As a child growing up in Glendale, Fabian Renteria sketched T-shirts and dresses. It was prophetic, as recently he introduced his first fashion collection in Los Angeles as part of
Throughout these past 15 months, many people have been asking for my 2 cents on the state of fashion post-COVID. For most, during these <strong>Zoom</strong>ing-from-home pandemic times, the dress code has been pajamas, athleisure, sweats you know. If you keep up with retail-fashion news, you have seen the headlines: “Sweats are selling like <em>crazy</em>,” “It’s all about comfy clothes,” “Pajamas, pajamas, pajamas!”
REMEMBERING JIM WATTERSON Thursday, April 15, 2021
Jim Watterson (center) with models and friends (from left) Didi and Darienne.
Upon the March 30 death of Jim Watterson in Rancho Mirage, Calif., Los Angeles’ fashion and humanitarian lights dimmed. A graduate of the
University of Washington, Watterson was born May 12, 1935, in Seattle, moving to Los Angeles in 1964. A founding male-affiliate member of
The Fashion Group International, New York, he joined the
May Department Stores Company in 1977, serving 22 years, rising to vice president of public relations and special events.
“He had this ability to look at somebody, walk up to them and give them accolades, and make them feel special. Then they just trusted him,” explained George Martin, Watterson’s husband of 42 years.
DESIGN DEBUT Nick Verreos, Contributing Writer | Thursday, January 21, 2021
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Producing a full-scale fashion show was not an easy task pre-pandemic, so imagine the challenges now. That is exactly the dilemma I encountered this past year as co-chair of the Fashion Design Department at the
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising when we had to make a decision about our famed
FIDM Debut show.
At FIDM, we have a unique program the Advanced Study in Fashion Design where approximately 10 handpicked graduates of the Associate of Arts program spend an additional nine months creating their first capsule collections, from sketch to final garment. The culmination of this premier program is the Debut show, where the students’ final collections are showcased on a grand runway stage.