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KSW Runway Fundraiser Call for entries

KSWKearny Street Workshop is hosting KSW Runway, their 4th annual fashion show fundraiser featuring emerging Asian American fashion and accessory designers. Proceeds benefit Kearny Street Workshop, a nonprofit. The fashion show will take place on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012 at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. We are currently seeking submissions from emerging and mid-career fashion, jewelery and accessory designers. To submit, please email 1) your name, 2) a paragraph bio and 3) attached jpgs or online images of 7-10 complete looks from your collection to [email protected] by June 4, 2012.

For collections in progress, please submit a combination of sketches and photos. Applicants will be notified of final selections on June 11th. Designers will be asked to donate one item for a fundraising auction. Accepted applicants will be required to attend two model casting calls. Please visit www.kearnystreet.org for more information or email Amy M. Ho at [email protected] with questions. If you are not a fashion designer but would like to volunteer at the event, please send us an email!

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Identidad Peru Moda 2012

Identidad Peru Moda 2012 show. Photos provided by Image.net

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Gleny Castro Peru Moda 2012

Photos form the Gleny Castro Peru Moda 2012 show. Photos provided by Image.net

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Giancarlo Gallo Peru Moda 2012

Images from the Giancarlo Gallo Peru Moda 2012 show. Photos provided by Image.net

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Academy of Art University Graduate Fashion Show

San Francisco, CA, May 03, 2012 – The School of Fashion at Academy of Art University in San Francisco, California presented collections from graduating students at the 2012 Graduation Fashion Show and Awards Ceremony. At the invitation only event on Thursday, May 3rd, Dr. Elisa Stephens, president of the University, gave the degree of Honorary Doctorate to Sarah Burton, creative director of Alexander McQueen, milliner Philip Treacy, and H.R.H. Princess Reema Bandar Al-Saud, who has extensive experience in luxury retail and is the CEO of the ALFA and AL HAMA companies that own and operate Harvey Nichols Department Store, Donna Karan, and DKNY stores in Saudi Arabia. At a luncheon hosted by Dr. Elisa Stephens in honor of this year’s guests, San Francisco society and industry friends of the School of Fashion gathered at The Cannery overlooking the Bay. Mayor Ed Lee attended and was presented a cake in celebration of his birthday. Guests included former Mayor Willie Brown and Sonya Molodetska, Jennifer Raiser, Christine Suppes, Deepa Pakianathan, Tatiana Sorokko, Cameron Silver, Maria Manetti Farrow, Consul General to the United Kingdom Priya Guha, and John Capizzi, VP & General Manager of Neiman Marcus San Francisco. The guests of honor were presented with original illustrations by Gladys Perint Palmer, executive director of the School of Fashion.

Designers Included were: Massa Ito, Zhangchi Wang,  Julie Seltzer,  Jacqueline Rabôt,  Angela Sison, Miriam Tolentino, Eli Daniel Odisho,  Antonio Luna,  Steven La Fuente, Maria A. Romero, Mimi Iwasaki,  Joe Chung, Orly Ruaimi, Kim Tran, Chelsea Levinson, Rachel Sansom, Rumi Iwasaki,  Ethan Chihuan Yang, Emma Mengchen Yang, Liza Quiñones,  Erica Laba,  Hely Nguyen, Mina Fadaie, and Renata Lindroos.

See our coverage of the designers here.

 

 

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