In today’s edition of Ex-Changing the World, Sally Spackman from New Zealand!

What University are you from and what is your major?

I am from Massey University in Wellington, New Zealand. I am an undergraduate and my major is Fashion Design.

What inspired you to be a part of the exchange program at the Academy of Art University?

I wanted to do a exchange in high school but the opportunity never came up, then I learned about this exchange when I was in my second year of University. Once I started researching the Academy of Art University and all the interesting classes you could take here I knew it was a great opportunity that I couldn’t miss.

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Eleanor Lambert was a mover and a shaker – as you all learned in this week’s Who’s That? Contest. Before American fashion really even existed, she believed in it. She persuaded buyers from Paris, Milan, and the rest of the world to come to New York City and see what American designers had to offer – today we call this event New York Fashion Week. She truly believed in each and every one of her clients, from Pierre Cardin and Christian Dior to Oscar de la Renta, and she worked tirelessly to promote them – she truly was the creator of public relations in the fashion industry. There was nothing this woman couldn’t do. It was her unwavering faith, determination, and never-ending work ethic that put American designers and American style on the map.

Fashion historian and author John Tiffany, who worked for Miss Lambert (as she was called) in the ‘90s, details all of these amazing accomplishments in the book Eleanor Lambert: Still Here. For the book, Tiffany compiled Miss Lambert’s many press releases and used them as a framework to tell the story of one of the most influential women in American fashion. Not only is this book an amazing lesson on the history of fashion in the 20th century, the images are absolutely stunning, from portraits of Miss Lambert to glamorous fashion spreads from her many clients. This book pays homage to a true fashion legend whose memory will live on – she really is Still Here.

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This amazing woman is Eleanor Lambert – creator of the fashion public relations industry, founder of the Costume Institute at the Met, the CFDA, and the International Best Dressed List, creator of Fashion Week – her list of accomplishments honestly goes on and on. Basically, the fashion industry would not exist as it does today if it weren’t for Miss Lambert, one of the hardest working women of all time.

Congrats to Yufei and Brenda M who both guessed correctly!! You will both receive a ticket to Thread Show SF!

To see more of our “Who’s That?” Contests, click here.

Official Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Banners - Illustrated by GPP

The day has finally arrived and we couldn’t be more excited! Tonight at 8 PM EST/5 PM PST (or maybe a few minutes later – you know how fashion shows are!) students from the Academy of Art University will show their Spring ’12 collections at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. All of the designers have been working so hard – we cannot wait to see their spectacular designs!

You can catch all the action at http://academyart.edu/fashionshow/ where we will be streaming the event live. There will also be a live Twitter feed, so be sure to Tweet it up about the collections and your fave looks! And don’t forget to include the #AAUSS12 hashtag to make sure your Tweet is part of the party!

Tune in and support your fellow students!

For more information on Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, click here.

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week uses fashion illustrations by Gladys Perint Palmer, Executive Director of the School of Fashion at Academy of Art University, in the event branding by Almeter Design for the Spring 2012 shows at Lincoln Center. This will be the second season as Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week used her illustrations for their Fall 2011 event branding.

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You can see many more illustrations by GPP on her Tumblr.

You can also follow her on Twitter and Facebook!

It’s almost time for our favorite occasion, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week! Everyone will be kicking things off with Fashion’s Night Out on September 8 – be sure to attend the event at Neiman Marcus!

Then we have the Academy of Art University’s Spring/Summer ’12 show on September 9! This is a MAJOR deal, because we are the only school to show independently at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, and we have for the past five years! We will be streaming the event live for the fifth season, so go to http://www.academyart.edu/fashionshow/ to watch!

Something new we are doing this year is having a Twitter party during the show! There is going to be a live Twitter feed that streams with the video, and we want you all Tweeting about the amazing collections. The official hashtag for the Academy of Art University’s fashion show is #AAUSS12. Be sure to include the hashtag in your tweet so that it will be part of the party!

And be sure to check Fashion School Daily each and every day for the latest news! We’ll be blogging about our fabulous School of Fashion designers, Fashion’s Night Out, catching up with our Alumni in New York, and so much more!!

With New York Fashion Week right around the corner, many designers are on the hunt for some interns — particularly the Los Angeles-based womenswear line Odilon by Stacey Clark.

They will be in New York come September and they are looking to recruit some top-notch interns. Here’s what they are looking for:

*2-3 interns in the studio/showroom (3 weeks)
*6 interns for day of show for dressing and show prep (1 day)
*1 sales intern to help at the trade show and in the showroom (1 week)
*1 PR intern to assist our PR team (2 weeks)

If you’re interested, send your material to carolyn@odilonbystaceyclark.com.

[Source: Fashionista]

Now that they have had time to marinate on the subject, Harry Go has decided to come out of blogging retirement to join FSD blogger Danielle Wallis to give a he said/she said take on the Academy of Art University Fall 2011 collections at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Lincoln Center.

Holly Smith

Danielle: Holly Smith started the show with beautifully dramatic makeup, a spacey soundtrack, and a few nip slips. The collection looks like it was designed for a sexy female gang of city-dwelling villains. (Love!) Smiths’ skirt suits were impeccably tailored, and I would definitely love rocking one of their high-waisted, wine-colored pencil skirts any day.

Harry: My heart skipped two or three beats when Melodie Monrose strutted down the runway to open the show in Holly’s collection. Holly Smith took American sportswear to a new level of glamorous and femininity.

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Blog love, tweets and online articles started sprouting not too long after our show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Lincoln Center. But we were especially delighted to read what Cathy Horyn had to say about our show on the New York Times fashion blog, “On the Runway.”

…the jacquard knits of Stephanie Gelot and some of the tailoring of Jonathan David Baker and Aura Taylor was particularly strong and promising.

We immediately posted the article on our Facebook page, but a couple days later, the same piece appeared in print in the New York Times:

Isn’t instantaneous journalism great?

Photo by: Randy Brooke

Still runway photos from the collections of all our designers who showed at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Lincoln Center are now available for your viewing pleasure. Just click on the “Runway and Portfolio” graphic to your right and click through the pics!