A Year of FIDM: 2018
2018 was one for the books at FIDM! From takeovers to events to collaborations, let’s recap on what happened at FIDM this past year.
FIDM Instagram Story Takeovers
January 10th - FIDM Graduate and Laundre founder Ariana Roviello
January 17th - FIDM Beauty Student Paulina Char
January 24th - Paris Couture Fashion Week takeover by FIDM student Wilson Chen
February 22nd - FIDM Alumna, Cait Courneya, shows a day in the life of a freelance illustrator and textile/home goods designer
March 7th - Addi & Ally Hurst share their FIDM Acceptance experience
March 8th - FIDM Business Management Grad & Poshmark Marketer, Amanda Weiss, shows a day in her work life
April 4th - FIDM Business Management Grad, Ida Sofia, gives us a peek into her candle business Evil Queen
April 16th - FIDM student Jordyn Jade gave us a creative look at Coachella
April 30th - FIDM Grad, Anika, shared her story of starting a fashion label, Wear Anika, in the Philippines
May 1st - FIDM Jewelry Design Grad, Zivanora, shared her Jewelry Company process in Nigeria
May 4th - FIDM student, Charlotte Nygard showed us around FIDM San Francisco
May 10th - FIDM Grad, Thai Nguyen, gave us a look into his inspiring career at Thai Nguyen Atelier
May 15th - Mind Khunteera Pachimsawat shows what FIDM Interior Design students get up to
June 4th - FIDM Alumna & Bachelorette star, Desiree Siegfried, shared her insights and advice
July 12th - FIDM Grad, Ana Christine, took us around her internship at Anthropologie HQ
July 24th - Nicky Fletcher shared how she was accepted into FIDM as a Junior in high school
August 14th - FIDM Beauty Industry Management student, Jasmine Haffar, took us through her job at ColourPop Cosmetics
September 5th - Mason Segal shows a day in the life of a FIDM Apparel Technical Design student
September 8th - FIDM Grad, Diandra Barnwell, shows her life during NYFW
September 12th - FIDM Alumna, Teresita Marie, tookover to show her life as a Costume Designer & Wardrobe Stylist
October 19th - FIDM Grad, Janelle Biehl, took us around her job at Smashbox Cosmetics
December 4th - Savannah Spinola showed life at FIDM San Francisco
FIDM Students
January 10th - FIDM IMPD students visit Hong Kong to learn more about global sourcing
January 30th - FIDM Entertainment Set Design & Decoration students visit Warner Bros. Entertainment
February 13th - FIDM Film & TV Costume Design students visit costume designers on the set of Young Sheldon
February 14th - FIDM Alumna & Pretty Little Liars Costume Designer, Mandi Line, cam and mentored FIDM Visual Communication students
March 6th - Artist & Estee Lauder Creative Director, Donald Robertson, came to talk with students
March 15th - FIDM Menswear students visit manufacturing companies in the Dominican Republic
March 22nd - FIDM Entertainment Set Design & Decoration Students visit London
March 24th - FIDM students embark on the FIDM European Study Tour
March 27th - FIDM Beauty students take on the San Francisco Beauty Tour
April 30th - FIDM Footwear Grad, Chris Munar, came to visit and chat with students
May 18th - FIDM students got to visit FIDM Grad, Katie Bozzi, at the Louis Vuitton Time Capsule Exhibition
May 25th - FIDM Beauty Industry Management students visit industry leaders in NYC
June 12th - FIDM Masters in Business Admin students design their own board games
July 20th - FIDM Grads participate in the Her Universe Fashion Show at Comic Con
September 17th - Fashion, Interior, and Textile Design students have come together to create magic for the FIDM DEBUT 2019 Charing Styles segment
September 19th - FIDM Business of Denim students visit Tokyo
September 25th - FIDM IMPD students visit Europe for trend research to prepare for their Herbalife collab
October 2nd - Fall Orientation
October 31st - Halloween Party
November 30th - Accomplished Costume Designer, Mary who was the Costume Designer for Crazy Rich Asians, spoke to Film & TV Costume Design Students
December 5th - FIDM Visual Communications students visit New York City
December 14th - FIDM Jewelry Design students presented their final collections
FIDM Events
January 16th - FIDM Fashion Club Day
February 3rd - FIDM Museum’s 26th Annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibition
April 6th - FIDM DEBUT Runway Show
May 16th - FIDM Grad Carnival
June 5th - FIDM Museum ‘Capturing the Catwalk’ Exhibit which centered around world famous runway photographer, Michel Arnaud
June 15th - FIDM Menswear students created collections centered around wearable technology and featured them in a special exhibition
June 18th - FIDM Graduation
June 21st - 3 Days of Fashion with Candice Cuoco & Chriselle Lim
July 9th - The FIDM Signature Summer Program
August 1st - Top FIDM Alumni came back to FIDM for Career Connections
August 11th - Open House with panelists: Jordan Byers, Amanda Weiss, Drew Scott, and Bri Emery
August 18th - FIDM Museum’s 12th outstanding art of television costume design exhibition
September 26th - Emmy winning Game of Thrones Costume Designer, Michele Clapton, visited the FIDM LA campus to discuss her work
October 22nd - FIDM MODE Launch Party
November 1st - The FIDM Library had an innovative materials display
November 1st - Sabri Sansoy, who teamed up with Marchesa and IBM Watson to construct an interactive dress for the 2016 MET Gala, came to talk to students
November 19th - The FIDM Museum had an exhibition featuring work from FIDM B.A. in Design Graduates
FIDM Collaborations
March 19th - FIDM IMPD students collaborate with Converse
March 20th - FIDM students collaborated with American Red Cross to create gowns
April 16th - FIDM collaborated with Disney to have a winning students art work featured at the world premiere of Avengers: Infinity War as well as winning tickets to attend the premiere
May 19th - FIDM students collaborated with Levi’s to create custom 501 jeans
June 2nd - In collaboration with Disney, FIDM Film & TV Costume Design students created supersuits based off of The Incredibles
June 19th - FIDM Graphic Design & Beauty Industry Management students collaborated to create conceptual beauty products for the year 2050 with Cosmoprof
September 3rd - FIDM Visual Communications students created window dsplays for Dita Eyewear
September 26th - Kian Lawley was on campus
October 7th - Patrick Starrr was on campus
October 13th - James Charles, Drew Scott and Nikita Dragun were on campus
November 7th - FIDM students collaborated with RedBull to redesign their ‘RedBull Wings Team Los Angeles’ apparel collection
November 10th - Kandee Johnson was on campus
December 13th - FIDM students collaborated with GUESS to create sustainable designs ‘
December 24th - FIDM students collaborated with UNIQLO to create sustainable denim designs
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