L.A. Designers, Retailers and Editors Preview FGI Scholarship Entries

A group of Los Angeles designers, retailers and members of the fashion press were on hand to critique to entries for the Fashion Group International’s March 7 scholarship awards at the California Mart.

Fashion students were vying for several awards totaling more than $23,000. The students entered sketches in five categories: contemporary sportswear, junior sportswear, eveningwear, swimwear and footwear. The judges were designers Eduardo Lucero, Freddi Rojas, Estevan Ramos, Poleci’s Sarah Rourke and La Blanca Swimwear’s Rod Beattie; Dungarees retailer Robert Kierstead and California Apparel News’ fashion editor Joselle Yokogawa. —Alison A. Nieder