Fashion designer Yigal Azrouël
San Francisco — The School of Fashion at Academy of Art University will debut collections from graduating students at the 2011 Graduation Fashion Show and Awards Ceremony. During the invitation only show on May 5th, Dr. Elisa Stephens, president of the Academy, will present the Degree of Honorary Doctorate to famed fashion critic Cathy Horyn, of The New York Times and artistic director of clothing label Sonia Rykiel, Nathalie Rykiel.
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Dr. Stephens will also present a President’s Award for Excellence to fashion designers Yigal Azrouël, Andrew Buckler, Steven Cox and Daniel Silver of Duckie Brown; executive producer of IMG Fashion Christina Neault; and proprietor of Coeur d’enterprise Laure du Pavillon.
“We are delighted to have this group of distinguished and influential guests,” said University president Dr. Elisa Stephens.
As part of the graduation fashion show, there are opportunities for industry professionals to interact with students during discussions, classroom visits and portfolio reviews. These interactions encourage consideration for internships with leading companies.
This year among the companies offering internships to graduating students are fashion retailer Abercrombie & Fitch; The San Francisco, a Paris Sister City Scholarship Exchange, under which recipients study abroad in Paris at Studio Berçot or L’Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne; The San Francisco, a Bangalore Sister City Student Exchange Program between Academy of Art University and the National Institute of Fashion Technology in India, as well as Student Exchange Programs in New Zealand at Auckland University of Technology and Massey University in Wellington.
General public will have the opportunity to view the fashion show on May 7th at 2 p.m., free of charge. For more information or to RSVP to the Saturday, May 7th show, please visit: https://www.academyart.edu/forms/2011-05-07-sf-fashion-show.jsp.
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