DESIGN DEBUT Nick Verreos, Contributing Writer | Thursday, January 21, 2021
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Photos by Whitney Sutherland
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.
By Dorothy Crouch | Thursday, December 17, 2020
Limited-edition, sustainable and ethically made activewear from Skatie’s most-recent collection | Photos courtesy of Skatie
The deep Southern California roots of activewear from the
Skatie brand have been growing for more than a decade. From classmates to co-founders of an active-clothing and swim line, Skatie Noyes Hutchinson and Mandi Glynn have been working together since 2009 when they were students at the
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, where the former studied fashion design and the latter pursued visual communications. After graduating from the school in 2011, each worked in the fashion industry and, in 2016, launched the Venice, Calif., Skatie brand of swimwear, with activewear following in 2018.