By Cassie Coughlin and Jaritza Mendoza |Staff Writer| The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM) hosted the 24th annual "Art of Motion Picture Costume Design," which opened to the public on Feb. 9 and featured over 100 costumes from 23 motion pictures. In attendance were costumes from all five Academy Award Nominees for Costume Design: "Carol," "Cinderella," "The Danish Girl," "Mad Max: Fury Road," and "The Revenant." FIDM curators make it a point to have award nominated costumes featured in the exhibit. "We don't just study the costumes but we also study movies," said Nick Verreos, fashion designer and FIDM representative. The collection of costumes featured … [Read more...] about FIDM Fashion Exhibit
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Local designer hoping for fashion takeover
By Tiffany Moyes |Staff Writer| A local fashion designer has started his own brand of ordinary clothing for the anything but ordinary fashion enthusiast. Ordnajela is a new garage-made fashion brand based in Apple Valley, Calif. Alejandro Galvan is the designer responsible for this new style hitting the Inland Empire. Galvan has always had an interest in fashion and decided to take his passion to the next level when he chose to start his journey at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandishing (FIDM) back in 2007. While in school, Galvan perfected many skills that would help him eventually create his own high-end fashion line. After two years of taking classes at FIDM, … [Read more...] about Local designer hoping for fashion takeover
The perfection in imperfection
By Dalal Museitef & Bree Reyes |Asst. Features Editor & Staff Writer| The 23rd Annual “Art of Motion Picture Costume Design” costume exhibition delivered exceptional wardrobe on Feb. 7 from the winners and nominees of the 2014 Academy Awards film like “Maleficent”, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”, “Selma”, “Into the Woods”, “Birdman”, and “The Fault in Our Stars”. The room flooded with the elite people of fashion at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) and according to the museum staff, about 800 to 1,000 people attend the event every year. All five costume collections nominated for the Academy Award for Costume Design were showcased to praise the films of … [Read more...] about The perfection in imperfection
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