The Proust [Fashion] Questionnaire
A painting by Patrice. Name: Patrice Prosper Where do you live? New York What is your area of study? MFA Fashion Merchandising What is your current occupation? Sales and distribution for a footwear...
View ArticleFSH 118 – Fashion Editing and Writing
Students in Paul Wilner’s Fashion Editing and Writing class spent the spring semester cultivating their fashion-focused journalism skills and working on magazine projects – which we just had to share!...
View ArticleStudent Spotlight: Elizabeth Bartra
In today’s Student Spotlight, we’re talking to Elizabeth Bartra, a BFA Visual Merchandising student who has spent her summer in NYC interning at the J.Crew headquarters. She’s working with J. Crew’s...
View ArticleStudent Spotlight: Laura Acosta
Laura Acosta at the Vogue offices in NYC. Another student, another awesome internship! For today’s Student Spotlight, we caught up with Laura Acosta, an MFA Fashion Design student who landed one of the...
View ArticleFSH 499 – Tambour Beading
A gorgeous herringbone pattern, designed and embroidered by Jose Luna. The School of Fashion is extremely lucky to be able to share the art of tambour beading with our students, thanks to guest...
View ArticleFashion Week Diary – Interning at DKNY
Looks from DKNY’s Spring ’13 Collection. Photos Courtesy of Robert Mitra/WWD. My internship at DKNY this summer was an amazing, invaluable experience. I was able to take the skills I learned at the...
View ArticleFashion PR Students Meet The Next Wave of Talented Designers
Photo by Diane Lieu – BFA Photography. One of the most exciting new classes in the School of Fashion is Gabriel Gima’s FSH 363 – Fashion Public Relations. Students in the class, now in it’s third...
View ArticleTaking a Trip to Saudi Arabia for Harvey Nichols Design Project
Blake Conaway’s moodboard and sketches. We were thrilled to have Princess Reema Bandar Al-Saud as one of our Guests of Honor at the 2012 Graduation Fashion Show last May, and are beyond excited to...
View ArticleDesigning for SF’s Next Hot Spot at the Four Seasons
Linglu Giao presents her designs. Beginning this semester and continuing on into the spring, MFA Fashion Design students are working on a special project for the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco....
View ArticleSaudi Travel Journal – Day 1
Check Fashion School Daily all week long for updates on our students’ trip to Saudi Arabia for the Harvey Nichols Design Project! Below is the first installment: A mosque in Old Town One of the most...
View ArticleSaudi Travel Journal – Days 2 & 3
Stunning traditional embroidery on the dresses at Jasmine Box boutique in Jeddah. Our second day in Jeddah was unbelievably amazing. We were scheduled down to the minute, with plans to visit a number...
View ArticleSaudi Travel Journal – Days 4 & 5
A stunning hand-painted Qoran at the National Museum in Riyadh. The second phase of our Saudi Arabian adventure for the Harvey Nichols Design Project began in Riyadh, the country’s capitol. Riyadh is a...
View ArticleSaudi Travel Journal – Day 6
Walking to the Edge of the World. Our Saudi Arabian adventure for the Harvey Nichols Design Project continued into the desert outside Riyadh. We first drove to the Edge of the World – literally the...
View ArticleSaudi Travel Journal – Days 7 & 8
One of the more unexpected offerings at the market – honey. The final stop on our trip for the Harvey Nichols Design Project was a visit to Aseer, a small region in the Southwest known for its artists...
View ArticleStyling Students Hit the Streets for SF Station
Photo by Pilar Gonzalez. Throughout the semester, Flore Morton’s styling students have been keeping their lenses trained on San Francisco’s sartorially gifted citizens for SF Station. They took to the...
View ArticleDesigning Costumes for Shakespeare – Almost
A scene from Act 2 of I Hate Hamlet. Photo by Maggie Whitaker. Students in FSH 499.11 – Costume Production 1 have been working away these past few weeks, putting the finishing touches on costumes for...
View ArticleFSH 363 – As Real as Real Gets
One thing that the School of Fashion really prides itself on is giving students an educational experience that emulates the real world as much as possible. Nowhere is this more evident than in Gabriel...
View ArticleFinding Inspiration in the Paintings of Mark Rothko
Art imitating art is nothing new – but often when ideas are re-worked in a new medium, they take on entirely different forms. This concept was expertly illustrated by a group of students in Flore...
View ArticleThe Next Class of Fashion PR All Stars
Each semester, students in Gabriel Gima’s FSH 305 – Fashion Public Relations class are paired with senior level design students who become their very first clients. Throughout the semester, the...
View ArticleStudent Spotlight: Kirandeep Kaur
Anna and Karl Our latest Student Spotlight highlights the work of MFA Fashion Merchandising student Kirandeep Kaur. But contrary to the norm, the work that caught our eye was no class project, its...
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