. Martins), has just shown her namesake collection in Rome and here are some photos.

Palomino (who also selected six of our students to intern at Diane von Fürstenberg) first made a splash in the fashion industry as the designer behind Moschino’s Cheap & Chic Collections where she developed the whimsical style of their second line. After five years, Elisa Palomino was recruited by John Galliano to work for his own label as well as Dior.

I spy Beppe Modenese in the front row. (He started Milan Fashion Week and was once a guest of the School of Fashion with Oscar de la Renta)

At John Galliano, she was appointed Head of the Studio and during the next eight years helped the fashion house flourish creatively. At Dior, Elisa worked with the “petis mains” at the haute couture ateliers where she helped create real works of art.

Following Galliano, Elisa worked as studio director at Cavalli before moving to New York to become Vice President of Design at Diane von Fürstenberg. Fall 2010 marks the first season of her own label, Elisa Palomino, as well as her debut runway show during New York Fashion Week.

Follow the jump for more pictures and video from when Elisa visited us in May.
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Paris
On Aura Tout Vu
The gardens of Palais Royale
July 7th 10 a.m.

This is the day of Flora and Fauna in Paris.

The fauna continues from Chanel, with crocodiles on shoulders and shoes at On Aura Tout Vu.

On the subject of wild life there was Claude Montana looking quite mellow. In his heyday his bite was worse than his bark.

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Armani Privé
7 place Vendôme
July 6, 11 a.m.

Giorgio Armani knows how to please clients who can afford, not borrow, Armani Privé — with 18th century floating ‘panniers’ in the back. In front, Front Row ladies of a very uncertain age, are on their own with unforgiving cut.

After Armani there wasn’t a taxi left on 7 place Vendôme. The Ritz erected ropes to contain the many hungry angry clients going out to lunch — without limos.

Armani Privé coming

Armani Privé going

Words and Illustration by: Gladys Perint Palmer

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Christian Dior by John Galliano
Musée Rodin, Paris
2:30 p.m., Monday July 5

We can all look like Christian Dior Haute Couture by taking Rob Curry’s corset class and Jean Lamprell’s tutu class — and don’t forget a roll of cellophane.

Words and Illustration by: Gladys Perint Palmer

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The Haute Couture shows in Paris are in full swing and the Executive Director of Fashion, Gladys Perint Palmer will be giving us some exclusive commentary throughout the week as she attends the numerous shows to expand on her “Picture This” blog posts.

Lanvin by Alber Elbaz
Crillon Hotel, Paris
10:30 a.m., Monday

The show started to the tune of San Francisco, followed by Hair; Alber Elbaz signaled to make “Let The Sun Shine” louder. He said he wants to create a supermarket of fashion. The final exit to enthusiastic applause: two minimalist shifts transformed into frilly frocks. Voilà!

Words and Pictures by: Gladys Perint Palmer

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The only good thing about the incredibly shrinking Haute Couture in Paris is that there are far fewer letters to write.

To get an invitation, it is necessary to be accredited to a publication and then write to each house. I write to every one, in case. You can visit www.modeaparis.com to find the schedule, designers and more.

When I started covering Haute Couture, there was Yves Saint Laurent (himself), Hubert de Givenchy (himself), Emanuel Ungaro (himself), Valentino (himself), Gianni Versace (himself), Christian Lacroix (himself) Pierre Cardin (himself), Balmain (Oscar de la Renta), Lanvin (Claude Montana), and of course, the great survivors Christian Dior (John Galliano) and Chanel (Karl Lagerfeld). It was also the time when Carla Bruni Sarkozy, now the First Lady of France, was almost a supermodel.

Carla Bruni modeling Yves Saint Laurent at the Hotel Intercontinental in 1997

The schedule five days or longer. Now, it lasts three days and a fourth day has been allocated to the jewelers on or around Place Vendôme. Read more…

Ashon Sylvester, BFA Menswear Design
Hometown: Palm Springs, California
Inspiration: Futuristic Native American warriors on another planet.
Scholarship: Recipient of the Linus Mendenhall Scholarship for Menswear Design.

All photos by Randy Brooke

For more pictures and new from our San Francisco Graduation Show, click here.

Andrew Wedge, BFA Fashion Design
Hometown: Novato, CA
Inspiration: Great White Shark attacks.

All photos by Randy Brooke

For more pictures and new from our San Francisco Graduation Show, click here.

Fashion Design and Jewelry Design Collaboration:

Melody Bainter, BFA Fashion Design
Hometown: Elk Grove, California
Inspiration: The set design in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Mariah Groves, BFA Industrial Design
Hometwon: San Diego, California
Inspiration: Computer generated laser cutting.

All photos by Randy Brooke

For more pictures and new from our San Francisco Graduation Show, click here.

Ronnie Omar Nery, BFA Knitwear Design
Hometown: New York, NY
Inspiration: Neon and structure.

All photos by Randy Brooke

For more pictures and new from our San Francisco Graduation Show, click here.