Piece x Piece

Each year, four Academy students are selected to study abroad for one academic year, two at Studio Berçot and two at  L’Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, while students from both French schools come to San Francisco for the same duration to study at the Academy.

For Chaw Chaw Su San (BFA Fashion Styling) it was the dream of fashion that had brought her from Myanmar to California four years ago.

This Fall, Aalto’s homage to designer Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons won The Met museum’s prestigious In-Between Fashion Design Contest, in the Graduate student category, coinciding with the designer’s retrospective.

Two designers, twelve cities, hundreds of happy shoppers and thousands of Instagram stories... Universal Standard, the New York based brand specializing in plus-size style, is taking their show and model search on the road this fall.

This week, you can explore spirituality through dance, learn about the fascinating lives of (extra)ordinary people through film, partake in a feminist art happening, and much more.