One of our favorite sections in The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk was the amazing collection of portraits just as you enter the exhibition. Each of the portraits features dresses from Gaultier’sSpring/Summer 2007 Haute Couture Collection - Virgins. The collection, beautifully displayed on mannequins singing a hymn, is absolutely stunning, featuring ethereal gowns and fantastic headpieces. And the images, specifically Immaculate Conception No. 3(pictured above), are utterly arresting. The portrait, shot by Miles Aldridge, features modelAlana Zimmer (who walked in the Academy of Art University Fall ’12 Fashion Show!) as the Virgin Mary. The colors are so vibrant – you can’t help but notice it.
We were so inspired by the portrait, that we created a Polyvore set to match. We hope it inspires you as you get ready for tonight’s JPG-themed Friday Nights at the De Young!
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All nine designers from the Academy of Art University Fall ’12 Fashion Show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Weekwere featured on Metro Velvet! The fashion forward website brings readers the best of the best from fashion weeks all over the world, and we LOVE that our designers were included. Below is a preview of the post, but head over to Metro Velvet’s websiteto read the entire thing!
Another one for the press books – Wu Di was featured in the March issue of 7×7 Magazine! Sketches from her Fall 2012 Collection are showcased along with a few words about the experience of showing at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. The article is part of the magazine’s new feature, Portfolio, which will showcase the work of local talents each month. We hope to see more students from the Academy of Art University in the future!
Looks from Xiang Zhang and Jeanette Au. Photos Courtesy of Randy Brooke/WireImage.
This afternoon, two of our amazing designers from the Academy of Art University Fall ’12 Fashion Show are going to be guests on 7Live! 7Live is a local talk show program covering the best of the best in SF, and have asked Jeanette Au and Xiang Zhang to be guests on the show. They’ll be talking about designing their collections, showing at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, and what they’re plans are next! Be sure tune in today, from 3:00 – 4:00 PM on San Francisco’s ABC 7.
There’s something about fashion shows that just never gets old. You feel like a kid in a candy shop and sometimes you really don’t know where to look because you’re torn between multiple moments that beckon your attention.
From the team backstage employing their artistry with hair and make up to the outstanding collections the design graduates produced, the show was a smashing success. I agree with Diana Vreeland that “fashion must be the intoxicating release from the banality of the world,” for fashion and style are a duet of inspiration and feeling that certainly distract from the dreary day. Once the runway is before you, you can’t help but be taken over by fashion. The Academy of Art University show was full of this kind of intoxication.
This edition of 180 takes readers on a journey through the past, present, and future – celebrating techniques that have been practiced for centuries and embracing new movements that will preserve them for generations to come. It’s packed with amazing photo shoots and insightful stories, so be sure to pick up your copy tomorrow!
UPDATE: The issue will now drop next Tuesday, February 28th. Sorry for the delay!
Working with black and ivory, Amy Bond’s intriguing collection was full of complex, sensuous shapes, particularly an ivory silk dress with a bustled hem.
Donghyuk Dan Kim gave military uniforms a wearable twist, combining oilcloth cotton shirts with tailored wool pants that mixed fabrics, most memorably in wool plaid pants and jackets with leather grid-like accents and stripes.
Kate Y. K. Lee’s layered wool and leather pieces, ranging from a luxe quilted leather jacket with a stand-up collar to pants and leggings, were a modern take on suiting.
Jade Juanyu Liu presented lightweight, menswear-inspired pieces crafted from Swiss bonded wool, as well as terrific vests and coast in a fur-like copper fabric that added texture and dimension.
Deanna Pei-Ju Lo worked leather into pleats, and also used two saturation of navy along with black and velvet blocks – a subtle take on color blocking and fabric mixing.
Music has a certain way of setting the tone – for a film, a night out, a road trip – and, of course, a fashion show. Each season, we walk away from fashion week, our heads filled with images of sartorial greatnessand all of the songs that accompanied said greatness down the runway. We are lucky enough to have an amazing DJ, Scott Ewalt, to create our show playlist each season. He has a talent for perfectly matching the mood of a collection to music – bringing together the visual and auditory senses to marvelous effect.
China’s Wu Di started out on a high note with her geometric-inspired collection that featured angular silhouettes in cashmere knits and wool.
Another standout was Xiang Zhang, who opted for different looks all show over white shirting: on one great look, it peeked out from a taupe silk mohair dress layered under a collarless silk cashmere and wool coat.
The collection from Jeanette Au, a Michigan native, was the most inventive. Inspired by the Ballet Russes and Leon Bakst paintings, she delivered a colorful, textural display of mohair and metallic knits with intricate 3-D patterns.
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Looks from Xiang Zhang and Jeanette Au. Photos Courtesy of Randy Brooke/WireImage.
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