FIDM Magazine

FIDM Grad Speaks to Students about Career as Film Costume Designer

FIDM Graduate and Film Costume Designer, Mona May, recently spoke to a Film & TV Costume Design class on FIDM's Los Angeles Campus. May has created costumes for some of our very favorite romantic comedies including Clueless, The Wedding Singer, and Never Been Kissed.

May's most recent costumes are for the upcoming film Enchanted, starring Patrick Dempsey (of the hit t.v. show Grey's Anatomy) and Amy Adams. --Kim

More Information:
FashionClub's Video Series featuring Mona May
FIDM's Film & T.V. Costume Design Advanced Study Program
Image Gallery of Mona May's costumes for the movie Haunted Mansion

Watch Debut 2007 on L.A.'s Channel 36

If you live in the Los Angeles area, you can watch FIDM's Debut 2007 Fashion Show on Channel 36.

Dates and times:
Wed, 6/6/07 @ 3:00 p.m. and @ 7:00 p.m.
Thu, 6/7/07 @ 7:00 p.m.

Don't miss the chance to see the runway show, featuring collections by graduating FIDM Advanced Study Fashion Design and Advanced Study Theatre Costume Design Students and our exciting Fender Guitar Runway Project!

About Debut 2007
The FIDM Debut Fashion Show is our biggest and most high-profile annual event and this year was no exception. Throughout the weekend the runway show is presented to hundreds of high school students and, on Gala Night, top industry leaders and stylish celebrities. Click here for our coverage of highlights and pix from Debut 2007. --Kim
 

FIDM Student Has Designs on A Haute Career

Stylist Assistant and 2nd-year Visual Communications Major Christian Douglas shares his most fashionable secrets and style inspirations, from a favorite couture boutique to a surprising must-have item, in the latest Style Scoop interview. --Kim

FIDM Grad Is Product Development Assistant for Sue Wong

FIDM Merchandise Product Development Grad Sylvia Patino is loving her new position as Product Development Assistant for Sue Wong (pictured above, a look from the Summer '07 collection). Find out which exotic locale would host Sylvia's dream shopping trip and get the 411 on her favorite fashion sites in our latest Style Scoop Interview! --Kim

FIDM Grad Works with Sephora and Henri Bendel

A self-described "beauty junkie," FIDM Grad Kristin Tsuchimoto works with companies like Sephora and Henri Bendel as an Account Manager for BORBA, the natural skincare line everyone's talking about. “FIDM has the most comprehensive and  well-rounded beauty industry program,” declares the Beauty Industry Merchandising & Marketing Program Grad. “I was impressed with the  instructors’ knowledge and experience in the industry.”  Find out more about Kristin's career in Alumni Stories. --Kim  

FIDM Alumni Honored for Making a Difference

Not one but two FIDM Graduates were honored for their achievements in business as well as their outstanding work in the community at a recent luncheon sponsored by the L.A. Business Journal.  Vani Kumar and June Durr were among the 200 nominees for the 16th Annual Women Making a Difference Award.

Vani Kumar, an Apparel Manufacturing Management Grad, is owner of the Suit Closet, a boutique specializing in women’s suits.  “I thank FIDM.  The professors are in the industry and they taught me that I have to find a niche.  I wanted something more than another retail store.”

June Durr received her degree in Merchandise Marketing.  “I really give accolades to FIDM for establishing the high level of excellence that makes everybody want to achieve it and reach it and keep it, because it does make a difference!” --Angel

She's Got Hollywood Covered

It seems like Niki Shadrow has done it all: event production, lifestyle consulting, fashion show production, and celebrity styling for stars like Paris Hilton, the Pussycat Dolls, and Amanda Bynes. So it only makes sense that she has now become a prominent Hollywood personality and is the Life & Style Editor for Hollywood Covered Magazine.

So how did she get here? “FIDM is an environment for creative minded and eclectic individuals and having a degree from FIDM gives you instant credibility in the fashion industry,” says the Merchandise Marketing Grad. “To be a part of a school that is focused around the first thing I am thinking about when I wake up every morning was a euphoric feeling.”

FIDM Student Is Lucky Magazine Intern

FIDM Visual Communications Program Student Victoria Land has all the luck (well, it took some hard work, too!)--she's the West Coast Intern for Lucky Magazine. Head to the Style Scoop Blog to find out this fashionable ex-Londoner's favorite shopping destination and get the 411 on her must-have summer purchase! --Kim

FIDM's Fender Guitar Runway Show

Recently we showed you the behind-the-scenes "making of" the Fender Guitar Project. Now watch the Fender Runway Show at this year's Debut 2007 Fashion Show, where the custom-designed guitars by FIDM Graphic Design Students are carried down the runway by models wearing rock star outfits created by FIDM Fashion Design Students. (Click here for a larger version of the video.) --Kim

FIDM Grad Is Costume Designer for "The Holiday"

COSTUME DESIGNER and FIDM Grad Marlene Stewart's latest project was the recent romantic flick The Holiday, starring Jude Law, Jack Black, Kate Winslet, and Cameron Diaz. To see close-ups of costumes from The Holiday and other films (like Dreamgirls and Marie Antoinette) featured in FIDM's 2007 Art of Motion Picture Costume Design exhibition, head to our Online Gallery. For more on Marlene, who has worked on everything from The Doors to Ali in her exciting career, visit Alumni Stories.--Kim