PRESS RELEASE --- November 5, 2007
--- ARTS OF FASHION ROCKS MIAMI !
From downtown to the beaches, the 2007 Arts of Fashion International
Design Symposium and Competition took over Miami this past week
infusing chic Miami style with stylish European influence. Opening
with five Masterclasses at the Miami International University
of Art and Design, 2007 promised to be the biggest, most exciting
Arts of Fashion event ever. Following the Opening Reception hosted
by Charlene Parsons and the MIU Fashion Design Department, the
Arts of Fashion debuted “Lagerfeld: Confidential”
at the historic Gusman Center in downtown Miami. This highly anticipated
film follows the life of iconic fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld
and is the first intimate portrait of the man behind Chanel. Keeping
on the forefront of major industry issues: the Tandem Series tackled
copyright in fashion with Susan Scafidi; marketing a young designer
label with Ann Claes from Veronique Branquinho; and the new role
of fashion bloggers in media with Susie Bubble and Isabelle Blandiaux.
On Saturday, the DuPont Building hosted the International Design
Competition and Fashion Show. Using the marble filled ballrooms
adorned with gold gilded gates as an exquisite backdrop, the show
opened with the work completed in the Masterclass, followed by
the Carte Blanche Series featuring the collections of Mathieu
Blazy and Sandra Backlund. The International Design Competition
exhibited the work of 61 finalists from countries around the world.
Presenting 2 silhouettes, each candidate showed the jury and attendees
their interpretation of ‘Confusion’, while competing
for one of the eight internships and scholarships offered. For
the first time, the Arts of Fashion introduced its Debut Series;
where collections from alumni of the Arts of Fashion including:
Carlos Santiago, Megan Stein, Douglas Rekker, and David Gil, closed
out the runway exhibitions. With Veronique Branquinho as the President
of the Jury, the awards were as follows:
Accessories
JC/DC Award: Zeynap Baran, Fashion Institue of
Technology, USA
Natalia Brilli Award: Laurence Weinisch, Miami
International University, USA
Fashion
French Federation of Couture Award: Li Li, Hong
Kong Polytechnic University, China
La Cambre Mode(s) Award: Hamana Nagisa, Esmod,
Japan
Duperre Award: Amy Sarabi, California College
of Arts, USA
Wendy and Jim Award: Alyse Killeen, Miami International
University, USA
Anne Valerie Hash Award: Natallia Pilipenka,
Fashion Institute of Technology, USA
Veronique Branquinho Award: Piyapong Thongpetch,
Istituto Carlo Secoli, Italy
In addition to the internship/scholarship prizes, the event sponsor,
YKK Americas, presented to each of the winners $650 in order to
assist in their internship/scholarship. Leaving the fun and sun
of Miami, the Arts of Fashion is back at work planning 2008- “Influence”.
PRESS RELEASE --- August 25, 2007
--- VERONIQUE BRANQUINHO TAKES MIAMI BY STORM ---
Arts of Fashion Foundation International
Annual Symposium
October 29, 2007 – November 3, 2007
Hosted by the Fashion Department of the Miami International University
of Art and Design
August 25, San Francisco, CA – The
Arts of Fashion Foundation is excited to announce its President
of the Jury for the 2007 Symposium, the international leading
contemporary creative fashion designer from the Belgian scene—Veronique
Branquinho!
Antwerp will meet Miami on November 2-3!
The Arts of Fashion Foundation is honored to welcome such an accomplished
designer, celebrating her 10th anniversary of her line. Born in
1973, Veronique Branquinho, with Raf Simons, A.F. Vandevorst,
and Bernhard Willhelm, is part of the “Second Wave”
of internationally renowned Belgium designers who came from the
Royal Academy of Fine Arts and transformed Antwerp into a new
fashion capital.
