Behind the Seams: News from School of Fashion Design, Sept 2017

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September 2017

Behind the Seams

What's new at the School of Fashion Design in September

We are Back to School

The machines are humming again in our studio classrooms as students get back to work! We have so much going on this semester, and our alumni are making headlines all over town, so read on for all our exciting news!

Regards,

Dr. Denise Hammon

President

In our studio classrooms

Tracy Aiguier's fashion photography students take to Boston streets and parks during class this summer! Photos by Tracy Aiguier. Our Photography for the Fashion Designer studio course introduces students to basic skills in lighting, composition, styling, and posing to successfully execute a fashion photo shoot. This class is offered this Summer at SFD.

SFD student Greg Palazzo presents his final designs from our Intro to Shoe Design course with Michael Wyshak. This course introduces students to the development of various types of footwear. Students learn about foot and shoe anatomy, the materials and processes involved in shoe design, creating patterns, sketching footwear, and footwear branding. Projects include the development of sneaker and resort wear concepts plus other footwear design. This class will be offered again this Spring at SFD.

Fashion for High School students!

A few seats left in our Fashion Academy workshops for teens - starts this Saturday!

Reserve your seat today!

EVENTS!

Don't miss these hot events around Boston and beyond to see the work of SFD talented alumni:

September 20-23

STYLEWEEK

STYLEWEEK has showcased over 150 designers from all over the U.S. on its runway since it's inaugural week in 2010. This year, a mong numerous talented designers, SFD alumni Jeffrey Dickerson and Valentina Oppezzo are both showing during STYLEWEEK.

September 20, Opening Night: Valentina Oppezzo

September 21, Jeffrey Dickerson

Check STYLEWEEK for full schedule of all designer events, designer bios, and more.

September 30, 6:30pm

Kickoff Boston Fashion Week Runway Show
& Fundraiser for Boston Arts Academy

A Maven's World Brand presents an exciting kickoff event to Boston Fashion Week. Event will feature a runway show with top Fashion Designers, including SFD alum Denise Hajjar. Also a trunk show, makeup bar and live entertainment, all to benefit Boston Arts Academy.
Tickets and more info here.

October 1, 7pm

Official Opening Night of BFW17
Presented by Platform Downtown & Downtown Boston BID

Every year since 1995, Boston Fashion Week has found ways to seek out and celebrate new fashion talent. This year is no exception! The plan was to find 17 new faces that should be on every fashionable Bostonian's radar. BFW found 18! Hence the revised name of the official opening night event, 17+. The evening begins with the screening of a documentary short featuring designer interviews, behind the scenes glimpses, and the glamorous editorial images photographed by Tracy Aiguier, styled by Terri Mahn and shot on locations in Downtown Crossing. Guests will mix and mingle with designers and models wearing selections from their collections. Among the 17+ are SFD alumni Nasrin Bigonahy, Meghan Doyle Wilkinson, and Sydney Siagel.

October 2-31

Fashion Flashback! at the School of Fashion Design

Get your boogie shoes on down to the School of Fashion Design to see our new exhibit. Original 1970s fashions by SFD alumni on view in our Newbury Street gallery throughout October. Designs by Denise Hajjar, Anthony Ferrara, Christy Roselle, Donna Zlotnick, Leena Dunn, and Francesco DeRusso.
136 Newbury Street, Boston MA 02116

Gallery hours:

Monday - 10-4

Tuesday - 10-8

Wednesday - 10-8

Thursday - 10-8

Friday -- 10-4

Saturday - 10-4

Sunday - Closed

ALSO . . . see these 1970s garments come to life at the Newbury Street League's 45th anniversary celebration gala on September 28 while supporting the Newbury Street League and all our neighboring businesses along the street! Dynasty Models will provide informal modeling of the SFD 1970s alumni garments at the NSL gala event - don't miss it!

October 7, 2:00 pm
KID KOUTURE
Presented by Dependable Cleaners
Platform Downtown/Downtown Boston BID
and the School of Fashion Design, Boston

Boston's Bridge to Excellence enrichment program at the Tobin K-8 School includes fashion among their subjects of study. BFW Founder and SFD instructor Jay Calderin met with Tobin students over the summer and invited them to partner with students from the School of Fashion Design. The artwork Tobin students created will be made into original fabrics that SFD students will then use to create a capsule collection of garments. The resulting art and fashion design collaboration will be featured at an upcoming public reception, details to follow soon.

October 12, 5-7pm
Creating Couture Embellishment with Ellen Miller

Celebrate the release of Creating Couture Embellishment, the must-have new book for any sewing professional. The finishing touches applied to a garment can take it from the realms of the ordinary to the heights of luxury. This book offers a step-by-step guide to manipulating fabric and making and applying a rich variety of embellishments. Meet the author, get your book signed, and see examples of couture embellishment.
RSVP to: fashion@sfdboston.org
School of Fashion Design
136 Newbury Street, Boston

Saturday, October 21, 10am-noon

SFD Open House

now through October 8

Lines of Communication

View sculpture, paintings and drawings by Jim Banks, Catherine Carter (SFD Class of '83), and Joel Moskowitz, three Massachusetts artists who use the basic element of line as their language, communicating words, ideas, and emotions.

Fountain Street gallery

460C Harrison Ave, Boston, Massachusetts 02118

Check for gallery hours.

SFD in the News

Culture Trip's "11 Boston Fashion Designers You Should Know" features many SFD alumni and local friends in the industry: check out DeWolfe Leather Goods, Denise Hajjar- Boston, Daniela Corte, Alice Walk, Nstilla, Daniel Faucher Couture, Firas Yousif Originals- Couture Bridal & Evening, Betsy Jenney Ltd. of Boston, Candice Wu Couture, Marie Galvin Fine Millinery, and Sara Campbell Ltd.

Fashion Technology Accelerator names Oola Sports "Startup of the Month."

Oola Sports' insight came out of a real necessity: friends Haya Al Ghanim and Amina Ahmadi bonded while training for a Mount Kilimanjaro hike over the difficulties they both had finding sports hijabs and performance garments that met their hiking needs, while being aligned with their values. The women went home to Qatar, remaining resolute about being able to provide Muslim women with a new experience in sports and fitness. They partnered up with friend and fashion designer, Lilian Gabriel de Almeida Barbosa (SFD alum, Class of 2014) and founded Oola Sports - producing womens wear that performs and comes in modest styles, without compromising on either. Read more.