Arts of Fashion - Masterclass 2010 San Francisco

WOOL IT OR WOOLLEN - FASHION TEXTILE DESIGN MASTERCLASS WORKSHOP
Instructor/Designers : Aurore Thibout (Paris) - Laurence Teillet (London)

Aurore Thibout, Hyeres Public Grand Prize winner 06, presents her collections in Paris fashion week and is a graduate of the School of the Decorative Arts of Paris. Laurence Teillet, cofounder and artistic director for Elemental - a uniquely revisited antique furniture collection, exhibited at Selfridge, is a graduate of Central Saint Martins - London. 5 days to work on surface, element and printed techniques with the Paris and London based fashion textile artists, both former fashion designers of Martin Margiela
http://www.aurorethibout.com http://www.elemental.uk.com http://www.maisonmargiela.com

Concept : Through manipulation of second hand woollen sweaters and yarns, different innovative methods will be used to re-invent ways of working with woolly materials, mainly: Pressing - fusing - dividing - covering - over - cutting - sticking - felting - cut and sew techniques to rework the wool in layers and challenge its qualities.
By hand or mechanical means the wool material will be transformed in order to re-create new volumes and surfaces playing with depth, fullness versus emptiness, lines and curves, graphic effects, strata, thick and thin...

Required materials
3 chunky woollen sweaters with decorative cable knits (100% wool, traditional Scottish type. Plain white or off white)
1 red woollen sweater (100% wool, any shade of red acceptable)
3 balls of red yarns or 3 balls of white/off-white yarns
2/3 yards of viledon, also called Bondaweb in English (fusing)
2/3 yards of white thin fusable interlining on a woven weft (thermocollant)

Catwalk accessories : White/off-white acrylic/woolly thick tights - Red opaque nylon tights

WILD FASHION - FUR DESIGN MASTERCLASS WORKSHOP
Instructor/Designers : Anthony Vaccarello (Paris) - David Duby (Paris)

Anthony Vaccarello is a former Fendi fur fashion designer, under Karl Lagerfeld and the Hyeres Grand Prize winner 06 under Ann Demeulemester presidency. He presents his collections at the Paris fashion week within the official calendar. David Duby is a free lance designer for various Houses including Lanvin and YSL. He is today the assistant of Anthony Vaccarello for his next collection. Both studied Fashion at La Cambre -Brussels.
http://anthonyvaccarello.blogspot.com http://www.lanvin.com http://www.yvessaintlaurent.com

Concept : Assemble pieces of faux fur in order to give birth to a new animal.. Result: a great winter coat made with patchwork of graphical faux fur.
Required materials
Black/natural colored faux fur (5 different kind of hairs [different lengths and shades])
Metallic rivets (50) Openable metallic rings (50)
3 yards of faux leather

THANK YOU FOR SMOKING - FASHION DESIGN MASTERCLASS WORKSHOP
Instructor/Designers : Matthieu Blazy (Antwerp) - Julie Perrin (Paris) - Matthew Ames (New York)

Matthieu Blazy is a graduate of La Cambre-Brussels 2006 and the recipient of the ITS 5 Maria Luisa award. Since then, he lives and works in Antwerp as Raf Simons' senior creative designer. Julie Perrin is a graduate from Duperre-Paris 2008 and is a successful free lance accessory designer for various brands including Hermes and Jerome Dreyfuss. Matthew Ames, former Jurgi Persoons & Miguel Adrover' s assistant, works and lives in New York. He presents his collections during the New York Fashion Week. Matthew is a graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
http://www.rafsimons.com http://www.hermes.com http://www.jerome-dreyfuss.com http://www.matthewames.com

Concept : Rediscovering and transforming the essence of an iconic piece in a new innovative way.
An iconic piece is recognizable among thousands. It illustrates the vision and creativity of its designer. Yves Saint Laurent's tuxedo remains one the most iconic pieces of the twentieth century. Because of this characteristic, it is the perfect balance between a strong sharp piece and a classical frame for a student to further his/her skills. In this MasterClass, we will try to emerge new shapes, new volumes and new aesthetics using such a piece. By deconstructing the garment, we will then use patchwork techniques in order to create what could be a modern, innovative interpretation of this classic icon. Use its heritage and transgress it.