Following the footsteps of iconic designers
such as Martin Margiela, Dries Van Noten, Ann Demeulemeester,
and Walter Van Beirendonck, Veronique Branquinho has been able
to develop her own tailored sophisticated and contemporary identity
and clean-cut and high-end design details which transpire femininity
and elegance. In 2003, she broadened her vision with menswear
and definitively established her label with the opening of her
first flagship store in Antwerp. In 2005, she became the Chair—joining
an illustrious group of designers such as Westwood, Castelbajac,
and Lang—of the Fashion Department at the University of
Applied Arts – Vienna. Her collections have been presented
in Paris and are sold around the world.
Meanwhile, the United States recognized her in October 1998 as
the “Best New Designer” at the VH1 Fashion Awards.
In Italy, Ruffo Research chose Veronique Branquinho and Raf Simons
to design their collection. Two years later, she held an exhibition
at Fashion Institute of Technology of New York and was awarded
the Moët Fashion Award. Today, she is the guest curator of
the next issue of A Magazine, a unique fashion magazine that emphasizes
individuality against homogenisation.
Veronique Branquinho will bring to the
Arts of Fashion her unique perspective and artistic vision. She
will share her expertise and knowledge with students, faculty
and leading industry professionals and preside the jury for the
International Student Competition, composed Tony Delcampe, Director
of Fashion School La Cambre, Laurent Edmond, Assistant of Martin
Margiela, Susie Bubble, famous Blogger of stylebubble.typepad.com,
the avant-garde Designers Wendy & Jim, the menswear Designers
for Own... Additionally, she will present a second Veronique Branquinho
Award to one of the selected students from the Arts of Fashion
Competition.
On Thursday, November 1, the Arts of Fashion
Foundation and the Fashion Department of the Miami International
University of Art and Design will kick off the event with a welcoming
reception followed by the Premiere of the “Lagerfeld Confidential”
movie. On Friday, November 2, the public is invited to an exciting
mix of debates, presentations and seminars including focus on
fashion copyright issues directed by Attorney Susan Scafidi, who
testified before the U.S. Congress. Friday evening reception will
be honoring Veronique Branquinho. In addition, the main focus
of the two-day event will be the entries by 62 fashion and 22
accessories students selected from 90 different fashion Schools
and Universities in 30 countries. These designers will present
their creations related to this year’s theme of “Confusion”
in the frame of a unique fashion show and display, at the Dupont
Building, presided over by Veronique Branquinho on Saturday, November
3. The fashion show will also bring Megan Stein, AF international
winner 2005, the 2007 international Hyères fashion winner,
Sandra Backlund, and the rising star, Matthieu Blazy, 2007 international
Lancome winner and 2006 ITS winner – Maria Luisa Award.
For more information about Veronique Branquinho,
please visit: and updates, please visit: www.arts-of-fashion.org
or contact Charles Freeman at charles.freeman@arts-of-fashion.org
PRESS RELEASE -August 7, 2007- VERONIQUE
BRANQUINHO TAKES MIAMI BY STORM ---
Arts of Fashion Foundation International Annual Symposium
October 29, 2007 – November 3, 2007,
Hosted by the Fashion Department of the Miami International University
of Art and Design
August 7, San Francisco, CA – The Arts of Fashion Foundation
is excited to announce its President of the Jury for the 2007
Symposium, the international leading contemporary creative fashion
designer from the Belgian scene—Veronique Branquinho!
Antwerp will meet Miami on November 2-3!
The Arts of Fashion Foundation is honored to welcome such an accomplished
designer, celebrating her 10th anniversary of her line. Born in
1973, Veronique Branquinho, with Raf Simons, A.F. Vandevorst,
and Bernhard Willhelm, is part of the “Second Wave”
of internationally renowned Belgium designers who came from the
Royal Academy of Fine Arts and transformed Antwerp into a new
fashion capital.
