The Craziest Design at the Academy of Art University Runway Show

The young and talented student designers of the Academy of Art University have featured and showcased some of the most creative yet craziest designs and collections during the 2013 - Annual Academy of Art University Runway Show.

The shows gain a lot of impression and started a buzz, intentionally or not but they did gain the attention of many people in the fashion industry.

The collections may look odd and is like way over the top and may have not gain a positive impression on some designers who were keen to see some new and really wearable collections. But, it is interesting to see something different, and just how undeniably creative and talented the Academy of Art University student designers are. 

Whether the collections were of cool or not to some people, it is still an art and art is expression. The show’s concept was to create something not usual and to use eccentric ideas as inspirations for their designs. 

What the show’s hoping to showcase is the students’ talent and creativity in designing and on that part; they surely have met the criteria.

Although some people may say, “what were they thinking? But in totality, the people had fun and the show still was a blast, end of story.

You can find more information about Academy of Art University on http://www.academyart.edu/ and for more information contact, admissions@academyart.edu 

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Cutting-edge designs lined up... Edinburgh College of Art Fashion Show 2013

Edinburgh College of Art is a vibrant and creative community of students and academics: a place of experimentation, exploration, intellectual stimulation and exciting collaborations.

ECA enjoys an international reputation for the quality of our teaching and research across the disciplines of art, design, architecture and landscape architecture, history of art and music. Tracing our history back to the 1770s, and remain at the forefront of teaching and research, ideally placed to engage with the challenges of the future.

ECA’s home within the University of Edinburgh makes them distinctive, offering many opportunities to benefit from the diverse range of expertise and resources associated with one of the world's leading academic institutions.

The Edinburgh College of Art Fashion Show 2013, one of the capitals cultural highlights, returns to the catwalk and celebrated the creative work from graduating students. Cutting edge fashion outfits from tomorrow's big fashion stars walked on the stage in a dramatic multimedia show, which took place in the McEwan Hall in Edinburgh.

Cutting-edge designs lined up and they kept on coming and coming and each design is interestingly unique and creative, you can not tell which one is better. One design comes out, leaving you amazed of the creativity and how magnificently it was tailored and then another design comes out and it looks totally different and equally spectacular and just when you thought you have seen enough, you see more. It was like an unlimited out pour of creativity.

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The Walking Art - models acted what they wear

The Department of Art, Art History, and Design at Michigan State University held its 2014 Annual Apparel and Textile Design Student Fashion Show on Saturday, March 15, 2014 in the Pasant Theatre at the Wharton Center.

The evening was a cutting edge fashion show featuring the creative explorations of emerging designers studying Apparel & Textile Design in the Department of Art, Art History, and Design within the College of Arts and Letters at Michigan State University. 

Held annually, this juried runway show was a culmination of creative explorations ranging from classic to avant garde fashion. Before the runway premier, the students were actively engaged in the design and construction process for several months. Outside the studio these designers worked with faculty to plan the show from A to Z. From model casting calls to the designer jury process, the show represents a significant professional development opportunity for these future fashion designers. 

The Michigan State University Apparel and Textile Design program emphasizes creativity and experimentation that mingles design with art. Students combine fine art, couture, and technical design to create original garments, which reflect an understanding of global issues such as sustainability and cultural dress.

MSU’s 2014 Annual ATD Fashion Show was an exquisite display of what is called, walking art. Designed by students in MSU’s Apparel & Textile Design program, the show was impressively organized, even including choreographed models who “acted out” how their looks were to be portrayed to the audience. 

Everyone was in awe, anxiously awaiting the next piece of art to snap. It was amazing to see such great talent being displayed in an atmosphere filled with open- minded onlookers and true admirers of art, freedom of expression and fashion. 

Awards were presented at the end of the runway show. The judging panel includes: Michigan State University alumna Karen Rasmussen (Design Director for Target), Alisa Henriquez (Associate Professor of Painting at Michigan State University), Michelle Word (Teaching Specialist and Outreach / Programming Coordinator at Michigan State University), and Candace Keller (Assistant Professor of Art History and Visual Culture at Michigan State University).

An exciting addition to the show was the inclusion of designs displayed in the lobby and an Accessories Exhibition.  

From the 42 designers who had pieces on the runway as well as off, in the lobby on display, to the makeup artists, hair stylists, stylists, the 80 models who strutted their stuff throughout the evening, to the set up staff, and the directors and organizers of the entire event, it was definitely a show to remember.

