ONWARDS & UPWARDS WITH KATARZYNA TARABULA
How Polish-born fashion journalism graduate Katarzyna Tarabula is achieving fashion industry success. In the increasingly international fashion world, it is possible to achieve success no matter...
View ArticleNYLON, Blogging and Peach Pie, OH MY!
Image courtesy of Jessica Quinn. Keeping Up With Jessica Quinn, BA Fashion Journalism senior student and NYLON Intern Jessica Quinn, a Fashion Journalism senior at the Academy of Art University, is...
View ArticleIntroducing Dara
One of the Batik inspired pieces from Dara’s Fall 2015 Collection. Image Courtesy: Dara. Young and Pure. These two words, when simply translated to the Bahasa language, are equivalent to the word Dara....
View ArticleMeet the Spring 2016 Interns: Samantha Rathman
BFA Fashion Merchandising student and spring 2016 School of Fashion PR intern Samantha Rathman Spring 2016 School of Fashion PR & Special Events intern and BFA Fashion Merchandising student,...
View ArticleMeet the Spring 2016 Interns: Angela Han
2016 School of Fashion PR & Special Events intern Angela Han. Image courtesy: Angela Han There are certain people who belong in a big city. Angela Han is one of those people. Growing up in North...
View ArticleStylist Spotlight: Erica Timmons
Photo courtesy of Erica Timmons 2015 BFA Fashion Styling alumna Erica Timmons was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan, and moved to the United States at the age of fourteen. During her senior year at The...
View ArticleA Day in the Life of a BCBG Intern
Unexpected and never mundane: this is how Textile Design major Peggy Kuo describes a day in the life of a BCBG intern. After landing the coveted internship through an interview conducted right here at...
View ArticleStudent Spotlight: Chaw Chaw Su San and Fujio Emura
First there was Vreeland and Avedon, then Inez and Vinoodh, and Wintour and Coddington—some fashion partnerships just work. Whether a matter of serendipity or fate, finding that longstanding creative...
View ArticleCatching Up with Alumna & Céline Intern Aile Hua
Aile Hua is a quadruple threat: she has expanded her talents from illustration to designing womenswear as well as textiles and footwear. Hua’s designs, which were inspired by 60’s photographs by...
View ArticleFashion Journalism Program Heading To Weebly Finals
In the same week that the Pulitzer Prizes, journalism’s highest honors, were announced, the Academy of Art University Fashion Journalism program has some good news of its own. In a contest sponsored...
View Article2016 Graduation Fashion Show Designers: Busara Boussard and Eirin Midtskogseter
As the 2016 Spring Graduation Fashion Show draws closer, we will be profiling the designers who’s looks will grace the runway. We will be sharing insight into what inspired them, their process and the...
View ArticleA Dialogue with Landscape Architecture Graduate Gavin Gao
Gavin Gao was interested in the spatial relationships of three-dimensional formats when he was young. “Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Interior design are all close to our daily life, so I...
View Article2016 Graduation Fashion Show Designers: Celine Sohrabian and Shuangning Sici Li
BFA Fashion Design major Celine Sohrabian was born and raised in Los Angeles. Her concept for her Graduation Collection was all about distortion of shape, obscurity, and a play on unconventional...
View Article2016 Graduation Fashion Show Designers: Febri Artha Jayanti and Rebecca...
Originally from Jakarta, Indonesia, BFA Fashion Design student Febri Artha Jayanti came to Academy of Art University with design experience already under her belt. In 2013, Jayanti interned at...
View Article2016 Graduation Fashion Show Designers: Karin Kate Wong
Karin Kate Wong, BFA Fashion Design, was born in Macau, China. After earning an Associate of Arts in Fashion Design in 2013 Wong decided to further her fashion career pursuit at the Academy of Art...
View Article2016 Graduation Fashion Show Designers: Annie Yang and Jasmine Juewei Xu
As a young Taiwanese girl, Annie Yang knew she wanted to become a fashion designer, but had no idea that as an adult, she’d be pursuing her dreams in one of the most bustling cities in the U.S. But...
View Article2016 Graduation Fashion Show Designers: Regina J. Yoon and Jadi Haynes
BFA Womenswear Design student Regina J. Yoon was born and raised in Busan, South Korea. During her time at the School of Fashion, Yoon interned at San Francisco-based upscale fashion boutique,...
View Article2016 Graduation Fashion Show Designers: Ke Zhang
BFA Fashion Design student Ke Zhang grew up in the Taizhou, Beijing, and Guangzhou areas of China. While at the Academy of Art, Zhang completed an internship with the North Face. His technical ability...
View Article2016 Graduation Fashion Show Designer: Wen Jiang
BFA Womenswear Design student Wen Jiang lives and breathes fashion design. The School of Fashion’s design labs are like a second home for the Shen Yang native who spends the majority of her days and...
View Article2016 SHOP657 Capsule Collection Designers
As part of the Academy of Art University’s Spring 2016 Graduation Show, a crop of design students came together to work on a capsule collection that’ll be presented on the School of Fashion runway on...
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