SELECTED CANDIDATES FOR THE AOF COMPETITION 2016 | Oct 24-25, 2016ĬONGRATULATIONS! Here is below the list of the selected candidates for the Finals of the International Arts of Fashion Competition 2016 on October 24-25 in San Francisco. Meng-Yun ZHANG – China | Wuhan Textile University Xiaoyi LI – Canada | LaSalle College MontrealĬhangKeun LEE – South Korea | Myongji University Yafei LIU – China | Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology Huahao ZHANG – China | Donghua UniversityĪOF SCHOLARSHIP PARIS MASTERCLASS - AWARDS Rebecca WEBSTER – United Kingdom | Manchester Metropolitan University Yuqi WANG – China | Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology The Jury awarded 8 Fashion candidates for their exceptional creative work, and vision around the 2016 theme: UNEQUAL Presided over by Anne Valerie Hash, Francois Girbaud, co-founder of the iconic brand Marithe + Francois Girbaud, joined the jury as well as Patricia Mears and Xiaotian Zhang (2011 winner of the Arts of Fashion), designer at Marc Jacobs. Starting with - presentation of research from three Fashion professors (based in New York - Fiona Dieffenbacher, Beijing - Lan Lan and Basel - Priska Morger), followed by Tandem-series - a conversation with Haute Couture designer Anne Valerie Hash and the Deputy Director for the Museum of the Fashion Institute of Technology Patricia Mears, the two-day event culminated on Tuesday evening, with another fantastic Fashion Show, presenting the work of 50 selected emerging designers from all over the world, bringing the Arts of Fashion into the life and heart of many people at the Bently Reserve. The 15th annual Arts of Fashion Foundation Rendez-Vous,Īround another intensive two-day schedule, took place in the downtown of San Francisco, on October 24-25, 2016. Additional projects include an apartment building for disabled veterans in Newark, New Jersey repurposing an abandoned, historic building into a mixed-use development in Kansas City, Missouri and partnering with Native American tribes to build homes on the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana.ARTS OF FASHION COMPETITION 2016 - RESULTS | 8 AWARDED CANDIDATES
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