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Gwen Shihyao Lai Spring 2014 Designer Preview

Gwen_Shihyao_Lai_SketchesFrom the press release:

Gwen Shihyao Lai, M.F.A. Fashion Design, grew up in Taichung, Taiwan and graduated from the Tainan University of Technology where she received the “Most Original and Creative” Student Design Award for her undergraduate fashion
collection. Gwen was recently selected to participate in the Fall 2012 Inspirare Design Competition. Her Spring 2014 collection was inspired by the paintings of Filipino artist, Thaddeus Ochoa Pagaduan. The pleating of the collection’s cotton,
linen, silk, and ikat fabrics was inspired by the artist’s use of tree bark. The collection’s bleaching represents the sunlight and fire from nature.

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Designer Gwen Shihyao Lai

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For the ninth season, the show will be streamed live at: http://www.academyart.edu/fashionshow/

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Leslie Dilloway Spring 2014 Designer Preview

leslie_dilloway_SketchesFrom the press release:

Leslie Dilloway, B.F.A. Menswear Design, grew up in Grass Valley, CA, and graduated from Bear River High School. The inspiration for her graduation collection came from ethnic Turkish prints and textures that she infused with a

grungy 1990s feeling in her fabric development. Her muse was a fictional Turkish cab driver in London in the late 1980s – early 1990s who is mysterious and carefree. The drawstrings throughout the collection bring a casual, sporty
element. Leslie’s work will be featured in the upcoming Fourth Edition of Emerging Fashion Designers for Spring 2014.

The collection will be featured in the Academy of  Art University’s spring 2014 show at Mercedes-Benz  New York Fashion Week.

 

LIVE BROADCAST

For the ninth season, the show will be streamed live at: http://www.academyart.edu/fashionshow/

 

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Designer Leslie Dilloway

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Vicken Derderian Spring 2014 Designer Preview

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From the press release

Vicken Derderian, M.F.A. Fashion Design, was born and raised in Pasadena, California, and graduated from the Southern California Institute of Architecture. With a formal background in Architectural Design, Furniture Fabrication & Design,
as well as Fine Artistry, Vicken’s Spring 2014 collection explores the connection between fashion and architecture as they relate to containing both the body and the individual.

The collection will be featured in the Academy of  Art University’s spring 2014 show at Mercedes-Benz  New York Fashion Week.

 

LIVE BROADCAST

For the ninth season, the show will be streamed live at: http://www.academyart.edu/fashionshow/

 

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Designer Vicken Derderian

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Ryan Morar and Melissa Avalos Spring 2014 Designer Preview

Ryan_Moroar_SketchesFrom the press release:

Ryan Morar, B.F.A. Menswear Design, grew up in Santa Monica / West Los Angeles where he graduated from Alexander Hamilton High School. His collection is inspired mainly by Robert Rauschenberg’s “Combines” mixed media
artwork, along with influences of discordant sounds of early 1980s Sonic Youth and Beat Happening albums. Elements of garments were deconstructed to create different shapes, new silhouettes, and give a raw, free form aesthetic to
the collection. Since graduating, Ryan has worked as a freelance designer for Stussy in LA, where he created a small collection of men’s denim garments. He also interned for Jeremy Scott where he made patterns and sewed toiles for the
Spring 2014 Collection. Ryan is currently living in Antwerp, Belgium, and interning at Walter Van Beirendonck through the end of the year. Ryan collaborated with Melissa Avalos, B.F.A. Textile Design, who created the
textiles for their collection.

Melissa Avalos, B.F.A. Textile Design, was born in Houston, Texas, and grew up in Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico. Visually inspired by Robert Rauschenberg’s mixed media artwork, Melissa collaborated with Ryan Morar, B.F.A. Menswear
Design, listening to old-school hip hop as her soundtrack for those long days spent printing her textile designs.

The collection will be featured in the Academy of  Art University’s spring 2014 show at Mercedes-Benz  New York Fashion Week.

 

LIVE BROADCAST

For the ninth season, the show will be streamed live at: http://www.academyart.edu/fashionshow/

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Designer Ryan Morar

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Designer Melissa Avalos

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Marine Rongrong Wei Spring 2014 Designer Preview

marine_rongrong_wei_SketchesMarine Rongrong Wei, B.F.A. Menswear Design, grew up in Shijiazhuang,Hebei, China, and graduated from the Xi’ An Academy of Fine Art. The inspiration for Marine’s graduation collection comes from vintage crafted clothing
during the time of the Great Depression in the United States. She was interested in how people combined fabrics with different textures and weights, as well as the oversized silhouettes of that era. Marine is currently working as an Alteration
Specialist at Uniqlo. The collection will be featured in the Academy of  Art University’s spring 2014 show at Mercedes-Benz  New York Fashion Week.

 

LIVE BROADCAST

For the ninth season, the show will be streamed live at: http://www.academyart.edu/fashionshow/

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Designer Marine Rongrong Wei