FIDM Magazine

FIDM OC Graphic Design Students Help "Heel" Hunger

FIDM Orange County Graphic Design Students are competing in a charitable event, CANstruction, to benefit the OC Food Bank. Constructed from approximately 3,000 cans of food, the students will design and construct a woman's high heel shoe and the competition will take place at South Coast Plaza from September 5 to September 27. Please contribute pink Bumble Bee tuna cans, red Tyson chicken cans, and/or cash donations to Student Activities on any FIDM campus. You can join the students for an all-nighter on September 4 to construct the stiletto at South Coast Plaza!

TOMS Shoes Visits FIDM

TOMS Shoes visited FIDM last Wednesday, holding a trunk sale and giving a presentation in the FIDM Museum & Galleries.  TOMS Shoes is more than just a shoe company--they're also a humanitarian effort. For every pair of shoes sold, TOMS donates a pair to a child in need. They sold over 70 shoes at the FIDM event! Students also had the chance to mingle and talk with everyone involved.

FIDM Alumni Celebrate Earth Day At "Out of the Ordinary" Fashion Event

Tonight, Dita Von Teese and Debi Mazar will celebrate Earth Day in style as hosts of the inaugural "Out of the Ordinary" remade fashion event at L.A. vintage mecca The Way We Wore. Shop owner and vintage maven Doris Raymond rounded up some of her favorite designers, such as Juan Carlos Obando, Jeremy Scott, Current/Elliot, and FIDM Alumni Magda Berliner and Kevan Hall (pictured above) to participate in this earth-friendly fashion event. The designers selected vintage garments that had seen better days and their task was to revamp them however they pleased. The final pieces are available for sale today through May 2, 2009 on eBay, with 100 percent of the proceeds benefitting Future Fashion, an Earth Pledge initiative.

Photos: Evans Vestal Ward

Interior Design Students Renovate Art Center for Boys and Girls Club

 

FIDM Interior Design Students were mentored by FIDM Instructor and nationally-renowned Interior Designer Richard Herb during their pro bono renovation of the Art Center for the Boys & Girls Club of Venice, California. Read more about the renovation here.

Interview with Merchandise Product Development Grad Tosha Clemens

Merchandise Product Development Graduate Tosha Clemens, who attended the L.A. campus and worked for companies like Bebe and Frederick's of Hollywood, has a line of handbags, LaBosh, that also raises money for non-profits.

Click here to read an extensive interview with Tosha, where she talks about how important FIDM was in preparing her for the fashion industry!

FIDM Grad & Juicy Couture Co-Designer Pamela Skiast-Levy Designs Obama T-Shirt

As part of the "Runway to Change" initiative, more than 10 American designers have created official merchandise to support the cost of the inauguration festivities that took place yesterday.

The designer merchandise includes tote bags, a scarf, and t-shirts, including the one at left by the two women behind Juicy Couture, Gela Taylor and FIDM Grad Pamela Skiast-Levy.

Other designers include Zac Posen, Donna Karan, Narciso Rodrieguez, and Diane von Furstenberg.

The collection is available at the Presidential Inaugural Store at 625 E Street Northwest in Washington through today.

Some of the collection will also be available here through February -- though Juicy's appears to have already sold out! --Belissa

Help Metrolink Victim Racheal Mofya Fight for a Bright Future

Although FIDM Student Racheal Mofya has not regained consciousness since surviving the tragic Metrolink train crash on September 12, she is fighting valiantly to stay alive--nodding her head, wiggling her toes, and squeezing family and doctors' hands.

The 27-year old exchange student comes from the impoverished African country of Zambia where her parents died and she was raised by her grandmother. Awarded a scholarship by FIDM, she is an outstanding student who has become like a daughter to her American host family.

Please join FIDM's Beauty Industry Merchandising & Marketing program in supporting Rachael and her family as she fights for the bright future she has worked so hard to obtain.

Direct donations can be made to:
Simi Valley Community Foundation/Racheal Mofya*
40 Cochran, #100, Simi Valley, CA 93065 (Tax ID#912053374)
*Racheal Mofya's name must appear with Simi Valley Community Foundation

Scholarships From Cotton, Inc. For FIDM Students Only!

Be a part of this once-in-a-lifetime scholarship opportunity!

We are excited to announce that Cotton Incorporated has awarded us $30,000 in scholarship donations to give to a handful of dedicated, innovative, and eager-to-learn students!

FIDM has been given the challenge of picking a select number of students to participate in one of two programs in which the students will be required to think outside of the box, while creating, developing, and producing their own designs.

At the end of both projects, a total of FOUR $5,000 scholarships and ONE $10,000 scholarship will be awarded to the winners!

These projects are open to ALL MAJORS!

The project start date will be August 1, 2008 and will run until December 10th, 2008.

You can pick up the application in Room 201E or in Room 201, Desk #5.

All applications are due NO LATER THAN MONDAY, JULY 28TH, 2008.

If you have any questions, please contact Amanda Starling at 213.624.1200 x3016 or astarling@fidm.edu.

Barneys Window Features Designs by FIDM Students

Designs by FIDM Students are on display in the windows of high-end department store Barneys in San Francisco. The designs will be auctioned off at the April 26 Discarded for Divine event which will benefit the St. Vincent de Paul Society. Visit the official Discarded to Divine site for more information or to purchase tickets. The designs pictured are by (from left to right) FIDM Students Rebecca Howard, Marlowe Bassett and Anne Sheldon-Duplaix. --Kim

S.F. Campus Participates in "Discarded to Divine" Charitable Event

Students and Alumni from FIDM's San Francisco Campus are participating in "Discarded to Divine," a charitable program that recycles donated clothing, turning it into desirable couture that is then auctioned off at an annual fashion show. Find out more about this fantastic event that transforms clothing and hopes to change lives.

JUST ADDED: Don't miss the special, free sneak preview at San Francisco's de Young Museum on Friday, April 4!

Visit Fashion Club Daily to see how FIDM Student Rebecca Howard turned seven pairs of chinos into one gorgeous (and green!) corset. --Kim