fashion on the couch: Fashion School Chicago

Monday, July 1, 2013

Fashion School Chicago

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DAKAR (Reuters) - Backstage at Dakar Fashion Week a group of young women squeeze into Sophie Nzinga Sy, a couturier educated at the prestigious Parsons School of Design in New York, was infuriated when she saw huge billboards promoting CHICAGO—The Chicago Board of Education voted Wednesday to close 50 schools and programs, an ambitious plan that has sparked protests and lawsuits and could help define—for better or worse—Mayor Rahm Emanuel's term in office. City officials say the The School of the Art Institute of Chicago has been the training ground for some of today's most influential names in fashion, including Cynthia Rowley and Maria Pinto. The school's annual fashion show and fundraiser, Fashion 2013, took place in Millennium which is so important to their success in school later. And because it encourages parents and children to read together, it strengthens their relationship.” “The Boutique and Fashion Show luncheon is a lovely way to spend the afternoon in This column features stories from students exploring the intersection of creativity and technology through Hive Learning Network programs in NYC and Chicago school program at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum called Hive Fashion As part of the January 2013 events at the Art Institute of Chicago is a lecture from the School of the Art Institute on the stunning reimaginings of dresses from Japanese designers such as Rei Kawakubo, Issey Miyake, Yohii Yamamoto, and Junya .

Ebony magazine strutted off its glossy pages at Chicago History Museum's (CHM's) "Fierce and Fabulous: A New Look at the Ebony Fashion Fair" as part of the museum's "Out at CHM" series May 16. The program's content explored how African-American and LGBTQ Rihanna's lateness caused quite a stir in Chicago, but the star blamed her "rudeness" on the traffic. The 25-year-old pop singer was supposed to arrive at Barrington High School at 1 p.m., but instead didn't make it there until four hours and 30 minutes Oct. 17: The Macy's Chicago Fashion Incubator Runway Show features the six emerging Chicago-based designers selected for the this year's incubator program: Sarah Church, Brooke Conrady, Lagi Nadeau, Christina Monley, Rachel Frank and LaTonya (Crain's) — The 40 seniors who recently showed their clothing on a runway in Millennium Park made up the largest class of fashion design graduates at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Each year, the city's four fashion schools turn out about .