SCAD: The Place Where Fashion Dreams Come True! November 20, 2009
Posted by SCAD Fashion Department in : Design Resources , add a commentAtlanta Professor Zeagler recently received the following letter in the mail from a young aspiring fashion designer. Now that the quarter is finished and you finally have time to SLEEP (hooray!), take a moment to reflect on why you’re here and remember how many little girls and boys dream of being right where you are!
“Dear Professor Zeagler:
Hello, I am in sixth grade at Durham Middle School. As you probably know, school is hard when it comes to fashion! You have to stay caught up on all the latest trends. But, I don’t like being like everyone else. I like making my own trends and doing my own things. I am very interested in fashion and designing. Something I think leads to a great fashion designer! I have my own ideas about fashion and I have a great dream!
I hope to go to SCAD one day when I make it to college. I really would like to graduate from the school as a graphic designer. But, I don’t want that to be the only thing that I do. I also want to be a fashion designer. That would be my side job, but still very important. More like my second job - not part time a normal, fun, full time job.
My dream is to make a line of my very own jeans - Passion Jeans. I would love to make pink super skinny jeans with black threading. All my jeans would be colorful (sort of like the blue, blue jeans that I’m wearing now!) and cool! I think maybe you can relate to the dreams of fashion designing. I can’t wait to make my jeans and for my dreams to come true.
Sincerely,
An Excited Sixth Grader”
When live gives you lemons . . . November 19, 2009
Posted by SCAD Fashion Department in : Design Resources , add a commentWhat do you do? Create a new business model!
This stinky economy is driving entrepreneurs to create all sorts of inventive new business models and helping others thrive while the rest of the industry is in the red. One idea that has really taken off lately is the concept of renting apparel and accessories. Several different companies are purchasing designer garments and renting them to consumers at 90% off the retail price.
The Wall Street Journal reported last week that businesses operating under such models have found new customers during the recession and are actually remaining cash flow positive. Click here to see the rest of the article that was submitted to us by Atlanta student Josh Holcombe.
I know it’s difficult to stay positive and feel “up” in a down economy - but keep in mind that necessity is the mother of invention. Not that anyone actually needs a $2,000 Tuleh dress. But when you have the option to wear one for $200, maybe you could invent a reason.
- Tiffany Teague
The Sale of the Century November 18, 2009
Posted by SCAD Fashion Department in : Design Resources , add a commentWatching the Valentino documentary - one can’t help but marvel at how much wealth and stuff Valentino and Giancarlo Giammetti have amassed in a few decades. A similar story could be told of Yves Saint Laurent and his longtime partner Pierre Bergé.
Following Yves Saint Laurent’s death in Paris last year, Bergé began selling articles from their collection for multiple millions of Euro a piece - including a record-breaking €32 million Matisse. This week in Paris, Christie’s auction house will begin selling a more affordable collection of 1200 objects from the Saint Laurent - Bergé collection, most of which come from their French country chateau and the proceeds from which will benefit AIDS research.
Just in time for holiday gift ideas, you can tell your sweetie that you want to own a little piece of fashion history. You could get a Matisse sketch for a couple thousand bucks, three crocodile Hermes suitcases for about six thousand, two Yves Saint Laurent Brooches for less than a thousand, or an Ethiopian necklace of glass beads and metal for about $150. Click here to see the full 275 page catalog or here to browse through an interactive photo wall.
The auction ends Friday, so drop those hints fast. And, just think, you can say “Oh, this old thing? Well, it used to belong to Yves Saint Laurent. He always kept it at his French chateau . . . blah, blah, blah.”
- Tiffany Teague
Nano Technology in your Pants November 18, 2009
Posted by SCAD Fashion Department in : Design Resources , add a commentThose of you studying Intro to Textiles will appreciate this new fabric used by Outlier, a clothing manufacturer for city cyclists. The textiles they use in their pants is given what the Swiss textile manufacturer Schoeller calls the Lotus treatment, “a nano tech fabric treatment modeled after the surface of a lotus leaf . . . . What that means is that the surface is a fractal with no repeating surface structure upon which oil or stains can bond.”
So you can pour all sorts of crazy liquids on it - like red wine, mud, and coffee - and the stuff just rolls off. And, to accommodate Outlier’s bike riding customer, the fabric wicks moisture from the inside, remains dry and breathable, and (with its incorporated stretch) allows for a wide range of motion.
Basically, this company is producing garments that look like something you could buy anywhere, like the basic khaki - but the fact that they are using these super-functional textiles gives them an edge over the competition and gets people talking.
So, be glad you have the opportunity to study textiles. You may just pick up on something that will spark an idea for a super-functional and easily-marketable apparel line.