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Jeffrey Henry henry@runwaylansing.com 

Director of the Runway

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Twitter: @RunwayLansing

Know more about Michigan State University

Website: art.msu.edu

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Email: art@msu.edu 

Address: 600 Auditorium Road

113Kresge Art Center

East Lansing, Michigan  48824-1119

Phone: (517) 355-7610

IMAGiNE Fashion Show - showcasing the Creative works of IADT students

The International Academy of Design and Technology (IADT-Seattle) annually hosts a student fashion show that features talented designer graduates and showcasing their own work and collections.

The last runway show they had was a total blast, it started with a huge bang, especially when the host of the came out, she was the definition of energy and really over the top with heel and that entire fun-sexy look, everyone was on their feet.

The opening act was real stand out, the entire room lit up, everyone giggled and laughed, it was not like any typical runway but it was a “show” first and the foremost.

The show featured thirty (30) of the most talented and creative student designers of the International Academy of Design. With the help and guidance of their mentors, they each have to work on and design on various categories which was presented on the show.

They have to create evening gown and evening wears – formal to casual, cocktail dresses, every day wear, women’s and men’s wear, avant-garde and hot couture and even costumes – something like on video games; Mortal Combat or Tekken and all that games.

The show also featured and showcased the creative work of IADT students on digital media production and graphic design; these undeniably talented students were responsible for the overall theme and ambiance of the whole show.

It really only goes to show that even if Seattle is not as huge as New York and London, they give out and introduced a lot really talented and creative designers who contributed so much in the world of fashion.

Another great thing about the International Academy of Design is that they not only provide the best training and experience for their students but open avenues and opportunities for them to start and professional opportunities towards career success and take turn in doing IADT proud.

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Find more information about International Academy of Design & Technology;

Website:           http://www.iadt.edu/ 

Face book:       IADTschools

Twitter:            @IADTschools

Address:          International Academy of Design & Technology – Seattle

                        645 Andover Park West

                        Seattle, WA 98188

Phone:             (206) 575-1865

Email:              advertising@iadt.edu

Savannah College of Art and Design SCAD Student Fashion Show

SCAD Fashion Show @ Trustees Theatre

Savannah College of Art and Design SCAD Student Fashion Show is an annual event that gives opportunity for senior fashion students to showcase their collections, their talents and skills in the arts of fashion and design and to experience what it is like in the fashion world.

Theirs is not like any typical student fashion shows, SCAD students work in what is called a “state of the art facilities “and they also have the access to various resources that enhances the foundation of their studies and training, enabling them to master the technical aspects of fashion and design as well as learn the art and the history of fashion.

The SCAD School of Fashion also provides their students the opportunity to work with professionals and some of the big names in the fashion industry, which gives them the experience and learning from the experts so to say.

Each year, they put up a spectacular show with magnificent set of talents showcasing various fresh and unique designs.

These students are surely trained for excellence, each they exceed the expectations of their audience – brilliant talents and a magnificent show every time.

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SNOW 4 A White Fashion Event 2013

The San Francisco Bay Area Fashion Network (SFBAF) is a fashion trade association with membership consisting of womenswear, menswear, jewelry and accessory designers, stylists, photographers, hair & make-up artists, model agencies, fashion show director/producers, retail buyers, fashion editors, and fashion industry related professionals. 

The SFBA Fashion Network objective is to build a business & social network to promote awareness and create a directory website of the fashion industry in the San Francisco Bay Area. Membership includes networking activities and meetings. Events held twice a year include an annual fashion showcase featuring SFBA Fashion Network talent.

Never mind the old-fashioned advice against wearing weight-adding white on camera. At the third annual Snow event, hosted by the San Francisco Bay Area Fashion Network, droves of picture-happy partygoers eagerly posing in head-to-toe white were as much a part of the entertainment as the white-themed fashion show.

Held at the unlikely venue of a SoMa auto-repair garage that was transformed into an industrial-chic catwalk Jan. 28, the evening drew about 250 guests dressed in everything from slinky gowns and feathered spectator hats to cheeky flight suits and fur chubbies.

The 30-minute fashion show, produced by a crew of about 100 volunteers, featured six local designers and a range of aesthetics and skill levels. The lineup included veterans Cari Borja, Julie Schindler and Domingo, as well as emerging designers Violetta Vieux, Cana Klebanoff and Herbert Williamson.

Vieux, a native of Moldova who studied fashion in Paris, opened the presentation with three expertly constructed wedding gowns that converted into frothy cocktail dresses intended for the reception.