Following the footsteps of iconic designers
such as Martin Margiela, Dries Van Noten, Ann Demeulemeester,
and Walter Van Beirendonck, Veronique Branquinho has been able
to develop her own tailored sophisticated and contemporary identity
and clean-cut and high-end design details which transpire femininity
and elegance. In 2003, she broadened her vision with menswear
and defintively established her label with the opening of her
first flagship store in Antwerp. In 2005, she became the Chair—joining
an illustrious group of designers such as Westwood, Castelbajac,
and Lang—of the Fashion Department at the University of
Applied Arts – Vienna. Her collections have been presented
in Paris and are sold around the world.
Meanwhile, the United States recognized her in October 1998 as
the “Best New Designer” at the VH1 Fashion Awards.
In Italy, Ruffo Research chose Veronique Branquinho and Raf Simons
to design their collection. Two years later, she held an exhibition
at Fashion Institute of Technology of New York and was awarded
the Moët Fashion Award. Today, she is the guest curator of
the next issue of A Magazine, a unique fashion magazine that emphasizes
individuality against homogenisation.
Veronique Branquinho will bring to the
Arts of Fashion her unique perspective and artistic vision. She
will share her expertise and knowledge with students, faculty
and leading industry professionals and preside the jury for the
International Student Competition, composed of Crstof Beaufays,
First Creative Assistant for Jean-Paul Gaultier, Tony Delcampe,
Director of Fashion School La Cambre, Laurent Edmond, Assistant
of Martin Margiela, Susie Bubble, famous Blogger of stylebubble.typepad.com,
the avant-garde Designers Wendy & Jim, the menswear Designers
for Own... Additionally, she will present a second Veronique Branquinho
Award to one of the selected students from the Arts of Fashion
Competition.
The Arts of Fashion Foundation and the
Fashion Department of the Miami International University of Art
and Design invite the public, faculty and students, professionals
on Friday, November 2nd to an exciting mix of debates, presentations
and seminars including focus on fashion copyright issues directed
by Attorney Susan Scafidi, who testified before the U.S. Congress.
In addition, the main focus of the two-day event will be the entries
by 62 fashion and 22 accessories students selected from 90 different
fashion Schools and Universities in 30 countries. These designers
will present their creations related to this year’s theme
of “Confusion” in the frame of a unique fashion show
and display, presided over by Veronique Branquinho on Saturday,
November 3rd. The fashion show will also bring Megan Stein, AF
international winner 2005, the 2007 international Hyères
fashion winner, Sandra Backlund, the rising star, Matthieu Blazy,
2007 international Lancome winner and 2006 ITS winner - Maria
Luisa Award.
For more information about Veronique Branquinho,
please visit: www.veroniquebranquinho.com
and updates, please visit: www.arts-of-fashion.org or contact
Charles Freeman at charles.freeman@arts-of-fashion.org
PRESS RELEASE---April 30, 2007 And the finalists are...
The 2007 Arts of Fashion International
Design Finalists Announced!