Required materials: (*Size is not important.)
One second-hand men's black tuxedo jacket and one second-hand men’s black blazer
One men's black trouser pant
One men's white cotton button-down shirt
One tie/bow tie 4/5 yards of woven graphic fabric. (i.e. Scottish tartan, pied de poule, pied de coq , check , suiting stripe materials, Chinese compact silk with design, fancy woven silk etc…)
3/4 yards of non-woven fabric (i.e. tyvek, plastic, leather, aluminium, technological fabrics) **Plain colors only
40 yards of couturish ribbon (trimming, piping) (**can be chain, embroidery, metal, satin , strange rope, fringe, etc...

THE ARTS OF FASHION MASTERCLASS-SERIES IS MEANT TO:
- Increase and develop creativity by exposing students to new techniques and different design approaches.
- Learn and experience first hand from first class renowned designers.
- Give students feedback on their portfolios and professional projects.
- Initiate and encourage collaboration between professional designers and students.
- Allow students to mingle and network with other fashion driven students from all over the world.
- Each MasterClass is taught in English with 2 renowned instructors / designers for 15 students.

MASTERCLASS-SERIES 2010
- Four MasterClasses - workshops - are open to registration with a fixed and limited number of spots.
- The MasterClasses are open to fashion & design students as well as young fashion professionals (on review of their application).
- The 5-day MasterClass-series will start on Friday December 3 prior to the Arts of Fashion Symposium itself.
- The MasterClass's Tuition fees - including a PASS for the entire AoF Symposium - is $ 875 for student and $ 1050 for young professionals.

DEADLINE
First Come First Serve : Registration online will be closed when the number of registration by workshop will reached fifteen students.
December 03-04-05-06: MasterClass-series from 9AM - 5PM.
December 07: Fashion Show production and presentation of the work done during the MasterClass-Series along with the AoF-Competition finalists at the Bently Reserve.

Fri Dec. 03 - Wed Dec. 07 / 09:00 AM- 05:00 PM / MasterClass-Series / San Francisco / Arts Institute of California-San Francisco/ 1170 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94102-4928: 4 MasterClass-series are opened, for a limited number of fashion design students and young fashion professionals. The designs produced in the MasterClass-series will be presented as a special segment in the AoF Fashion Show.

A priority of registration will be given to the selected candidates for the Arts of Fashion Competition 2010 coming to the event: If you are an Arts of Fashion 2010 selected candidate and you wish to register for a MasterClass, please use this special link.
Your recent resume, a photocopy of your full-time student ID, the print or photocopie of your online Paypal payment registration will be requested the first day to be admitted into the MasterClass-series.

1st STEP: Online registration for the masterclass you want to participate in. The tuition fees are $ 875 as a full time student or $ 1050 as a young fashion professional graduated less than 5 years ago.

2nd STEP: The Arts of Fashion will try to meet your first preference to the best of our ability, but we will be notifying you in the event of not being able to do so. For those students who previously attended an Arts of Fashion MasterClass-series and/or the Arts of Fashion Summer Program in Europe before, the AoF would highly recommend that you register for a workshop with different instructors than previously, so as to enrich your learning experience and your exposure to different teachings and fashion philosophies.

3rd STEP: Your registration will be fully completed only when you received back an email of confirmation from the Arts of Fashion organization. Instructions and material specifications for the developments of the MasterClass-series as well as the realization of the project will be emailed after. After your fully completed admittance to the workshop with the AoF confirmation received, In case of a cancellation of workshop for any reason/ circonstance tuition fees will be refund. Spots are limited and are on first come, first served.

CANCELLATION POLICY: All demand of cancellation must be made in writing before theses dates: before August 15 refund of the tution fees less 10%, before Sept.15 refund of the tuition fees less 30% after Sept. 15 no tution fees refund