Klebanoff, a student at City College of San Francisco who has worked as an intern for Domingo, kept things fresh with his G.I. Joe-meets-1970s-inspired menswear collection. Basic jersey T-shirts and turtlenecks paired well with trim, structured suits in white cotton twill and linen.

Recent Chicago transplant Herbert Williamson showed a somewhat disjointed collection of pencil skirts, voluminous blouses and an overworked evening gown that looked something like a bikini top attached to a ruffled column skirt.

Schindler, who began her career in the late 1980s designing coats at wholesale for stores such as I. Magnin, did what she said she knows best: outerwear. While the concept of her shiny, full-length jacket went awry with its quilted lab coat effect, Schindler also delivered more wearable pieces, such as structured overcoats in creamy white with bold, oversize collars and buttons.

Borja and Domingo were the clear anchors for the night. Borja delighted the crowd with a breezy loungewear collection in organic cotton, linen and tulle that she dubbed "boudoir to the beach." 

Her crinkled linen men's pieces, her first foray into menswear, were sent down the makeshift runway in striptease fashion, to the crowd's sheer delight.

Domingo punctuated the event with an impressive seven-piece collection of meticulously constructed eveningwear, styled with piles of statement jewelry by local designer Saeia.

An icy, sequined, long-sleeved backless gown seemed ideal for a wintry opening night at the Ballet, while a flutter-sleeve lace mini-dress epitomized the freshness of spring.

Domingo said, it was a great challenge designing white, because it can be very flat, so you need to know how to creatively add texture, jewels, details, flow and movement and bring white to life.

It was yet another successful event from SFBAF that the people are already talking about and looking forward to next years SNOW 5.

Find out more about SNOW A White Fashion Event, sponsored by San Francisco Bay Area Fashion Network;

Address: San Francisco Bay Area Fashion Network

                Joseph Domingo, Founding Director

                808 Post Street

                San Francisco, CA. 94109

Website:  www.sfbafn.com

                sanfranciscobayareafashionnetwork             

Phone:     (415) 563-2007

Email:      sfbafn@yahoo.com

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The Largest Fashion Show on the West Coast - FOTS 2013

The 9th annual “Fashion On The Square” charity fund raising runway show was held on August 18, 2013, at the Intercontinental Hotel, 888 Howard Street, San Francisco.

This year, FOTS 2013 celebrated San Francisco native designer Colleen Quen’s 15 years of fashion. FOTS 2013 benefited FOTS+TheArts, a non-profit organization formed in 2012 that grants scholarships to students in the fashion industry who blend fashion and the arts in their work on the runway or in visual representations.

Shortly after the show, in Intercontinental Hotel’s Grand Ballroom, Fashion On the Square 2013 started with FOTS+TheArts opening presentation of young singer Alyssa Alves accompanied by Alonzo King LINES Ballet’s ballerina Caroline Rocher. This was Ms. Rocher’s second, highly-anticipated-return performance at Fashion On The Square after having first graced the runway at FOTS 2009.

Immediately after, FOTS 2013 hostess Valerie Coleman Morris (pictured left) emerged to the runway, wearing the stunning Colleen Quen’s signature dress in red.

Not only the night was to celebrate Colleen Quen and her 15 years in fashion, but it is also to reintroduce Colleen Quen Couture into the public. The night would then feature designers B Michael (his work was first featured by FOTS in 2009), Ricky Lee’s Roc Rio, as well as the work of student designers in a segment called the Fresh Faces of FOTS.

The first runway show of the night belong to New York Couture and Ready-to-Wear designer and CFDA member B Michael, who showed his b michael AMERICA RED for Macy’s collection as well as several of his couture pieces.

Later during the night, he was presented with Guest Designer of the Year honorary award by FOTS Founder and Creative Director Y’Anad Burrell. B Michael is the ‘only’ designer in the United States who has 100% of his collections made in America.

During the short B Michael video presentation before the first model walked down the runway, he explained his collection is about “confident, modern women” who “has an agenda”. Use of color, mix-and-match patterns give way to clean, sophisticated yet not contrived looks.

Indeed, the looks were clean and crisp, beautifully made and fit the models really well. It’s no wonder Mr. Michael has shown his collections worldwide (including Beijing, China, Korea and Shanghai) and has had his designs worn by popular and most influential celebrities like Beyoncé, Halle Berry, Cate Blanchett and Cicely Tyson, among many others.

And it’s so energizing to see the full-house crowd clapped to every single look that came down the runway.

People are already anticipating next year’s show. It was a total blast and really unforgettable one.

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Email:              info@fashiononthesquare.com