Suzy Menkes on Graduate Fashion Show at NYFW SS 2020

Suzy Menkes, Editor for Vogue International, attended Academy of Art University’s Graduate Fashion Show at New York Fashion Week past Sunday. She posted on her Instagram account a selection of the looks from the show and a brief interview with Simun Ungless, the Executive Director of the School of Fashion:

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Academy of Art San Francisco. Vegan leather from Qing Guo with lantern sleeves detail. I like the way that this college focuses entirely on the clothes designed by students – no bells and whistles, but a chance to see the cut and flow of the fabric -this time Vegan

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Academy of Art University San Francisco. Hanbit Ku geometric drapes

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Interview: Simon Ungless – Executive Director for the School of Fashion, Academy of Arts in San Francisco Simon Ungless: You are going to see a really edited group of graduate designers. They are not interested so much in decoration – more in cutting, construction, proportion and silhouette. They are very craft-related in terms of really beautiful construction. They do everything themselves. They are all very sustainably driven, but not in a recycled or organic way, they’re talking about zero waste cutting. So there’s a girl who did the degree completely online, all zero-waste cutting. I don’t know if everyone will relate on the runway, because they’re not going to do a performance for a change – but the make is incredible. We’ve eliminated nearly everything. The styling has gone, it’s just clean, pure clothes. “

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