Ran Bi

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.

Paris Fashion Week recently concluded a month of seasonal showcases in the world’s biggest fashion cities. Marion Présigny, Fashion Journalism student, reflects on how Paris is evolving in response to market demands.

Justice McNeil, BA Fashion Journalism, worked at Snapchat, wrote healthy lifestyle guides for UrthAve and interned with Fashion School Daily¸ all the while tackling class assignments and deadlines. How did she do it all?