Fashion Incubator San Francisco Designers in Residence: Tamara Jaric, Bethany Meuleners, Sabah Mansoor Husain, Tony Sananikone, Paloma Von Broadley, and Justin Jamison. Photo Courtesy of SF Weekly. 

The inaugural class of Macy’s Fashion Incubator San Francisco showed off their new digs at last night’s launch event. The Fashion Incubator offices and workshop sit on the 7th floor of the Macy’s men’s building – the perfect perch to get those creative juices flowing. Two School of Fashion alums, Bethany Meuleners and Sabah Mansoor Husain, were selected to take part in the year-long mentorship program, which provides the designers with an amazing workspace in the Macy’s offices, as well as crash-courses on everything from the financial aspects of fashion, to production, and media training. The Fashion Incubator program hopes to reinvigorate SF’s fashion industry, which has been on a steady decline for years.

We were lucky enough to tour the designers’ space – which is pretty amazing. Each designer-in-residence, as they’re called, has an office, drawing tables, showroom space, and access to some pretty amazing equipment. It is an amazing opportunity for the young designers to really build their label under the guidance of industry professionals – and we can’ wait to see their progress throughout the year!

We are so excited to announce that School of Fashion alumnae Bethany Meuleners and Sabah Mansoor Husain have been selected to participate in the Macy’s Fashion Incubator program in San Francisco! The program, sponsored by Macy’s West, allows designers to rent sewing workshops at Macy’s and work with fashion, business, and retail experts to build their line.

Bethany and Sabah both graduated from the Academy of Art University in 2010 with Master’s of Fine Arts degrees in Fashion and Knitwear Design. Both designers showed their collections during the Academy of Art University Fall ’10 Fashion Show at New York Fashion Week.

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You may remember MFA grads Bethany Meuleners and Sabah Mansoor Husain when they showed their collections at New York Fashion Week for the F/W 2010 collections– and they are still going at it in a collaborative effort called be.sa. Make sure you check out their upcoming fashion show at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 18 at Supper Club in San Francisco (657 Harrison Street).

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The folks at Fashion News Live posted not one – not two – not three – but FOUR videos about our show in New York in February. One showcases our entire runway show, another puts the spotlight on Sabah and her collection and the last two are interviews with Project Runway alum Kevin Christiana and Paper Magazine Editorial Director Mickey Boardman.

Runway coverage:

Sabah’s interview:

Kevin Christiana’s interview:

Mickey Boardman’s interview:

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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…

AND you can watch the whole video by clicking here.

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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:

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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!

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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!

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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:

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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?

Now that’s a compliment if I’ve ever heard one.

Read the entire article here.

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