April 30, 2007
Arts of Fashion Foundation International Annual Symposium
October 29, 2007 – November 3, 2007
Miami International University of Art and Design
Charlene Parsons, Department Chair of Fashion,
1501 Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 100,
Miami FL 33 132-1418 800 225 9023 ext 5651
After receiving over 400 entries from 30
countries in both the fashion and accessories categories, a panel
of international educators selected 62 finalists in the fashion
category and 22 finalists in the accessories category during the
first round of judging for the 2007 Arts of Fashion International
Design Competition ‘Confusion’, on April 20. The jury
session took place at the famed De Young Museum in San Francisco,
currently hosting the tremendous exhibition of the work of the
British icon of Fashion: Vivienne Westwood. The finalists selected
from more than 90 schools and universities will have the opportunity
to showcase 2 of their designs from the collections submitted
during the Arts of Fashion Foundation Annual Symposium/Competition
Fashion Show. A complete list of finalists and participating schools
can be found on the Arts of Fashion Foundation website: www.arts-of-fashion.org
The 2007 Arts of Fashion Foundation Annual
Symposium and International Fashion Design Competition is set
to take place in Miami, Florida from October 29, 2007 until November
3, 2007. With featured guest speakers and jury members from across
the global fashion landscape, this year’s symposium will
be groundbreaking for the young fashion designers and students
involved. Many important issues in the current fashion kaleidoscope
such as the copyright in fashion will be discussed this year again
with Susan Scafidi, Attorney at Law, who testified before the
U.S. Congress. The highly successful Masterclass Series Workshops
will take place with an unprecedented 5 fashion design workshops
being instructed by design talents from across Europe. Some of
the guest instructors include Crstof Beaufays, Tony Delcampe,
Wendy and Jim, Susie Bubble, Etienne Mineur, Jocelyne Imbert and
Own. Sandra Backlund, the Hyeres Grand Prize 2007 winner, will
also showcase her work as well as Matthieu Blazy, Lancome International
winner 2007. Registration for the Masterclass Series is on a first
come basis, with online registration currently open. For more
information and exciting updates, please visit: www.arts-of-fashion.org
or contact Charles Freeman at charles.freeman@arts-of-fashion.org
Pre-program
• Monday Oct 29 – Thursday Nov 1 MasterClass-Series
• Thursday Nov 1
06:00-09:00 PM / Opening Reception / Jury President
09:00-11:00 PM / Video & Short Fashion Movies Selection /
CineToile-Series
• Friday Nov 2
09:00-12:00 AM / Jury Working Session / AF-Competition 2007
02:00-05:00 PM / Seminars & Conferences / Tandem-Series
Business of a Young Designer - Copyright in Fashion - Fashion
Media
06:00-09:00 PM / Reception / CarteBlanche-Series
• Saturday Nov 3
06:00-09:00 PM / International Fashion Show Competition &
Awards Ceremony
Fashion Show Rising Designers
Fashion Show MasterClass-Series 2007
International Fashion Show Competition 2007 & AF Awards Ceremony
PRESS RELEASE---April 24, 2007 And the finalists are...
Selected Students / Fashion Category
Célia Balança • Duperre
Higher School of Applied Arts/ Paris - France
Diva Borrelli • Moore College of Art & Design/ Philadelphia
- USA
Chih-Yung Chan • Parsons School of Design (BFA)/ New York
- USA
Li-Ya Cheng • Central Saint Martins, College of Art and
Design/ London - UK
Hwayoung Cho • Fashion Institute of Technology/ New York
- USA
Kimberly Chow • Parsons School of Design (AAS)/ New York
- USA
Marie Collette • Chateau Massart - IFPME/ Liege - Belgique
Hugo Costa • Escola Superior de Artes Aplicadas/ Castelo
Branco - Portugal
Elyse Crowell • The School of the Art Institute of Chicago/
Chicago - USA
Gwendolyn Davis • City College of San Francisco/ San Francisco
- USA
Regine Dulay • Fashion Institute of the Philippine/ Pasig
City - The Philippines
Boaz Eli • Parsons School of Design (BFA)/ New York - USA
Alina Ene • National University of Arts/ Bucharest - Romania
Lauren Engler • Parsons School of Design (BFA)/ New York
- USA
Sandra Galan • National University of Arts/ Bucharest -
Romania
Elektra Gorski • Fashion Institute of Technology/ New York
- USA
Nicole Hoebler • Drexel University / Philadelphia - USA
Chris Horner • Virginia Commonwealth University/ Richmond
- USA
Ingrid Isoppo • Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina
- UDESC/ Florianópolis - Brazil
Rebecca Jane Jeffries • Parsons School of Design (AAS)/
