During our spring show, some video interviews were shot with some of our students — and we thought we would share a couple of them with you. The first one is with Jannika Lilja:
To look at Jannika’s collection, click here.
Last week San Francisco Chronicle reporter, Lorraine Sanders wrote an article for the Sunday Style section titled “S.F. schools put fashion theory into action” where she featured the annual spring fashion shows of five San Francisco fashion schools — one of them being ours.
Here’s what she wrote about the Academy of Art University:
Substantive style took on new meaning in the collection of Academy of Art University’s Drew Williams, who set out after high school to study molecular biology but eventually enrolled in the academy’s knitwear design program. Inspired by gel electrophoresis, commonly used to separate DNA, Williams created knitwear coated in silicone.
“My collection was based on science, and that was what I initially thought I would be doing with my life. … It was a very personal thing for me,” Williams said.
On the runway during the school’s May graduation show and awards ceremony, Williams’ clinical take on classic shapes mingled with ocean-inspired knitwear by Maggie Mo Luo, strikingly dyed apparel by Lisa Relth, and fancifully layered dresses by Brittany Burggraff and Wendy Tam.
A look by Lisa Relth.
A look by Brittany Burggraff and Wendy Tam
Click here to read the entire article.
Yigal Azrouel (right) looks at Jannika Lilja work.
As you may know, Yigal Azrouël was a special guest at our Spring Fashion Show in San Francisco. Inez-Marie Galvez, Margaret (Maggie) Yoha, and Jannika Lilja were lucky recipients of internship positions with him this summer. Fashion School Daily caught up with the trio before they headed off to the East Coast.
What was your reaction when you heard that Yigal Azrouël selected you for a summer internship?
Inez-Marie Galvez: I was in an L.A. hotel room with my mom, decided to check my email via phone, saw an email from Sara titled “Yigal”, opened it and as I was reading the words, I started to say “omg, omg, OMG OMG OMG!” (in a gradual increasing volume) haha! My mom ran to me thinking something bad happened, like back home up north, but I couldn’t utter a word because I was in shock. It completely caught me by surprise because I did not expect, nor plan, to snag an internship from the show. I was SO thrilled that I started to tear a bit. It was a perfect moment.
Maggie Yoha: Shocked and excited.
Jannika Lilja: Excitement. I’m eager to start this internship and move to a new city.
When do you move to New York?
Inez-Marie Galvez: Realistically, my move would be the last week of June. I still need to plan it out more, I mean, we did just find out. You look at the calendar and realize that” We only have one month left before the start date.”
Maggie Yoha: I fly out on June 27th.
Jannika Lilja: By the end of June!
Other than the internship, what are you most looking forward to doing in New York?
Inez-Marie Galvez: I’m looking forward to making connections and getting back into my music. What a great city to combine the two.
Maggie Yoha: Living with a high school friend that I haven’t had much time to see in ages, being somewhere I’ve never been before, learning a whole new location.
Jannika Lilja: Seeing my friends who moved there a year ago and exploring the city. I want to find the hidden gems.
Follow the jump to read more.
People are still talking about our graduation fashion show!
DazedDigital.com recently posted an interview with Drew Williams, who showed her knitwear earlier in May and received the coveted L’Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne internship as part of the Sister City Scholarship Exchange in Paris. Here’s what she had to say about her upcoming time in Europe:
I hope to learn more about myself and to grow as a designer. I am anxious and thrilled about going to Europe! Sounds stereotypical, but I fell in love with Paris on a school trip during High School, so I’m looking forward to going back and exploring the city further.
You can see all the collections from our show — including Drew’s — in the portfolio section of Fashion School Daily
To read Drew’s full interview, visit DazedDigital.com.
In case you missed our Spring graduate runway show, you can watch it in its entirety here:
To watch our past shows, click here.
We’ve been posting these news stories about our San Francisco Fashion Show on our Twitter account and our Facebook page, but we thought it would be good to have all of the great coverage of this year’s show in one central location: Fashion School Daily.
Here are some links to some of the coverage:
WWD
“Academy of Art University: Graduate Fashion Show”
“Fashion Firms On the Hunt”
Refinery 29
“The Best Looks From the Academy of Art’s BFA Graduate Show”
“Awesome Sketches From The Academy Of Art’s BFA Fashion Show”
“Cathy Horyn’s Advice To Aspiring Journalists: Be Reporters, Not Re-Bloggers”
7×7
“Emerging Talent: Stand Outs from the Academy of Art University’s Spring 2011 Fashion Show”
SF Indie Fashion
“Runway Recap: Academy of Art University Spring 2011”
Style Bistro
“Runway Review: Academy of Art Graduation Fashion Show 2011″
“Exclusive Interview: Yigal Azrouël at the Academy of Art Graduation Fashion Show”
Apparel News
“School of Fashion at Academy of Art University: Graduation Fashion Show”
The New York Times
“The Jury Is Still Out”
San Francisco Chronicle
“Academy of Art show draws top critics, designers”
Mod Cloth
“Style 101: The Academy of Art University’s Grad Show”
Stylenik
“Academy of Art Fashion Graduates Draw Notable Front Row; Put on Total Pro Show in San Francisco”
The Bold Italic
“Lights, Camera, Fashion”
Fashion Windows
“Sneak Peek: Academy of Art University Graduation Show on May 5th”
I think all of that deserves a fun self-pat on the back, right?
Steven Cox and Daniel Silver of Duckie Brown
For your viewing pleasure, here are more photos of our special guests reviewing student portfolios at our Spring Fashion Show:
Chris Li, (from left) Casey Evangelista and Ran Bi were presented with CFDA awards by New York Times fashion critic, Cathy Horyn. Photo credit: Randy Brooke
Three students received some special news last week when New York Times fashion critic Cathy Horyn announced the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) 2011 Scholarship Award Winners.
Horyn, a special guest at our fashion show, presented the prestigious CFDA scholarships to Chris Li, Casey Evangelista, and Ran Bi. Li was awarded a $5,000 scholarship and Bi was awarded $10,000. Evangelista scored the $10,000 CFDA Scholarship for The Clara Hancox Scholarship Award for Menswear Design.
Congratulations to all three! The awards were well-deserved.
Photo by Randy Brooke
Last week at our fashion show, members of Beyond the Front Row were ushers, Fashion Marketing students assisted with arranging press interviews with our special guests and a handful of students were dressers backstage — and for that, the School of Fashion would like to give each of you a big THANK YOU for all your help!
Local fashion blogger, Christina Topacio of Profresh Style gave us some great video coverage of our show last week. Check it out:
To read her full post, visit her website, www.profreshstyle.com.
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