New York’s web-based news channel, NY1 recently posted a video piece of our designers and our show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. We can’t embed it, but we can show you a screen shot…
Kristy Siefkin, from the School of Multimedia Communications reported from New York during our fashion show and gave us a nice video package to share. Check it out:
Each week, when I get my issue of Entertainment Weekly, I immediately flip to the back page to take a gander at their snarky “Bullseye” which they describe as “…pop culture news that is right on target for the week - and the events that missed the mark.”
As I was laughing at their witty remarks about popular culture, I immediately noticed something in the lower left quadrant. Take a look and see if you can spot what I am talking about.
Still can’t see - well here it is close up:
Yup. That’s a piece from Naomi Sutton’sFashion Week collection! It’s actually an honor to be included in a pop culture magazine - and we’ll take the comparison to HBO’s Big Love as a compliment.
And just in case you’re wondering, here’s the look in it’s entirety:
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
If you didn’t catch our live streaming show on Saturday, here it is in all it’s glory!
Now that it’s online, you can bookmark this page and relive the magical moment of the Academy of Art University School of Fashion Fall 2010 show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week!
And don’t forget! This is the last time Fashion Week will be in Bryant Park! Come September, we are moving on to Lincoln Center!
For more coverage of our show at Fashion Week, click here!
Suzy Menkes, fashion editor of the International Herald Tribune and a one-time guest of the school, gave our show a nod of acknowledgment with a write up for the New York Times:
Chris Moore/Karl Prouse
While New York fashion tends toward the dutifully wearable, the San Francisco-based fashion college gave food for thought. How was it possible that clothes from six selected students, with global origins in the United States, Russia and Asia, could seem more inventive and creative than established New York brands?
We already got reviews from two major media outlets!
One was written by Jennifer Paull from the AOL-based StyleList:
The most successful looks from these fledgling designers were usually those that concentrated each key idea into one standout item of clothing. For instance, An’s approach to toughness and loopiness worked best when consolidated into a single dress. Oo’s complex, multiple-textured knits were most striking when they stuck to a simple, dramatic silhouette, like the accordion-ridged cropped sweater. The patterns on Sutton’s silkscreened wool coats were largely washed out in the flashbulbs’ glare, but on close inspection they were delicately appealing. She printed the fabric with images of etchings she made from old family photographs, showing children at play — retro-crafty-touch-of-creepy!
Give credit to Simon Ungless, the director of fashion (and former longtime colleague of Alexander McQueen) for whipping a group of master’s students into runway shape; the clothes sent out by six MFA students at this San Francisco school surpassed some of the contemporary shows already seen for fall. First up, Marina Solomatnikova worked suede into flattering dresses and coats, subtly detailed with draped and folded backs; then Bethany Meuleners highlighted texture with a Duchamp-inspired lineup of navy and plum-colored silk slips over intricately woven dresses and bodysuits. In his knitwear collection, Steven Oo used the lines of an Italian architect to inform his startlingly chic black sweater dresses and coats, which had little spikes along the back. And, with her jewel-bedecked felt coats, Sabah Mansoor Husain offered refined outerwear with a dash of twinkly color.
Designers from left: Sabah, Steven, Nicky, Naomi, Bethany and Marina (Photo credit: PhotoEventsNYC.com)
The designers stand proudly with their models in their garments after a great show. There’s something about seeing a designer with a model in their design that is so cathartic…and it brings a tear to our eye.
You didn’t think I was so sensitive, did you?
Congratulations to Bethany Meuleners, Naomi Sutton, Sabah Mansoor Husain, Steven Oo, Hyo Sun An, and Marina Solomatnikova for getting to Bryant Park and representing the Academy of Art University School of Fashion!
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