Fashion Time Machine: New Class FSH 313 Style Icons & Fashion Objects
Coco Chanel, Anna Piaggi, and Dior’s new look are just some of the topics that the new class FSH 313 Style Icons & Fashion Objects will cover. The class, which is available both onsite and online...
View ArticleFSH 323 Trend Analysis Final Project Presentation: Re-Rooting
As Guy Trebay put it, “Trend-spotting is a little like the ancient Roman art of Divination. You stir the ashes. You consult the entrails of birds. A pattern emerges, and perhaps it is even one that...
View ArticleTop Five Minimalist Personal Style Blogs
Minimalist style seems so easy to replicate, but it can be a lot harder than you think. Sometimes all you need is a little inspiration. I’ve complied a list of my absolute favorite bloggers with...
View ArticleARTS THREAD Launches an Education Board!
ARTS THREAD has introduced its own Education Board of experts within the creative education industry to ever-increase their support of students and recent graduates within art and design to enable...
View Article“Make/Use” Exhibition Aims at Reducing the Fashion Industry’s Environmental...
How often does this happen to you: you buy a plethora of, say, sweaters in the winter and then when the summer heat rolls around you find yourself throwing out your “gently used” clothing. Look through...
View ArticleStyling Network Meet Up Being Held Tomorrow!
If you’ve taken a walk around the Polk building over the past weeks you’ve probably come across some posters promoting the Styling Meet Up. Well that day is almost upon us! Tomorrow, February 10,...
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 ArticleMenswear Design Alumnus, Sergio Davila, Releases FW16 Collection
Sergio Davila FW16/17 collection; Photos by Jorge Anaya Years after graduating from Academy of Art University, 2002 Menswear Design alumnus, Sergio Davila, continues to find success in the fashion...
View ArticleCONTEST ALERT! #FashionIsMyTrueLove
Photo courtesy of Planet Blue Valentine’s Day is upon us and we’re feeling the love. Whether or not you have a special someone, we believe the day should be spent honoring all of the different loves in...
View ArticleAlumni Update: Kristen Drapesa
Photo courtesy of Kristen Drapesa 2011 BFA Fashion Merchandising alumna Kristen Drapesa never could’ve imagined that, five years after graduating from Academy of Art University, she’d be the founder...
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 ArticleAnn Inc Looking For Summer Interns!
Attention all senior students!! Ann Inc. is currently accepting applications for their 2016 Summer Internship program! Ann inc is a national corporation which houses Ann Taylor, LOFT and Lou &...
View ArticleFaculty Spotlight: Ryan De La Hoz
Photo courtesy of Ryan De La Hoz Academy of Art University School of Fashion textile lab tech, Ryan De La Hoz, is acclaimed as a contemporary maker, which his Textile Design students may or may not...
View ArticleImmediacy in Fashion: Is Fashion Moving Too Fast?
Photo courtesy of Vanity Fair/Richie Talboy/Lucas Lefler Fashion has always been a brat. The child that wants everything and wants it now. But with as many as ten shows a year, are designers under too...
View ArticleTips from Elena Fong, Personal Stylist at Anthropologie
Image courtesy: thegreatexcape.com Any fashion lover should be very familiar with the store Anthropologie. As a merchandising student, my love for the company comes in the form of their extremely...
View ArticleMake a Magazine, Win a Scholarship
We live in the digital era and technology is our future. As the only accredited BA and MA Fashion Journalism program in the nation, Academy of Art University understands the unequivocal importance of...
View ArticleOp-Ed: Is Technology the New Glamour?
Photo courtesy of GQ/Jon Snyder Technology has become an integral part of our everyday lives, while fashion is still the means in which we reflect our social status to the public eye. After all, it...
View ArticleGap Inc. and African American Networking Group Celebrate Diversity in Fashion
Kyemah McEntyre at the Gap Inc. and AANG event; Photo courtesy of Kyemah McEntyre In all honesty, when I was invited to the Gap Inc. and African American Networking Group’s (AANG) Black History Month...
View ArticleFashion Editorial: Graphic Impact
Academy of Art BFA Fashion Styling student Isabelle Eder and MA Fashion Journalism student Faye Harris collaborated on a fashion editorial entitled “Graphic Impact.” Photographed by Shan Lee, the black...
View ArticleIFS16: Korea, Print Matters
ARTS THREAD has partnered with Academy of Art University’s Fashion Journalism program; the only program of its kind in the United States. This post is brought to you by Namrata Loka, Academy of Art...
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