The MFA designers decided to share an “industry secret” the other day, which is in the form of a dry cleaning alternative called Dryel.

We chatted with Richelle and Brittney about it and they decided to give a little demo of how the product works…

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Last, but certainly not least, Kara Sennett talks about who retro-futuristic collection and how she digs ‘new metal’ music while she works:

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Richelle Valenzuela (pronounced like Mitchell, but with an R) gives us the undulating inspiration behind his gem of a collection.

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MFA Fashion Design students, Jie Pan and Sawanya Jomthepmala gives us the details on the inspiration behind their collections for New York Fashion Week (which is nine days away) and Sawanya talks about a musician that I have never heard of:

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MFA Fashion Design student, Amanda Cleary gives us info about her graphic design-inspired collection and gives us a peek at what’s playing on her iPod while she is sewing.

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Our 7 MFA students are putting the finishing touches on their collections for New York Fashion Week (our show is Sept. 12 in Bryant Park’s big tent in case you didn’t know) and Fashion School Daily infiltrated the work room to ask them some questions about their collections.

Marina Nikolaeva Popska showed us some of her sketches, knits and described the inspiration for her nature-meets-humanity collection.

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As Sept. 12 inches closer (if you haven’t marked your calendar already, this is the date of the School of Fashion’s show in New York) you’d think that MFA fashion design students Amanda Cleary, Brittney Major, Jie Pan, Kara Sennett, Richelle Valenzuela, Marina Popska, and Sawanya Jomthepmala would be frantic and unbelievably high-strung - but it’s the exact opposite.

There seems to be a serene vibe when walking into the workroom on the first floor at 180 New Montgomery. If they are stressed out, they know how to hide it really well.

“All of us usually work from about 9 a.m. to about 5:30 p.m.,” says Brittney. “At 5:30 p.m. they usually kick us out.”

“But we take some stuff home to hand sew,” adds Amanda.

I suggest that they try multi-tasking to get more stuff done, but Kara regulates on that idea.

“Multi-tasking is bad for you,” jokes Kara.

“Why?” I ask. “I do it all the time.”

“Because if you have too much stuff going on at once, it will make your mind all messed up,” says Kara.

Point taken.

The 7 students have been working non-stop on their collections since January. Their only day off is Sunday - and that’ just because the building is closed. They just continue to sew, sew and sew some more until they present their collections at New York Fashion Week. This makes me wonder: do these brilliant designers ever sleep?

“More than before,” says Sawanya.

“I get about 8 hours of sleep,” adds Brittney. “At the end of the day, that’s all you want to do.”

Come to think of it, they get more sleep than me.

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