Adelle L. Burda, a Fashion Knitwear Design and DEBUT Alumna, is hosting a 50% off sale on her adellelousie website.
Finds include metallic striped scarves made from bamboo yarn, crocheted headbands, and ultra-soft boatneck sweaters.
BizBash recently compiled Southern California's Top 100 Events for 2011 and FIDM's DEBUT Runway Show came in fifth under Fashion & Retail events.
Design by Hualei Sun
FIDM Debut 2011, the runway show for the fashion college’s Advanced Fashion Design and Theatre Costume Design graduates took place over three exciting days in March.
Design by Lauren Grace Burns
The Barker Hangar in Santa Monica was the venue for the glamorous fundraiser featuring the work of 10 top Fashion Design Students and five Theatre Costume Designers. This year’s theme for theatre design “Carnivale in Rio,” inspired a breathtaking procession of samba-swirling models in 40 brilliant and outrageous costumes.
Design by Pamhidzai Mbanga
Inspiration for the Fashion Design students was global, with collections drawn from Paris, Russia, Manhattan, Japan, and Hollywood and materials ranging from silk chiffon and wool to sustainable cotton, wood, concrete, and grass. The collections focused on eveningwear, knit, active, street, and children’s wear.
“Chairing Styles,” the collaboration with Cotton Board/Cotton Inc. now in its fifth year, showcased the work of 30 students in three disciplines—Textile, Fashion, and Interior Design. Students, who were awarded $20,000 in scholarships, created ten sets of original matching garments and chairs with original textile designs.
Design by Tawny Ho (Fashion), Caitlin McCarthy (Interior), and Taylor Belanger (Textile). Haute House is manufacturer.
The event wrapped with a gala dinner and scholarship fundraiser, benefiting the FIDM Scholarship Foundation, a nonprofit organization, assisting students with the completion of their education.
Advanced Fashion Design Students who participated were: Ethan Bartlett, Adelle Louise Burda, Hannah Childs, Kristine Flanigan, Paul Hernandez, Airi Isoda, Pamhidzai Mbanga, Alexandra Paulus, Kamelia Stojanikova, and Hualei Sun. Advanced Theatre Costume Design participants were: Patricia Allin, Lauren Grace Burns, Cheryl Fitzgerald, Anna Osterwald, and Beth Teemley.
For more photos see our gallery at Flickr.
A new article from California Apparel News talks about DEBUT and has a photo gallery from the exciting event.
A fashionable and well-connected crowd gathered to celebrate the latest crop of graduates from the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising’s advanced fashion design and advanced theater costume design programs. In addition, guests got a look at Chairing Styles, FIDM’s design project in which fashion design, textile design and interior design students collaborate to create a coordinating chair and dress made with original fabric.
Congratulations to second quarter Fashion Design Student Jessyca R. Bluwal. She was chosen by DEBUT Host Christian Moralde as this year's designer for the fourth annual "Design For DEBUT's MC Competition" co-sponsored by Student Activities. She plans to create a multicolored jacket for Christian to wear on stage at Santa Monica's Barker Hangar on March 17th and March 18th.
Jessyca has been designing theatre costumes for many years, both professionally and personally. After graduation she is aiming to be accepted into FIDM's Advanced Study Program for Theatre Costume Design and ultimately hopes to design costumes for film. Jessyca credits her early sewing skills to her mother, Bettyna Bluwal, her mentor Clara Baer, and her grandfather, Royce Herron, who was a tailor and had a tremendous passion for sewing.
"DEBUT is about fashion, celebration, and entertainment. The jacket had to embody all of these qualities," says Jessyca. "I have recently been fascinated with fabric manipulation and I jumped at the chance to use what I 've learned to create a diamond honey comb effect."
Thursday, March 17 is designated as Educators’ Day as FIDM invites California Educators to spend a full day of fashion and networking in Los Angeles. A full agenda is planned beginning with a guided tour of the downtown Los Angeles fashion college’s facilities including the current FIDM Museum exhibition “Art of Motion Picture Costume Design” and the campus' popular stores. At an elegant midday lunch at the Wilshire Grand Hotel, Educators will get to meet FIDM alumni and discuss creative careers in sustainability. The evening ends with the glamorous DEBUT Runway Show highlighting the work of graduating Fashion Design and Theatre Costume Design Advance Study Students. Transportation from the downtown campus will be provided to the activities and bus service to LA is available from a few South California meeting points. Visit the website for more information. See you at Educators’ Day 2011!
If you live outside of California and are interested in experiencing everything FIDM has to offer, you won't want to miss this event! Tour FIDM's Los Angeles Campus and attend a special preview presentation of our annual DEBUT Runway Show on Friday, March 18, 2011! Get the details and RSVP.
Learn about our 20 creative majors, see the dynamic learning environment, and attend FIDM's incredibly popular annual Runway Show featuring designs by our graduating students.
(For High School Juniors, Seniors, and Graduates residing outside the State of California)
The collections from DEBUT 2010's Advanced Fashion Design Students will be on the runway this Thursday at Fashion Week El Paseo in Palm Desert. Some of the designers will be on hand to discuss their collections, which premiered at FIDM's annual DEBUT 2010 Runway Show & Fashion Gala earlier this month. Click on the invite for more details or visit Fashion Week El Paseo.
This year, DEBUT Advanced Fashion Design Graduating Students competed in the Guess Design Challenge. The challenge was created by FIDM and GUESS especially for FIDM DEBUT Students and judged by Maurice Marciano, a founder of Guess. The students each created a design which was presented on the runway at DEBUT. The winning designer, Brittany Vu, was offered a job as a Design Assistant with the GUESS? Inc. design department and she will have the opportunity be part of the process as her design goes from concept to store as part of an upcoming Guess collection. (Click on each photo for a closer look.)
Brittany Vu's Guess Ensemble
Each of the DEBUT Students with His/Her Design Entry
Guess Design Challenge Winner Brittany Vu Meets Guess Founder Maurice Marciano
