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FIDM Footwear Design Program Grads' Shoe Featured in December Vogue Magazine

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The model in the photo at left is wearing a pair of sandals designed by FIDM Footwear Design Program Grads Cherise Angelle and Nicole LaFave from their Omelle (ähm' elle) line. 

Here's a snippit from their site:

"Amidst illustrations, scrap fabrics and inspiration boards at LA's prestigious Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, two shoe-obsessed designers discovered a common interest—luxury footwear with a distinct and imaginative voice."

Sounds like they'll have some interesting things to say in that voice! --Belissa

FIDM Footwear Design Grads Featured on Cover of 'Footwear News'

FIDM Footwear Design Program Grads Cherise Angelle and Nicole LaFave of the luxury shoe line Omelle are on the cover of Footwear News. Head to Omelle.com to view the article. (You'll need to scroll down the page to view it.) --Kim

Forbes Names FIDM Grad a "Designer on the Rise"

Forbes Magazine has named 25-year old FIDM Fashion Design Grad Sergio Guadaramma one of Ten Undiscovered Designers On the Rise. A 2003 graduate, Sergio recently showed a gorgeous Swarkovski crystal-studded, 100% cotton wedding gown at Supima's inaugural Design Contest for Emerging Talent.

His work has appeared in Women's Wear Daily, Fashion Week Daily, Vogue Knitting, and Fashion FM. --Kim

Footwear Design Grads Featured in WWD

FIDM Footwear Design Grads Cherise Angelle and Nicole LeFave, founders of the luxe shoe line Omelle, were featured in today's issue of WWD.

"Prices for the collection range from $500 to $1,545, at retail. The line has been picked up by Capital, in Charlotte, N.C., Victoria’s in Baton Rouge, La., ShopBop.com and a few others. The designers will also offer the collection at the Premiere Classe trade show in Paris this month." Read the rest of the article at WWD online. --Kim

Steve Madden Features Shoe Design by FIDM Student

FIDM Fashion Design Student Beth Macias won the Steven Madden Art + Sole shoe design contest in July. Now the shoes based on her design are available online. To purchase your own pair of these cute patent leather flats (also available in black), head to SteveMadden.com. --Kim

More:
Read our Style Scoop Interview with Beth.
Find out more about the contest.
Try on FIDM's Footwear Design program.

FIDM Grad Featured in Seventeen Magazine Thailand

FIDM Grad Candice Ulmer designed the cute Not Rated sneakers with a heart motif featured in the September 2007 issue of Seventeen Magazine Thailand. --Kim

Style Scoop Q&A: Footwear Designer Beth Macias

FIDM Fashion Design Student Beth Macias is busy doing more than homework this quarter. She was just awarded the Grand Prize in Steve Madden's Art + Sole Shoe Design Contest and her winning design will be featured in Steve's new fall line! From a beloved cult film to her dream fashion purchase, get the scoop on Beth's favorites in FashionClub's latest Q&A. --Kim

FIDM Fashion Design Student Beth Macias is busy doing more than homework this quarter. She was just awarded the Grand Prize in Steve Madden's Art + Sole Shoe Design Contest and her winning design will be featured in Steve's new fall line! From a beloved cult film to her dream fashion purchase, get the scoop on Beth's favorites in FashionClub's latest Q&A. --Kim

FIDM Student Wins Grand Prize in Steve Madden Shoe Design Contest

FIDM Student Beth Macias is the Grand Prize Winner of Steve Madden's Art+Sole Shoe Design Contest! Beth's ultra-cute flat, pictured above, will be featured in Steve's new fall line. When asked about FIDM's impact on her big win, she revealed, "I think the time spent putting everything (seriously EVERYTHING) into your designs gives you a certain confidence about what you're creating and I don't know that I really had that before. You're not going to spend an entire Sunday locked up in your room finishing a collection on Illustrator just to feel so-so about your designs. It's kind of all or nothing." Well, Beth's hard work certainly paid off and we can't wait to see what this footwear aficionado will design next!

FIDM Grad Irene (Yi Ning) Hsu also received special recognition from Steve for her funky and fabulous boot design. Read all about it here. --Kim

FIDM Student and Grad Among 5 Finalists in Steve Madden Design Contest

Last week we shared the news that FIDM Footwear Design Grad Irene Hsu is one of the finalists in Steve Madden's Art+Sole Competition. Turns out that FIDM Student Beth Macias is also among the five finalists chosen by Steve himself! The winning design will be featured in Steve Madden's fall line. Check out Beth's design and vote today! --Kim