New York - USA
Mi Ha Jeon • Parsons School of Design (AAS)/ New York -
USA
Haejin Jeong • The School of the Art Institute of Chicago/
Chicago - USA
Lianhua Jin • University of the Arts/ London - UK
Alyse Killeen • Miami International University of Art &
Design/ Miami - USA
Maria Olivia Larrain Heiremans • Universidad del Pacifico/
Santiago - Chile
Sooji Lee • Academy of Art University/ San Francisco - USA
Eun Joo Lee • Parsons School of Design (AAS)/ New York -
USA
Li Li • Hong Kong Polytechnic University/ Kowloon - China
Ruby Marquez • Houston Community College/ Houston - USA
Christine Marie Mayes • Parsons School of Design (BFA)/
New York - USA
Rebecca Milward • Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology/
Ontorio - Canada
Alina Camelia Morar • University of Arts/ Cluj Napoca -
Romania
Sandra Moura • Art Institute of New York/ New York - USA
Hamana Nagisa • Esmod Tokyo/ Tokyo - Japan
Daniela Oleary • Academy of Art University/ San Francisco
- USA
Morgan Peterson • Stephens College/ Columbia - USA
Natallia Pilipenka • Fashion Institute of Technology/ New
York - USA
Cristiane Poelking • Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina
- UDESC/ Florianópolis - Brazil
Radames Ramos • Miami International University of Art &
Design/ Miami - USA
John Renaud • Pratt Institute/ Brooklyn - USA
Dan Roedler • University of Minnesota/ Saint Paul –
USA
Tanushri Roy • National Institute
of Fashion Technology/ New Delhi - India
Maria Ecaterina Rusu • National University of Arts/ Bucharest
- Romania
Raya Salloum • École des Métiers des Faubourgs
de Montréal/ Montreal - Canada
Amy Sarabi • California College of the Arts/ San Francisco
- USA
Roseann Scrivens • Art Institute of California/ San Francisco
- USA
Maia Semmes • The School of the Art Institute of Chicago/
Chicago - USA
India Smith • Drexel University/ Philadelphia - USA
Selene Soucy • Miami International University of Art &
Design/ Miami - USA
Katarzyna Staniszewska • Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz/ Lodz
- Poland
Marina Ten • Dongseo University/ Busan - South Korea
Piyapong Thongpetch • Istituto Carlo Secoli/ Milano - Italy
Edward Tung • Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising/
San Francisco - USA
Toby Tyler • University of Cincinnati/ Cincinnati - USA
Miri Uhm • The School of the Art Institute of Chicago/ Chicago
- USA
Leslie Vaglica • Mount Mary College Mount/ Milwaukee - USA
Vaarun Vohra • Fashion Institute of Technology/ New York
- USA
Laurence Weinisch • Miami International University of Art
& Design/ Miami - USA
Roxanne Weippert • Cornell University/ Ithaca - USA
Berengere Wiot • Chateau Massart - IFPME/ Liege - Belgium
Man Wen Yang • Academy of Art University/ San Francisco
- USA
Ling Zhang • Iowa State University/ Ames - USA
Selected Students / Accessories Category
Maria Liliana Alberca Canelo • Mod'Art/
Lima - Peru
Zeynep Baran • Fashion Institute of Technology/ New York
- USA
Marina Brock • Virginia Commonwealth University/ Richmond
- USA
Juan-Carlos M. Cajigas Berrios • Miami International University
of Art & Design/ Miami - USA
Kimberly Chow • Parsons School of Design (AAS)/ New York
- USA
Tammy Cohen • Miami International University of Art &
Design/ Miami - USA
Valeria Gomez • Miami International University of Art &
Design/ Miami - USA
Inbal Haytman • Bezalel Academy of Art & Design/ Jerusalem
- Israel
Cristina Hoyos • Miami International University of Art &
Design/ Miami - USA
Aaron Jackson • Virginia Commonwealth University/ Richmond
- USA
Alyse Killeen • Miami International University of Art &
Design/ Miami - USA
Kuan-Wen Liu • Central Saint Martins, College of Art and
Design/ London - UK
Rosemary Mifsud • Kendall College of Art & Design/ Grands
Rapid - USA
Ann Morin • San Francisco State University/ San Francisco
- USA
Eleftheria Mouzakiti • National University of Athens/ Athens
- Greece
Danielle Muraco • Florida State University/ Tallahassee
- USA
Waldtraud Riedl • Die Herbststrabe - HLA Mode/ Vienna -
Austria
Maria Ecaterina Rusu • National University of Arts, Decorative
Arts/ Bucharest - Romania
Rebeca Vargas • Miami International University of Art &
Design/ Miami - USA
Laurence Weinisch • Miami International University of Art
& Design/ Miami - USA
Mary Wolf • Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising/
Los Angeles - USA
Clara Yoo • Parsons School of Design (BFA)/ New York - USA
PRESS RELEASE---OCT 26, 2006 AF
AWARDS 06
The 2006 Arts of Fashion Symposium, Fashion:
Expression of Body and Mind, took place at the University of North
Texas, from October 16 - October 21.
