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FIDM Museum & Galleries Curator and Fashion Design Program Grad Kevin Jones was interviewed by the L.A. Times in their story about the jumpsuit trend and its WWII-era history. Click here to read the article. --Kim
Image: Maggie Gyllenhaal at The Dark Knight premiere in a jumpsuit by Stella McCartney
Popular FIDM Instructor, FIDM Graduate, and Fashion Designer Nick Verreos of T.V.'s Project Runway fame, appeared on CBS's The Early Show. Click here to watch the video clip on Nick's blog. For more on Nick's career including images of his gowns, click here. --Kim
FIDM Grad Niki Shadrow has graced our FIDM Magazine before, when she was Life & Style Editor for Hollywood Covered magazine.
Now she's been interviewed as the Life & Style Editor and West Coast Fashion Stylist for Super Models magazine, for which she styles celebrities like Eva La Rue, Tila Tequila, and Kimberly Caldwell.
Says Niki, "The day I figured out what a Stylist was and what they did, I knew I had to become one!"
"After attending fashion college at FIDM in L.A.," she continues, "I tried several jobs in the fashion industry, but everything kept bringing me back to Styling!"
As for her Styling philosophy, Niki says, "I am all about taking celebrities from their everyday look to my avant garde vision. Fashion is all about taking risks!"
Read more from Niki in the interview below. --Belissa
FIDM Graphic Design Grad Anthony Badami designed the Asics brand outfits for the men's and women's U.S. Olympic and U.S. National Wrestling teams. Click here for more photos. --Kim
People.com reports that singer Jewel wore Monique Lhuillier for her secret wedding to Ty Murray in the Bahamas earlier this month.
"At sunset, as Otis Redding's 'I've Been Loving You Too Long' played from their private cabana, Jewel, 34, (in Monique Lhuillier) met her groom (in jeans and cowboy boots) in the sand to recite their handwritten vows."
Go here to see who else has been spotted in Monique Lhuillier.
Film & T.V. Costume Design Grads are really using their FIDM education to make a name for themselves within the Entertainment Industry! FIDM's amazing Career Development Center and our unique industry partnerships help make it possible.
It's also exciting to see that successful working alumni are usually more than willing to hire new FIDM Students and Grads because they know that they have the skills necessary to perform well on the job. Here is just a small sampling of some of the most recent jobs held by our grads within the field of Costume Design. --Kim
Kristi Hoffman, Set Costume Designer for Drew Barrymore and Ellen Page's upcoming film Whip It
Agata Maskiewicz, Costume Designer for NBC's The Starter Wife
Kelli Martin, Designer Contestant on Project Runway: Season 5
Suzy Magnin, Set Costumer for FOX's Prison Break and Costume for So You Think You Can Dance
Michelle Liu, Costume Designer for CBS's The Cleaner and Key Costumer for Steven Spielberg's Tin Tin
Rumaldo Medina, Designer/Sampler Maker for ABC's America's Prom Queen
Andrea Galer, Emmy Winner and Costume Designer for Jane Eyre miniseries
Christie Tackett, Design Guest for Tyra Banks Show
Diana Savone, Set Costume for Teen Choice Awards
Ray Baltazar, Producer for Ed Hardy's Smashbox runway show
Rumaldo Medina, Sketched Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise's wedding attire for In-Style Celebrity Weddings
Joan Lee, Intern for City Ballet of Los Angeles
Greg Lavoi, Costume Designer for The Closer
Hollywood 'It' girl and tastemaker Scarlett Johannson donned an
absolutely amazing Monique Lhuillier gown to the Los Angeles premiere
of her new flick Vicky Cristina Barcelona. The star told People
mag of the poppy-colored dress, "I love the color and I just wanted to
wear something summery...something that had a nice, Old Hollywood feel." --Angel
Go here to see who else has been spotted in Monique Lhuillier.
FIDM's 16th Annual Career Connections, an event which brings together successful FIDM Alumni with current FIDM Students for networking and knowledge-sharing, took place last week on the Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Orange County campuses. Over 140 FIDM Graduates participated, along with over 1,000 FIDM Students.
Each year some of FIDM's most illustrious Alumni return to the college to share their experience in the industry with current students. From left, Nick Verreos (Project Runway Season 2 Finalist and FIDM Instructor), Raymundo Baltazar (Project Runway Season 2 Finalist and successful Stylist), red carpet designer Kevan Hall, and current Project Runway Finalist Kelli Martin all spent the morning talking to students on the Los Angeles campus.
Here’s what some of the participants had to say about FIDM & Career Connections:
"What I loved about FIDM is that every one of my instructors was in the Beauty Industry. FIDM supports you not only in your education but afterwards, in your career," said Viri Flores, Assistant Manager at a major beauty emporium.
Raymundo Baltazar, who has worked with Ed Hardy, Justin Timberlake's William Rast clothing, and Antiq Denim, had a lot to say, and the crowd around his table was three people thick. "If you don't know fit and you don't know patterns, you're not a designer! Specialize in something and know the basics."
Raymundo continued, "FIDM is one of the best-known fashion colleges in the world. They have the best connections. It's very expensive, but what you get in return is priceless!"
"FIDM gave me a really great start," said Assistant Costume Designer Suzy Magnin, "and a lot of contacts. I got my first job, on Gilmore Girls, through my connections at FIDM." Since then she's worked on Cold Case, CSI, and So You Think You Can Dance, among others.
Emmy Award winning Costumer for Six Feet Under, Jill Ohanneson, told us, "Whenever I need an intern or a Production Assistant, I call FIDM!"
Reactions from the students were just as positive. "Inspirational!" "Very well organized, very well worth it!" and "Inspired me to do more than what is expected," were some of the attendees' remarks afterwards.
So went FIDM's 16th such successful event. Students walked away with not only valuable information on the realities of the industries they hope to enter, but in some cases they gleaned contacts for internships and jobs, with the Alumni benefiting from the event as well.
For more on Career Connections, visit FIDM.edu.
Head to Nick Verreos’s blog for his take on the event.
We're thrilled to announce that this fall FIDM San Diego will relocate to a gorgeous new campus, designed by world-renowned architect Clive Wilkinson! Clive also designed FIDM's stylish Orange County Campus and the ultra-imaginative Design Studio on our Los Angeles Campus. --Kim
Take a photo tour of the new campus.
Find out how to schedule a tour or just drop by.
Project Runway is now filmed at FIDM. Go behind-the-scenes! 
