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"25-year-old LeAnn Rimes hit the red carpet in downtown Nashville
wearing a pale pink Monique Lhuillier gown and glittering Neil Lane
jewels," reports ABC News.
Visit FIDM's Video Gallery to watch "Here Comes the Bride," highlights from FIDM Grad Monique Lhuillier's exciting career. For more news on Monique, including celeb and runway photos, click here. --Kim
Legendary graffiti and fine artist SABER spent the day at FIDM, painting, signing his new book Mad Society, and giving a lecture/slide show about his work and his (mis)adventures in graffiti art.
SABER's fine-art and graffiti works will remain in the FIDM Museum & Galleries for another week.
Read more about SABER on Fashion Club Daily. PLUS: Find out more about FIDM's Graphic Design Program.
Celebs-galore, including Sarah Michelle Gellar, Christina Aguilera, and Gwen Stefani, attended the grand opening gala for FIDM Grad Pamela Skaist-Levy and co-founder Gela Nash-Taylor's 5,000 square foot Juicy Couture flagship store on Beverly Hills' famed Rodeo Drive. For more photos head to Pop Sugar. For more details and pix of the new store, head to our previous post. --Kim
With a degree in Apparel Manufacturing Management, FIDM Grad Jenny Parker has managed to make a career out of what started out as a hobby. She took her knowledge of auto upholstery and her love for hot rods, custom car culture, and vintage glamour and turned it into her company, Trophy Queen, which makes gorgeous handbags, wallets, and other accessories. Read more about Jenny in Fashion Club Daily's latest Style Scoop Q&A.
FIDM Grad and Fashion Designer Angela Johnson is a finalist for the Arizona Republic's Designer of the Year's online reader's choice award. To vote and see more photos click here. --Kim
Related, from the Archives: FIDM Grad Launches New Designs, Daily Candy Features FIDM Grad
Elizabeth Snead of L.A. Times' The Dish Rag reports that Katie Holmes has "broken the powerful Armani spell and turned up at the Lions for Lambs premiere in a sleek and chic one-shouldered black silk Monique Lhuillier gown. Awww. Our little girl is all grown-up." No wonder Katie chose this gorgeous gown by FIDM Grad Monique Lhuillier--she looks amazing in it! --Kim
Mark your calendars! The FIDM Museum Shop and the FIDM Alumni Association are co-sponsoring a one-of-a-kind trunk show featuring the work of FIDM Alumni in the FIDM Museum Shop on December 12, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thirty different vendors will be selling their wares, including Janene Zakrajsek of the new downtown haute spot for pets, Pussy & Pooch Pethouse and Pawbar; Michael Herrera of M…The Movement (seen on the runway at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios); and Tiffany Pinegar of Eleven:Eleven Apparel. More vendors will be announced soon, so watch this space for details.
(If you are a FIDM Grad and would like to reserve a table at the event, contact the FIDM Alumni Association's Bill Cliatt for more information.) --Kim
It may look effortless, but it takes a lot of behind-the-scenes work to make a Fashion Show run smoothly--and imagine coordinating dozens of shows in a single week! FIDM Students got to learn firsthand how it all happens when they volunteered at the recent Spring 2008 shows for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios. Volunteer Coordinator Danielle Thomas of IMG/Action Sports writes, "All of your students were incredibly helpful, patient, and fun to be around. They also dealt with the fast-paced and stressful aspect of the event very well. This event would not have been a success without your students." --Kim
Image: A gown by FIDM Grad Kevan Hall, Spring 2008 Collection, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
