Fashion Design

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01.27.10 – FD Grad's Work Hits Hollywood

Virginia Marti College of Art and Design graduate, Ali Rahimi, designs Jane Lynch's dress for The SAG awards.  Click the photo to see the entire dress.


01.27.10 – Fashion Guild Meeting

The Fashion Guild is holding a meeting at Arabica in Cleveland, next to the Cleveland Shop.

Click for Directions to Arabica!  For more information: www.fashionstudents.ning.com, search for VMCAD and join!

Everyone is welcome whether you are a member of the guild or not. Come see what we will be doing this year. Contact the president, Jules Demmit, for more information – JDemmit@VMCAD.edu


Student Art Show

Attention students! This year’s student art show is fast approaching!

The show will take place on Friday, May 14th, 2010 from 6:30-8:30 at VMCAD. All students are welcome to submit work that showcases their technical and creative skills. Guest judges from the community will be in to review all the student work.

First place finishers will receive $200, Second and Third place finishers will receive $100 and $50 respectively, and the Best in Show winner will receive $500!

Students can submit work in the following categories:

  • Fashion Design/Fashion Illustration
  • Fashion Merchandising/Visual Display
  • Graphic Design
  • Interior Design
  • Drawing/Graphic Illustration
  • Digital Media and Photography

Guidelines for submissions are available at the front desk. Deadline for all student work is May 2, 2010.



Summer Recap:
The Collection Students

 

Jennie Doran’s resort wear collection was done in a poppy red and crème palette with gold accents.

She featured sportswear that transitioned into formal attire, pieces you might want to splurge on if you were indulging yourself while on vacation.

Jennie saved the highlight of the collection, a soft chiffon dress with vertical, spiraling ruffles, for herself to showcase.

 

  

 

Jessica Landies delivered an adorable children’s wear collection, consisting of 13 pieces. Her color scheme consisted of purples and greens, in solids, plaids, and dots.

Anyone who knows Jessica (pictured below), knows that her favorite color is purple, as she has shown us by dyeing her mini mannequin that color.

“This was the first time that I have ever seen all the garments receive a grade of 100% in the sewing category” said Fashion Design Dept. Head Judy Boryczka.

  

The designs and workmanship were both impeccable! They were modeled by five well-behaved, darling little girls, aged three to seven.

Jessica was awarded the Critic’s Choice Award for this outstanding collection.

Congratulations to both of our graduates and continued success!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Student Spotlight: Rebecca Hoopman

Rebecca Hoopman is the queen of time management. Not only did she complete her complicated draped dress two weeks before it was due, she did it flawlessly. Rebecca is kind and patient and spends much of her free time helping classmates. She will also serve as the liaison between our Fashion Design students and Jane Wagner, the coordinator for the Virginia Marti College Foundation Fashion Show Fundraiser coming up November 13th. It is a well-deserved honor and Rebecca will do a fine job.


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VMCAD’s Fashion Design program is for serious-minded students interested in creating original styles from concept to completion.

You will learn Haute Couture sewing methods, along with fitting skills, pattern making and fashion illustration.

At the end of each quarter, you will construct an original garment, which is critiqued by a panel of fashion design professionals.

For your final project you will create an original five-piece collection, displayed by fit models & also evaluated by critics.