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Dr. Joyce F. Brown,
center, president,
Fashion Institute of
Technology (FIT),
welcomed designers
Calvin Klein and
Carolina Herrera to
the VIP reception
for The Future of
Fashion, the
annual runway show
produced by
graduating design
students of the
Fashion Institute of
Technology. Klein
and Herrera acted as
critics and mentors
to the students and
presented awards to
the winners.
Photo by Matthew
Septimus |
THE FUTURE OF FASHION,
Tomorrow’s Top Designers
Displayed Their Talent on
the Runway While Tomorrow’s
Technology Was Unveiled at
New York’s First 3D
Simulcast of a Fashion Show
The Future of Fashion was
revealed when the Fashion
Institute of Technology’s
top graduating design
students showcased 101
fashion-forward garments at
FIT’s annual end-of-year
runway show.
This professionally produced
event presented sportswear,
special occasion, knitwear,
intimate apparel, menswear,
and children’s wear designed
for fall 2010 to packed
audiences of established
designers, industry
executives, and proud
families at two showings –
4:30 pm and 7:30 pm -- in
the Great Hall at FIT, with
a VIP reception held between
the two shows. An overflow
crowd viewed the shows in 3D
stereoscopic simulcast in
FIT’s Haft Auditorium.
For those not able to attend
in person, the 7:30 pm show
was streamed live to the
web. The fully immersive,
stereoscopic 3D simulcast
was the first such
production of a New York
runway show and the second
time any runway show has
been presented in 3D.
(Burberry Prorsum’s fall
2010 collection, shown in
the U.K., was the first.)
The event furthers FIT’s
leading position as the link
between creativity and
technology, and places the
college at the forefront of
technology as it relates to
fashion and business. The 3D
stereoscopic production was
by UVPHACTORY's
Dimitris Athos.
Each year, noted designers
act as mentors and critics
to the students. These
designers visit classrooms
throughout the spring
semester to critique the
students’ work and,
ultimately, to select the
most exceptional garment
from each area of
specialization for a special
award. This year’s critics
included Calvin Klein and
Carolina Herrera, who were
among those presenting
awards to the students at
the VIP reception. Winners
are listed at the end of
this release. The young
designers also vied for cash
awards from Cotton
Incorporated, the lead
sponsor of the fashion show.
Students who used cotton in
95 percent of their garments
were eligible to win $2,000
in each of five categories:
sportswear, knitwear,
intimate apparel, special
occasion, and children’s
wear.
Inclusion in The Future of
Fashion runway show is
selective, with garments
chosen by a panel of judges
that this year included Kate
Betts, contributing editor
of Time Inc., and Lisa
Smilor, associate executive
director of the Council of
Fashion Designers of America
(CFDA). Renowned hairstylist
Laurent Dufourg provided
stylists and products for
the models. Janice Kinjo of
Epiphany was lead makeup
artist, with Smashbox
Cosmetics sponsoring Kinjo
and her team of artists.
Dufourg and makeup artist
Sue Devitt were among those
who contributed products for
the gift bags. The theme of
the VIP reception, held
between the two shows and
sponsored by Guitar
Aficionado magazine, was the
dynamic between music and
fashion. Guitar Aficionado
provided five white Epiphone
guitars, each of which was
decorated by an FIT student
and displayed at the
reception. FIT, a college of
art and design, business and
technology of the State
University of New York (SUNY),
offers 44 majors leading to
the AAS, BFA, BS, MA, and
MPS degrees. FIT fashion
design alumni include Calvin
Klein, Norma Kamali,
Francisco Costa Ralph Rucci,
Stephen Burrows, Amsale
Aberra, John Bartlett, and
Nanette Lepore.
THE FUTURE OF FASHION
AWARD WINNERS CRITIC AWARD
WINNERS
Margaret Bacon – Intimate
Apparel, Katelyn Bischof –
Special Occasion Diana
Donovan – Sportswear,
Cristina Gutierrez –
Children’s Wear
Amanda Henderson – Knitwear,
Katherine Lee – Knitwear,
Murphy Thiel – Menswear,
Liudmila Urbina –
Sportswear,
Jessica Velasquez -
Sportswear
COTTON INCORPORATED WINNERS
Kidan Brooks – Special
Occasion, Inyoung Ham –
Knitwear,
Keira McCullough –
Children’s Wear, Jessica
Velasquez – Sportswear,
Nicole Wilson – Intimate
Apparel