Steven Oo graduated from the Academy of Art University’s School of Fashion with M.F.A. degrees in both Knitwear and Fashion Design. His senior collection was shown at New York Fashion Week Fall ’10 in Bryant Park. Oo’s collection of layered, multi-textured knits earned praise from the New York Times and Women’s Wear Daily, and launched his career. After working as an associate designer at BCBG, Oo landed a job at Anthropologie – a move that opened up some amazing opportunities.
How long have you been working at Anthropologie and what do you do there?
It’s been a little over 6 months and I design sweaters.
What is your favorite thing about working there?
So many things but two definitely things that I love. Travel and Creativity.
We heard you are getting your own line through Anthropologie – how did that happen?
When I interviewed, I showed them a few pieces that I had done so far since my graduation show at Bryant Park and they loved a couple of them. They liked one of them so much they agreed to buy one from me as a vendor. I was able to do everything from sourcing to production on my own. It was an amazing learning experience for me and I’m extremely thankful.
How do you balance creativity and commerciality?
Anthropologie actually has a lot of room for creativity because the customer loves the unusual. Of course there are trends that you cannot ignore and must keep up with but we get to do a lot of hands-on designing and actually creating something from scratch. I’ve knitted quite a few original pieces for them at the knitting room at work, one of them is available in stores now!
Alums Jad Baghdadi (from left), Arianna Perez and Steven Oo on Halloween
Steven Oo leads his zombie entourage as Karl Lagerfeld. The finely dressed zombies are Jad Baghdadi and Arianna Perez — all School of Fashion alumni working at BCBG
Fashion School Daily caught up with alum Steven Oo who is working as an associate Designer at BCBG Max Azria in Los Angeles, CA.
List three of your Heroes in History: Galileo Galilei and Thomas Edison, they are both geniuses who invented things for a living… but there was always something about Napoleon Bonaparte…
List three of your Heroes today: Only have one. My mother.
Name three of your favorite designers: Nicolas Ghesquière, Alber Elbaz, John Galliano
List a guilty pleasure: I like trying on clothes I make.
Tell us about something funny or silly that happened to you this week: I went on the scale right after I ate at a buffet and I freaked out, then I joined a gym.
What is the most embarrassing item in your closet? Too X-rated for the general audience.
What is your must have item? A Slouchy Sweater.
Where have you found inspiration lately? I always find inspiration in architecture or interior design but lately I’ve been seeing a lot of beautiful colors and textures in the sky.
What is your most valued possession? My passion for what I do.
What is playing on your iPod? It’s always on shuffle and all the music came from other people… I’m not too picky.
List a person (dead or alive) whom you would like to have coffee with: I don’t drink coffee… but I’d like to sit down with Anna Wintour given a chance
Online magazine Fantastics interviewed 2010 MFA Fashion and Knitwear Design Alumnus Steven Oo. They also used his knitwear collection from the February 2010 Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week Show for an editorial
Remember Steven Oo’s structural knitwear work from last February’s fashion week? Well, the alum is at it again with two spreads in Novo and Reflex magazine.
Steven Oo, an alum who showcased his spiky structured knitwear earlier this year at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week had his work featured in the uber-modern art and culture-centric publication Dimension Magazine.
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:
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!
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