Academy of Art University, San Francisco, presented its School of Fashion (one of the very best in the nation) at the 13th annual graduation show on April 23. The school offers degrees in Fashion Design, Fashion Merchandising, Fashion Marketing Merchandising, Fashion Journalism, Menswear Design, Knitwear Design, Textile Design, Active Sportswear Design, Visual Merchandising, Store Design, Business of Beauty (Beauty Industry Retail and Product Development), History of Fashion, History of Beauty Industry, Cosmetics and Fragrance Industry, Sustainable Design, Green Design and more. Fashion design and merchandising graduates from the City by the Bay build their careers with houses like Versace, Calvin Klein, Givenchy and Alexander McQueen, and work for companies like Banana Republic, Byer California, Danskin, Escada, Diane von Furstenberg, Gap Inc. Georgiou, Giorgio Armani, IISLI, Jeremy Scott, Jessica McClintock, Inc., Louis Vuitton, Macy’s, Nice Collective, Old Navy, Saks Fifth Avenue, St. John, Target, Three Dots, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. and others. Besides the runway show (photos by Randy Brooke) graduation program presents a window display by Bob Toy at 79 New Montgomery (corner of Mission Street) that includes designs seen on the runway and a ‘work in progress’ story leading up to the fashion show. It also has timeline panels of School of Fashion highlights throughout the years, and will be on view until June 6. The fashion show can be watched at: http://www.academyart.edu/fashionsf09.html
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