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NYFW Spring 2016 Designer: Wenhan Yuan
Wenhan Yuan; Photo by Bob Toy Wenhan Yuan, MFA Fashion Design, was born and raised in Yanji Jinlin, China. After completing her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Design, she worked as a visual...
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NYFW Spring 2016 Designer: Livia Bianda
Livia Bianda; Photo by Bob Toy BFA Fashion Designer Livia Bianda was born and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia. While in high school Bianda was named South East Youth Softball Tournament Champion in 2008...
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NYFW Spring 2016 Designer: Jingci Wang
Jingci Wang; Photo by Bob Toy Jingci Wang, MFA Fashion Design, was born in Hei Long Jiang province, China. She relocated to Qin Huang Dao, China where she grew up. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in...
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NYFW Spring 2016 Designer: Max Lu
Max Lu; Photo by Bob Toy Max Lu, MFA Fashion Design, was born in Taipei, Taiwan and grew up in Taipei City. After he completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Design, he worked as a freelance...
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NYFW Spring 2016 Designer: Bom Kim
Bom Kim; Photo by Bob Toy Bom Kim, MFA Knitwear Design, was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea. For her Spring 2016 collection, Kim is collaborating with MFA Fashion Design student Liz Li....
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NYFW Spring 2016 Designer: Liz Li
Liz Li; Photo by Bob Toy Liz Li, MFA Fashion Design, was born in Wenzhou, in the Zhejiang Province of China, and grew up in Shanghai. Before coming to Academy of Art University Li earned her BA in...
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Student Spotlight: Sarah Lemp
Sarah Lemp; Image Courtesy of Sarah Lemp Sarah Lemp, BFA Fashion Merchandising student isn’t holding back when it comes to planning her future. She has been moving forward in her career path through...
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Student Spotlight: Madison Chertow
Image Courtesy of Madison Chertow Madison Chertow, BA Fashion Journalism online student, is from sunny Malibu, California, and now resides in Hollywood where she is pursuing her dream of someday...
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Fashion Journalism Stays in Vogue, With New Hires
Former Vogue staffer Emily Holt joins faculty, offers perspective on East and West Coast sensibilities The Academy of Art University’s Fashion Journalism program continues to grow, with contributions...
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Locally sourced, globally inspired. Alumna Melissa Fleis Designs Uniforms for...
Located in one of San Francisco’s busiest neighborhoods, Fisherman’s Wharf, Hotel Zephyr – with chic, retro and nautical ambiance – is the closest hotel to the famous Pier 39. The hotel’s DNA is linked...
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Alumni Update: The Limitless World of Bhagvati Khalsa
Bhagvati Khalsa. Photo courtesy of Bhagvati Khalsa Bhagvati Khalsa, who was born in Colorado and grew up in a Sikh boarding school in Northern India, has been exposed to two completely different worlds...
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Amidst a brand Renaissance, Abercrombie & Fitch visited Academy of Art...
On Tuesday and Wednesday, October 13-14, the Abercrombie and Fitch team came to Academy of Art’s fashion building, 625 Polk, to recruit senior fashion students to join their burgeoning creative team....
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Alumni Update: Janey Cao
Photo courtesy of Janey Cao Fashion School Daily caught up with Janey Cao, 2012 MFA Fashion Design Alumna. What have you been doing since graduation? After graduation, I stayed in San Francisco for a...
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Founding Editor of ELLE.com Joins the Academy’s Fashion Journalism Program
From Gucci to Gorbachev, veteran journalist Cynthia Durcanin brings her eclectic reporting experience to the Academy’s Fashion Journalism program. Durcanin, who began teaching this fall as an on-site,...
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Guest Speakers from E! Fashion Police, Vanity Fair Magazine Talk How To Make...
As a fashion student, there can be weeks of no sleep and long hours of homework, but the thought of an exciting career in fashion keeps you going. Then graduation day arrives. Faced with the reality...
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Alumni Update: Antonio Luna
Antonio Luna with President Stephens at the 2015 Graduation Fashion Show. Photo by Bob Toy. Antonio Luna, 2012 BFA Menswear Design Alumnus, presented his senior collection at the 2012 Graduation...
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Students Spotlight: Stephanie Michelle Hendrawan And Pitzy Villagomez Ortega
Stephanie Michelle Hendrawan and Pitzy Villagomez Ortega, both came from different sides of the world and study different majors at Academy of Art University, yet they have one thing in common; they...
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Alumni Update: Jacqueline Rabôt
Photo courtesy of Jacqueline Rabôt For the 2012 Graduation Fashion Show, Jacqueline Rabôt, 2012 BFA Fashion Design, collaborated with Julie Seltzer, BFA Textile Design, on a womenswear collection that...
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Alumni Update: J’Amy Tarr
J’Amy Tarr, 2003 MFA Fashion Design and Textile Design Alumna When did you launch your eponymous collection? February 2011 in Seattle, WA Tell us about collection. I design a collection of modern...
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Student Spotlight: The Stellar Veejay Floresca
Veejay Floresca. Photo courtesy of Veejay Floresca Young and already full of achievements, that’s Veejay Floresca for you! The MFA Fashion Design senior has starred on the first season of Project...
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