The event opened with the highly successful
Masterclass Series Workshops in Fashion and Accessories. The Fashion
Workshop being presented by Tony Delcampe, Director of La Cambre-Brussels,
and Crstof Beaufays, First Creative Assistant for Jean-Paul Gaultier-Paris,
while the Accessories Workshop was presented by Wendy & Jim
(Helga Schania and Hermann Fankhauser) from Vienna-Austria.
On Thursday evening, for the CarteBlanche
Series, Olivier Saillard, President of the Jury 2006, Curator
of Fashion/Textiles at The Louvre presented his innovative “Performance
of a Dress”, the first time the presentation has been in
the United States.
The Tandem Series Lectures, held on Friday
and Saturday featured: Olivier Saillard; Francois Broca, Director
of Ecole Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne; Tony Delcampe;
Pamela Klein, Chair of the AAS Program at Parsons; Radley Cramer,
Director of Fashion Studies at Marist College; Didier Grumbach,
President of Federation Francaise de la Couture du Pret a Porter
et des Createurs de Mode; Alain Coblence, Copyright Attorney;
Jeffrey Banks, Menswear Designer and Executive Board Member CFDA;
Susie Bubble, Fashion Blogger from London; Etienne Mineur, Graphic
Designer and Blogger based in Paris; Peter Hermesdorf, Director
of Marketing Anne Valerie Hash-Paris; and Anne Valerie Hash, Haute
Couture Designer and Founder of Anne Valerie Hash Couture House.
The CineToiles Series on Friday night presented
some Diane Pernet’s short movies including the H for Hyeres
2006. The event culminated in a runway style fashion show featuring
the designs of 40 U.S. candidates competing for 6 Grand Prizes
on Saturday evening. The collections of Anthony Vaccarello and
Julien Dossena, both winners from the Hyeres International Fashion
Festival, were also featured, as well as the accessories and designs
created in the Masterclass Series Workshops.
The winners of the Grand Prize Awards were as follows:
• Jessica Darwin (Moore College of
Art and Design) won the six-week scholarship to the creative fashion
design department of the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Visuels
de La Cambre – Brussels
• Jaeyoon Jeong (Drexel University) won the two-month internship
within the Jean-Charles de Castelbajac House – Paris
• Leanne Wierzba (California College of Arts of San Francisco),
won a three-month internship within the Anne-Valerie Hash House
- Paris
• Chi Kwan (Parsons The New School for Design) won the one-year
scholarship to the renown Schools of the Chambre Syndicale - Paris
• Sung Yun Nam (Parsons The New School for Design) won the
three-month internship within the creative department of Veronique
Branquinho - Antwerp
• Kyoonhee Shin (School of the Art Institute of Chicago)
won a three-month internship within the design studio of Wendy
& Jim - Vienna
Once again, the Arts of Fashion Foundation
worked to present an amazing Symposium bringing the best of the
European Fashion Industry to share their experience with fashion
design students from around the United States. Congratulations
to the 2006 awarded fashion students! http://www.arts-of-fashion.org
Charles Freeman, Editor in Chief for the
Arts of Fashion: charles.freeman@arts-of-fashion.org
