FIDM graduates present Debut Runway Show 2022

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Advanced Fashion Design at FIDM student Yubin Min with two of the models showing her designs. Image courtesy of the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.

Recently, eight FIDM graduates from the Advanced Fashion Design programme presented their work during the college’s annual Debut Runway Show.

The final creations were developed over a nine month period and involved “intensive theoretical research, advanced fashion construction and collection development”, according to a release shared by the school.

The co-chairs of the Advanced Fashion Design programme at The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Nick Verreos and David Paul, guided the students through the process.

A look by Advanced Fashion Design at FIDM student Sasha Swedlund. Image courtesy of the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.

A look by Advanced Fashion Design at FIDM student Joel Elliott. Image courtesy of the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.

Advanced Fashion Design is a specialised programme that is taught in the third year of the Bachelor degree in Design at FIDM.

Each year, the college chooses students to participate in the programme. In order to be eligible to participate, students must first receive their Associate of Arts degree.

Students are then selected based on general academic achievements such as overall grade point average and references as well as fashion design talent, evaluated on the basis of a portfolio review, individual talent, skill level, and formal interviews with Department Chairs from FIDM.

The eight students who presented their work at the Debut Runway Show 2022 are Sasha Swedlund, Joel Elliott, Susan Lizotte, Cole Moscaret, Ethan Martin, Yubin Min, Esther Gaor, and Thierry Kepgang Nana.

View some more of the designs below.

A look by Advanced Fashion Design at FIDM student Susan Lizotte. Image courtesy of the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.

A look by Advanced Fashion Design at FIDM student Cole Moscaret. Image courtesy of the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.

A look by Advanced Fashion Design at FIDM student Ethan Martin. Image courtesy of the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.

A look by Advanced Fashion Design at FIDM student Esther Gaor. Image courtesy of the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.

A look by Advanced Fashion Design at FIDM student Thierry Kepgang Nana. Image courtesy of the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.

FIDM shared the show via its YouTube channel and also hosted an outdoor screening at Grand Hope Park, next to the FIDM campus in Los Angeles.

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