3 posts tagged “art institute of california - san francisco”

Now that you've seen the collections (see Fashion Metamorphosis part 1 and 2 below), it's time to meet the designers. I know you can see them here, but I think it's lovely to see them standing on the runway with their models. That's exactly I asked Christian Hadidjaja to capture their moment. Here they are, all 25 designers of Art Institute of California - San Francisco's Fashion Metamorphosis! I wish you all great success in the future; keep chasing your dreams, you all certainly have the talents to make it in fashion industry. 

Here we go, the second and final part of the Fashion Metamorphosis, the annual student fashion show of Art Institute of California - San Francisco. It was held at San Francisco Design Center on Saturday, June 20, 2009
Part one is right here, and this post focused on the last 5 themes presented (there were a total of 11 fashion themes on Fashion Metamorphosis).

Theme 7: Rendevous: Potrero Hills

Designs by Autie Carlisle:
One of my favorites, I LOVE the color combination, very nautical and had that "cool pirate" feel to it. Great outfits for summer!

Design by Ting Pondpun:

Design by Ivy Elwyn:

Designs by Apeksha Ambaram:

Theme 8: Coral Circus

Designs by Erik Stultz:

Theme 9: Alchemy

Designs by Christina Newcom:

Design by Lianzi Liu:

Designs by Erik Stulz:
Love the dramatic flair! All three creations were gorgeous; I especially love the tiered dress, reminded me of Carmen.

Theme 10: Siouxsie's Garden

Designs by Sheri Myers:

Designs by Maureen Clemente:

Designs by Rachel Richardson:
Oh my God, I can't stress how much I love her pieces.....four lovely dresses just coming out one after another. They're gorgeous (I know I use the word too much), but...COME ON!!! They are GORGEOUS!! And that wedding dress!

Theme 11: Wonderland

Design by Coral Castillo:
She's the big winner of the night for Best Design Award for making this mermaid dress....and it really was a show-stopper! And those blue details were actually recycled shampoo bottles? Fabulous!

Designs by Stephanie Stayer:
I can't help but admired Stephanie's evening dress. I wonder how many hours she spent on making this piece!

Designs by Danielle Tilford:

Design by Chadae Frank:

Design by Andrew Landrith:

Design by Dylan Perrigo:

And that's a wrap! The next post will feature all the 25 student designers of this fabulous Fashion Metamorphosis fashion show. Love the looks, love the designers.

I now believe that annual students' fashion show from art institutes of San Francisco is anything but a student's fashion show. They have modern flair, attitude, glamor, and most important of all, a point of view. The Fashion Metamorphosis from The Art Institute of California - San Francisco was no exception. On Saturday, June 20 at San Francisco Design Center, the students proudly presented their pieces for friends, family, Bay Area designers, and fashion professionals.

The looks  consisted of women's wear, men's wear, bridal wear, and even junior wear. And I have to say, looking at each pieces from street wear to high fashion, I was impressed. Each look is worth looking, and that alone affirmed great talents the Bay Area fashion students are. The pieces were testaments that the students worked hard; even if the final products had some minor flaws, they should be proud of what they presented on the runway. With talents this great, I can see San Francisco as an emerging fashion capital in the world!

To prepare for the annual fashion show, all students had freedom to design whatever they are passionate about. They could enter one to five pieces per collection, and could enter as many as three collections. Later on, the pieces were judged by preliminary judging panel (a group of industry professionals). From there, Clarissa Nicosia, the instructor of the Fashion Show Production class devised themes that would best represents the shown collections. On June 20, the 100 looks from 25 student designers were judged by Nerissa Pacio, Hiroko Kurihara, Stephanie Verriere, and Melissa Leventon to decide four winners (Best Design, Most Creative, Best Construction, and Best Overall).

Alright, I think I talked too much. On to the themes and the designs, and see if you share my opinion that our Bay Area students are amazing. This part one presents the first 6 themes that focused more on casual wear and cocktail attires. Later on, part two focuses more on evening wear, show girl costumes, and bridal attire encapsulated in 5 themes.

To show you the pictures of the largest student fashion show in the Bay Area, I will keep my comments (shown in italics) at minimum. On a separate post, I will also post pictures of the talented 25 designers whose collection(s) are seen here. Once again, all pictures are copyrighted by Christian Hadidjaja.

1st Theme: Sutra

Designs by Vanessa Brown:

Designs by Apeksha Ambaram: