FIDM Magazine

Winners Announced for Cotton, Inc. Tree Draping Contest

Congratulations to the winners of the Cotton, Inc. Tree Draping Contest. Aileen Coyle, Thorunn Ivarsdottir, and Anna Hansen were awarded a total of $1500 for their winning design—a cotton dragon, in honor of the year of the dragon.

Held in Grand Hope Park on January 18, the contest challenged students in teams of three to creatively draped a tree with 6-8 yards of provided muslin. Prior to the competition students were offered a free cotton draping workshop at the Loft, and were given the opportunity to dye the fabric.

On the day of the competition, students were allowed to bring scissors, tape, rulers, pens, needles and thread, and anything anything else that fit into a 6” x 6” container provided by FIDM. The trees were randomly assigned to each group.

Points were awarded by a final judging panel made up of one industry representative and one staff representative, determining 50% of the total points. The other 50% was comprised of a viewers' choice vote. 

The contest was offered as part of the launch of the Cotton Club, a new club open to all FIDM Students.

Congratulations to all the students who entered the contest: Emily Powell, Bianca Brown, Josue Michicol, Nicole Guerboian, Ariel Carroll, Nina Escobedo, Sung Jung Hong, Sunmi Kim, Bokhee Kim, Breanna Broach, Alicia Czerwiec, Bernadette Lansing, Melissa Liu, Chasun Lee, Maria Plaza, Natasha Endrei, Catherine Belgiano, Elizabeth Zaragoza, Kara Pelletier, Brenna Pelletier, Amanda Hosler, Jordan Miller, Tammi Agasi, Alex Ramirez, Guadalupe Tlatenchi, Leo Juarez, Jaime Garcia, Erin Martini, Krista Osborne, and Erin Beaudoin.

Just Accepted Visual Communications Student is a Senior at Seton Hall University

Just Accepted Visual Communications Student Whitney Wood is an Orange County native who is currently a senior at Seton Hall University, where she played basketball for three years. She hopes to be an entertainment journalist or stylist after attending FIDM.

"I feel that FIDM will push me creatively in ways that no other university can. I believe that FIDM will help me accomplish my goals and aspirations. I know people who graduated from FIDM and have nothing but wonderful things to say."

Read the entire interview at FIDM's FashionClub.com Daily Blog.

FIDM SF to Host FASHION+TECHSF Career Workshop

FASHION+TECHSF presents Mentors & Apprentices, a career workshop and a networking event for the fashion, technology, and creative industries in the SF Bay Area. Business owners who work in fashion, marketing, technology, art, and design related professions will introduce their businesses and/or products, explain what they do, discuss their industry challenges and the nature of their internship opportunity, followed by a Q&A session. Mentors will then be available to meet and interact with participants and for additional informational interviewing.

Students, entrepreneurs and those interested in additional career options are highly encouraged to attend. Internship opportunity and requirements are determined by each mentor and will vary. Resumes recommended.

What: Mentors & Apprentices
Where: FIDM, 55 Stockton Street, 5th Floor, Conference Room
When: February 21, 2012, Tues, 5:30pm to 8:30pm, please arrive early
RSVP: Buy Tickets, $10 General Admission
Free Admission with Student ID (all schools)

Speakers include Beth Blecherman, Techmamas Founder/Editor of Technology Mom, Rebekah Iliff, Talk Tech Communications CEO & Co-Founder, and Lili Balfour, Founder of Atelier Partners. Moderated by Owen Geronimo.

Costume Designer Mona May Coming to LA Campus

FIDM Alumna Mona May, the famed costume designer behind films such as Clueless and Enchanted, will be on campus on Wednesday, February 8, 2012, from 11am to 12pm in FIDM Annex Room A332. She will speak to Students about her career and bring a portfolio of her work. Her latest film for 2012 is Vamps, starring Sigourney Weaver and Malcolm McDowell.

FIDM Instructor Featured in Locale Magazine

FIDM Instructor Ron Pastucha helped create the fashion spread on pages 94 to 102 in Locale Magazine. This issue features a Monique Lhuillier dress on the cover as well as in the spread Ron worked on.

Alumna Leslie Christen is also featured as we recently mentioned.

Fashion 5.0 Magazine Visits FIDM San Diego

FIDM San Diego recently welcomed Fashion 5.0 Magazine for an on campus presentation. The local magazine put together a short video clip of the visit.

 

Blogging Panel Next Week at FIDM SF

On Thursday, February 2, 2012, from 6pm to 8pm, five savvy bloggers and online media specialists will share their expertise for "Why Blog? Ask Experts How to Amplify Your Online Presence" at FIDM San Francisco. Bloggers include Adelle McElveen of FashionistaLab.com, Erin Hagstrom of CaliVintage.com, Ashley Gustafson of FashionablyAshley.com, Lorraine Sanders of SFIndieFashion.com, and Sinead Norenius of iFabbo.com.

The panel is open to FIDM Students and Alumni, and the general public. A networking session and refreshments will follow.

Just Accepted Fashion Design Student Interns With Zandra Rhodes

Just Accepted Fashion Design Student Ally Greven is currently interning for the famed designer Zandra Rhodes at her Solana Beach studio.

"FIDM Los Angeles is where I need to be to pursue my dreams and career of being a designer and/or stylist. I've known for forever that I've wanted to go to FIDM for college, and after years of investigating, I really saw how FIDM helps their students with their goals and that really won me over."

Read the entire interview at FIDM's FashionClub.com Daily Blog.

Just Accepted Merchandise Marketing Student Co-Owns OC Boutique

Just Accepted Merchandise Marketing Student Kailee Hardy is only 17, but she already co-owns The Dress Exchange, a prom and pageant consignment boutique, with her mom. She hopes to pursue a career as a buyer and wouldn't mind being a future Miss America.

"Ever since my freshman year of high school, I knew that I was going to have a career in an industry that expressed creativity. I excelled in my art classes and instantly found my niche. I love that FIDM not only has a pretty pink interior, but that they are so accepting of your background and understand that the fashion industry is for anyone who has an eye for it. Another quality that sets FIDM apart from any other school is that there is nothing else like it! It really is the Harvard of fashion and is a perfect fit for me!"

Read the entire story on FIDM's FashionClub.com Daily Blog.

Just Accepted Visual Communications Student Wants to Design Window Displays

Just Accepted Visual Communications Student already has a B.A. from UCLA, studied at Parsons and abroad in Florence, and has run her own calligraphy business for the last two years. She hopes to one day create window displays for retail giants such as Barneys New York or Louis Vuitton.

"In college I had interned with Event Planners, Fashion Stylists, and UCLA's Marketing Department as well as studied Art and Fashion History and Fine Art while studying abroad my Junior year in Florence, Italy. It wasn't until I came across FIDM's Visual Communications major that everything just "clicked" and I knew this was the career path for me. The field combines all of my creative interests and I couldn't be more excited!"

Read the entire interview at FIDM's FashionClub.com Daily Blog.