California Apparel News

Grand Hope Park at ASU California Center Grand transformed into a runway space for ASU FIDM student designers to showcase their capstone collections. Students were tasked with reflecting influences from studying in Los Angeles such as media, entertainment, art and celebrity culture while also considering global impacts of sustainability, street style and craftsmanship.

“ASU FIDM students work on the full range of creative design development from concept to full creation, developing a rigor and awareness of their own creative expression that prepares them for roles in the fashion industry,” said Dennita Sewell, director of ASU FIDM.

The school welcomed members of the industry, stylists, creatives, alumni and faculty. Los Angeles student designers whose final ASU FIDM collections were featured during the show included Rebecca Dahl, Josephine Dethlefson, Quincy Figallo, Krista Greco, Mat Guzman, Ethan Jimenez, Nila Katchapalayam, Eli Macias, Kristelle Maloco, Angel Men­cos, Seth Pokrifka, Annette Saban, Amelia Stein, Sophia Thompson, Brodi Turpin, Jared Wall, Ny’Asia Wilkerson, Maya Wilkinson and Ahitza Zepeda.

The May 2 event in Los Angeles followed an April 18 Phoenix show at Scottsdale Fashion Square, which showcased the designs of the fashion students in ASU FIDM’s Phoenix bachelor’s program.

“ASU FIDM fashion design students’ participation in the fashion shows in Scottsdale, Ariz., and in Los Angeles exposes their creative work to the wider world,” Sewell said. “Being able to see their collections in the context of these public locations on models transforms the work that they created themselves from whole cloth to original design and pattern making to the final realm of construction offers visibility to their creative point of view in its full realm of potential and serves as a launch point for their careers.”