from ESCAPÉS: Academy of Art University - Featured Designer of New York Fashion Week A/W 2013

Fall 2013 RTW - Overview

Mercedez-Benz Fashion Week is a one of the biggest celebration for all fashion designers. Only with rare opportunity will a designer be able to be part of it. Fortunately for fashion students from Academy of Art University in San Francisco, CA were able to participate in this week-long celebration. I must say, I am very impressed with this group of students. Fashion designing students collaborating with textile students creating the perfect balance of style, beauty, and high-fashion. I thought it is so great that Mercedez-Benz gave them their chance to show their talent.

Designers included are Chenxi Li, Heather McDonald, Heather Scholl, Janine M. Villa and Amanda Nervig, Qian Xie, Teresa Field, James Thai, and Leah Aripotch, Yuming Weng. They are all very talented students and each presented six to nine pieces during the show. All of their designs are displayed below, please look at them and more information about each collection may be explained in details later!

Check it out below, and stay tuned with the university's fashion communities, there are a lot of rising stars there and they may be the future of the fashion scene!

Fall 2013 RTW - Janine M. Villa and Amanda Nervig

Designer(s): Janine Villa and Amanda Nervig

Degree: M.F.A. Fashion Design; M.F.A. Knitwear Design
Inspiration: Vintage Welsh Rugs.

Fall 2013 RTW - Yuming Weng

Designer(s): Yuming Weng

Degree: M.F.A. Fashion Design

Inspiration: Henrietta Harriss

Fall 2013 RTW - Teresa Field, James Thai, and Leah Aripotch

Designer(s): Theresa Field, James Thai, and Leah Aripotch

Degree: M.F.A. Fashion Design; B.F.A. Textile Design; B.F.A. Fine Art Sculpture
Inspiration: Artistic representations of the human body, anatomy, musculature, and process sketches from H.R. Giger’s Alien.