Merchandise Product Development Alumna Meredith Grier is an Assistant Designer for Honeydew Intimates. The first group that she designed was bought by Nordstrom and Dillard's and photographed by Stylesight. Look for Meredith's product in stores in May.
Attention FIDM Merchandise Product Development Students!
Look around you--how many people do you see in jeans? Denim is a multi-billion dollar business and it is still growing! The FIDM Denim Study Tour is your chance to go behind the scenes and learn all about how this lucrative industry works, and why jeans and denim products are so important in the fashion world. All eligible FIDM Merchandise Product Development Students are encouraged to apply for this amazing opportunity.
The FIDM Denim Study Tour will take you to San Francisco and Los Angeles, where you'll visit wash houses, see first hand what goes into preproduction, and check out the design facilities of some of the world's most popular denim brands. The tour is from March 21-23, 2012, and spaces are filling up fast! Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity.
For further details and to get your application contact one of the following people:
Los Angeles Campus: Eva Gilbert, x3430
San Francisco Campus: David Orris, x1534
Orange County/San Diego Campuses: Susan Spencer, sspencer@fidm.edu
Danielle Izquiete
Major: Merchandise Product Development
Where did you go to school? Cal State Northridge
Why FIDM? I really want to follow my artistic side. A friend invited me to an Open House and I was hooked.
What do you love about your major? I like the variety and that I’ll be ready to do design and the business side.
Just Accepted Merchandise Product Development Student Brianna Myers is a Victorville, California native who is editor-in-chief of her high school's yearbook. She hopes to one day own her own business and is excited to pursue her childhood dream of working in the fashion industry.
"I am a bit of a quirky girl. I enjoy combining things that normally don’t belong together and trying to make them work. I have a “never say die” attitude mixed with a bit of a “que sera sera” attitude. I enjoy nature and technology too, even though they’re not my strong points. I enjoy the arts more than anything in the world and can’t imagine a happier life than one lived in the pursuit of dreams and fantasies."
Read the entire interview at FIDM's FashionClub.com Daily Blog.
Merchandise Product Development Alumna Roxanne Olsen is the Buying Director for the new bridal magazine and e-commerce site, I Do Jour. In October, Roxanne had the chance to meet fellow FIDM Alumna and Project Runway winner Leanne Marshall, during New York Fashion Week and a collaboration was born.
"Leanne has teamed up with us and designed an exclusive dress just for our website and our customers," reports Roxanne, who like Leanne, attended the SF campus. The website also offers gowns, accessories, jewelry, shoes, and more.
Funmi Oluboe
Major: Merchandise Product Development
Where did you go to school? I went to high school on the East Coast, in DC. Then I went to the Academy of Art in San Francisco for a year.
Why did you choose FIDM? I wanted the technical and business aspects of fashion. FIDM had exactly what I wanted in a two-year program.
What do you love about your major? I love that the classes are very to the point. Everything is applicable to what goes on in the industry today.
Recently accepted Merchandise Product Development student Linhda Phan is off to a strong start in her first quarter at FIDM. The honor student’s evening gown design was shown at a downtown LA charity event where it raised $500 for scholarships.
"I landed my first fashion show from a listing on the FIDM portal—by far my greatest accomplishment. My final design, "Baby Vamp," was in NEWH LA's Puttin' On the Ritz Fashion Show on December 10, 2011 at Cicada Restaurant in downtown LA, where hospitality design firms auctioned the gowns. The event’s proceeds all went to a scholarship foundation. I was so proud to see our model walk in the show and to know that the gown was auctioned off for $500."
Read the entire interview at FIDM's FashionClub.com Daily Blog.
Just accepted student Lauren Bryeans has been advocating on behalf of victims of sexual violence for the non-profit No Woman Left Behind since witnessing an attack on her college campus in 2007.
She lived in Paris, modeled, and worked at Nordstrom's before enrolling at FIDM Orange County to study Merchandise Product Development.
My goal is to become a technical designer. My major will give me an opportunity to learn the technical and business aspects of the industry. I expect to learn everything I need to achieve my goals at FIDM.
Read the entire interview at FIDM's FashionClub.com Daily blog.
Just Accepted Merchandise Product Development Student Jonathan Teller, who will be attending the Orange County campus, is inspired by the surf and action sports industry and is already working on his own clothing line.
"I believe success is all about doing what you love and quite frankly I don't think any other school in the nation can provide the opportunity and experience that FIDM can. I will be stoked to go to school every day."
Read the entire interview at FIDM's FashionClub.com Daily Blog.
In her latest post, FIDM Student Blogger Hallie Fisher interviews Merchandise Product Development student Melissa DeLuna Ribiero, focusing on her successes and love of Product Development. Melissa’s involvement in the exclusive scholarship competitions has earned her priceless experience and a large sum of cash —wouldn’t you like to know
how?— read Hallie’s post to learn more!
To participate in upcoming Cotton Incorporated Scholarship opportunities, students should be on campus January 17, 2012 to see and join in on the festivities surrounding the launch of FIDM’s newest organization: the Cotton Club. There will be even more scholarship money given out and surprises for all!
More details in the weeks to come.
