Fashion Design News
SF Gate: Fashion: Six to Start: Emerging designers chosen for Fashion Incubator San Francisco program that offers Macy's sewing
Posted on Tuesday, January 31, 2012, by Allison Byers
You know you're a winner when a panel of judges wants to wear what you've just designed.
"We all wanted to order Justin Jamison's jeans on the spot," said designer Jeanne Allen, referring to one of six emerging fashion designers selected for a new Fashion Incubator San Francisco program.
Read the rest >>>Source4Style Tags CCA's Fashion Design Program Among "Top 10 Sustainable Design Universities"
Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2012, by Jim Norrena
Source4Style, an online marketplace for trendsetting designers who seek cutting-edge materials for their design needs, called out CCA's Fashion Design Program as an innovative leader in the sustainability movement, ranking the college's design program fourth in its "Top 10 Sustainable Design Universities" December post!
Read the rest >>>2011 R.A.W. Video Contest Showcases Student Life In and Out of the Studio (Including a Burger or Two!)
Posted on Thursday, November 17, 2011, by Clay Walsh
Congratulations to this year's juried R.A.W. Video (real artists at work) contest winners! The contest, open to all current CCA students, challenged contestants to create a two-minute (maximum) high-resolution digital film (including audio) with “In and Out of the Studio" as the required theme.
The goal was to encourage students to pick up their digital camcorders and highlight their community at CCA—whether in the classroom, studio, residence hall—or away from the college altogether. And the goal was definitely met several times over!
2011 R.A.W. Video Contest Winners
Read the rest >>>Sustainability-Minded Boutique, The Moon, Reflects CCA in More Ways Than One
Posted on Monday, August 22, 2011, by Jim Norrena
Earlier this summer, while walking along 25th Street between Broadway and Telegraph avenues in downtown Oakland, I found myself appreciating a discernible shift in the neighborhood's appearance. It used to be only abandoned warehouses and defunct automotive repair shops comprised the city blocks in this area (the result of 1989's Loma Prieta earthquake, which took its toll on an already economically depressed downtown Oakland).
Yet now, slowly, one by one, this same area seems to be the impetus for an appreciable spate of creative businesses and artist live/work spaces.
Read the rest >>>CCA's Inspired Annual Fashion Show a Trailblazer for Sustainable, Interdisciplinary Design
Posted on Wednesday, May 25, 2011, by Jim Norrena
The Annual Fashion Show 2011 at California College of the Arts, the capstone experience for Fashion Design seniors, unfolded Friday, May 13, with all the characteristic grandstand presentation the college and its community have come to expect. And once again, with 800 persons in attendance, the shindig was completely sold out!
Watch the slideshow » (Select "show info" in the upper right-hand corner to see the name of the designer.)
Read the rest >>>In Conversation with Fashion Design Chair Amy Williams
Posted on Thursday, May 19, 2011, by Jim Norrena
As part of my recent review of the 2011 Annual Fashion Show, I sat down with Fashion Design chair Amy Williams to chat about her most important event of the year. She's passionate about her work, and I had no difficulty getting her to discuss what truly matters most at the end of the, er, runway: the students and their careers.
Q: So what does it take to plan the Annual Fashion Show? And what’s next?
Read the rest >>>California College of the Arts Earns Placement in Princeton Review's Guide to Greenest Colleges in the United States
Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2011, by Jim Norrena
California College of the Arts is one of the most environmentally responsible colleges in the United States and Canada, according to The Princeton Review, an education service that helps students select and apply to colleges. CCA's inclusion in The Princeton Review’s Guide to 311 Green Colleges: 2011 Edition reinforces the college's reputation as an exemplary institution of higher education committed to sustainability.
Read the rest >>>CCA's Fashion Design Program is Proud to Present the Annual Fashion Show 2011 Friday, May 13
Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2011, by Sarah Owens
The Fashion Design Program at California College of the Arts is pleased to announce the Annual Fashion Show 2011, to be held at 8 p.m. on Friday, May 13, 2011, at CCA’s San Francisco campus, located at 1111 Eighth Street. The show is juried by industry professionals and features original designs worn by runway models. General-admission tickets are $30 in advance and $40 at the door; VIP tickets are $100 and include a champagne reception at 6:30 p.m. and preferred seating at the event.
Read the rest >>>"Fashioning Functional Gear": CCA's Interdisciplinary Approach Bridges Technical Design and Style
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2011, by Jim Norrena
Ask not what your function can do for your fashion, but rather what can your fashion can do for your function. — Anonymous
Interdisciplinary Curriculum: Best of Both Worlds
“Form over function” has taken on a whole new meaning for the students who completed last fall’s undergraduate “Fashioning Functional Gear” course. The interdisciplinary studio united the Fashion Design and Industrial Design programs in eco-conscious investigation and technological innovation.
Read the rest >>>CCA's 2011 End-of-Year Events & Happenings
Posted on Monday, March 21, 2011, by Jim Norrena
Note: This page showcases the wide selection of end-of-year events CCA hosted in 2011. Events listed here are for illustrative purposes only; all events have passed.
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