- Tiffany Teague
Street to Runway Trend - Return to Victorian November 13, 2009
Posted by SCAD Fashion Department in : Design Resources , 1 comment so farA big trend that has been gaining speed over the past year is a new Victorian look in both menswear and womenswear. The New York Times covered the trend yesterday and its influence on contemporary menswear.
This trend has led to a series of “Tweed Rides” across the globe. Beginning in London earlier this year, a group of dandies and ladies dress in their coolest tweeds and take leisurely rides across their city. The trend quickly spread to New York, Boston, Sydney, and San Francisco.
Stylesight, always quick to pick up on these trends, recently posted photos from Antique Elegance (formerly Victorian Elegance,) a biannual Victorian antiques and clothing show in Dallas. To see the entire trend report, go to the Stylesight website and then copy this link into your address bar: http://www.stylesight.com/fashionoffice/board-dynamic.php?boardnum=8799&mypage=1
- Tiffany Teague
Style Wars Friday Night! November 12, 2009
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What is Style Wars?
Eight of Atlanta’s hottest designers will face off in head-to-head battles—working against the clock, on models, LIVE on stage. Cut, tape, burn, drape: designers innovate to dominate the runway, using vintage garments and household objects to make fierce fashion! A panel of Style VIPs will choose which designer stays and which bites the dust, while ATLs top DJs get their real life DJ Hero on.
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” Like an old-school MC Battle, [but] these guys spit out style.”
—THE NEW YORK TIMES
“Raising fashion’s already quick pulse to a New York-minute.”
—THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
“A huge phenomenon. High in suspense and fun.”
—THE LONDON TIMES
“Battle of the most fashionable kind”
–VOGUE.COM
Catherine Malandrino Toasts SCAD November 10, 2009
Posted by SCAD Fashion Department in : Design Resources , add a commentFresh off her visit to the Fashion Department at SCAD’s Savannah Campus, Catherine Malandrino posted photos of her stay and discussed her impressions of SCAD on her blog. Sounds like she had a great time!
Thanks to Laurie Ross in Savannah for sharing this link!
- Tiffany Teague
Get your Fashion Over Atlanta T-Shirts TODAY! November 10, 2009
Posted by SCAD Fashion Department in : Design Resources , add a commentWanna look IN at all the parties on Thursday? Go buy your t-shirt TODAY!
All the boutiques participating in Fashion Over Atanta will have the t-shirts in stock today.
These Pecan Pie shirts are 100% organic cotton, hand screen printed, and made in the south by our own Clint Zeagler! Go support the local fashion industry!
One place you may want to check out is the Taste Boutique in Atlantic Station. Not only do they have the t-shirts, but as part of Fashion Over Atlanta, they are hosting a jewelry trunk show on Friday Night. Fun!! Thanks to Lawren McCord for letting us know about this!
- Tiffany Teague
Rimmon Fabrics at SCAD Atlanta Wednesday November 9, 2009
Posted by SCAD Fashion Department in : Design Resources , add a commentRimmon Imported Fabrics
Rimmon Imported Fabrics is coming to the SCAD-Atlanta Campus this Wednesday afternoon and has invited each of you to participate in their sale and showing of imported designer fabrics.
Their representative Ron Rimmon will be showing their exclusive lines of finer European and designer fabrics and buttons. The complete collection is available to students with low minimum yardage requirements. He will be showing their new fabrics including their newest line: Roopa Organic Bamboo Knits.
WEDNESDAY
November 11
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
at the SCAD- Atlanta
Fashion Resource Room
For more information call:
Ron’s cell: 310-502-7579
RIMMON IMPORTED FABRICS
1-800-697-4666
11054 West Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90064
e-mail: rrimmon@aol.com
Come by and invite your designer friends. Rimmon Fabrics is a “secret source” for small to medium size pieces of imported designer dress fabrics for independent designers, manufactures and retail fabric stores.
Couture Fabric Sale This Weekend In Atlanta November 6, 2009
Posted by SCAD Fashion Department in : Design Resources , add a commentGreat news! Atlanta based couture wedding and evening dress designer Marie de George will be selling her extra fabric this weekend. She has a gorgeous selection of silks, wools, natural fabrics, notions, a wide assortment of books, beads, supplies, vintage lace, trims, and feathers. Priced at wholesale and below.
This weekend and next (November 6-8 and 13-15):
Friday - Sunday 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Call Marie de George Couture for more details: 404.964.8418
The prices are incredible and the selections are beautiful. Definitely do not miss this.
Thank you Professor Shinekia Thomas for letting us know about this great sale!
- Tiffany Teague