November 2010 - School of Fashion Design

SFD Alumni News - November 2010
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November 2010
Alumni News
Dear Jay,
SFD, circa 1960s
Fall is definitely upon us and we're all bundling up in coats, scarves,
hats and gloves. I particularly love the coat in this SFD archived photo
from the 1960s.
We've hosted a few successful events this fall, mostly focused on
career advice and resources. We heard insightful presentations from
the Center for Women and Enterprise, and also from our own Jo
Demetra.
So now we kind of feel like starting off the holiday season in style.
Hope you will join us for our holiday party on December 2nd, when
Shaunt Sarian - handbag designer (www.shauntsarian.com) and SFD
instructor - will be showcasing his new line of designer handbags, and
even raffling one off to kick start this year's Alumni Scholarship Fund!
Hope to see you, and happy holidays!
Jennifer Leclerc
SFD Alumni Relations
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FGI presents:
Ready-to-Wear
SPRING/SUMMER
2011 TREND
OVERVIEW
The Fashion Group
International of
Boston, Inc.
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presents a screening of
Ready-to-Wear
SPRING/SUMMER 2011
TREND OVERVIEW
NEW YORK, LONDON, MILAN, &
PARIS COLLECTIONS
one combined show! one
comprehensive overview!
SPECIAL GUEST PANEL: A
group of notable Boston
bloggers will discuss how these
trends will transition from the
runway to reality for local
fashionistas!
Amanda Maciel Antunes
Samantha Chu
Liana Elyse
Jimmy Guzman
Cassandra Knight
Austyn Ellese Mayfield
Friday, December 3, 2010
6pm - 8pm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ~
Riley Seminar Room
465 Huntington Avenue, Boston
General Admission: $40
FGI Boston Members:
$20
NO TICKETS AT THE DOOR.
Space is limited! Get your tickets
online today!
More information about
becoming an FGI member
Alumni Spotlight
Jo Demetra, ('73)
Tis the season...
Please join us at the School of Fashion Design
to celebrate the holidays with a little wine,
a little song and a lot of fashion!
Handbag designer extraordinaire and SFD instructor
Shaunt Sarian will be showing his latest work.
Enter to win an original Sarian Designs handbag
to support the School of Fashion Design's Alumni Scholarship Fund.
Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la...
Thursday, December 2nd
5:30 pm to 8:30 pm
The School of Fashion Design
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136 Newbury Street, Boston
to R.S.V.P. please email us at [email protected]
or call 617.536.9343
Can't make it on the 2nd? Shaunt will also be holding a trunk show at the
school on Saturday, December 4th from 10am to 3pm.
To see more of Shaunt's work visit www.shauntsarian.com
Alumni Spotlight
Jo Demetra was recently at
SFD to give our students and
alumni a "snapshot" of
career choices in fashion,
based on her own experience
wearing many hats in the
industry over the years. Jo
now has her own consulting
business, helping designers
go from concept to product
using her motto of "doing it
right the first time."
excerpt from Jo Demetra's
website:
www.jodemetra.com
Take your designs to the next
level, side step the common
mistakes in the cut and sew
world, and do it right the first
time. Use the expertise of a
Design Consultant and
Manufacturing Mentor with 20+
years in the apparel and
accessory industries to bring
your one item or entire
collection to market. Whether
you are an entrepreneur or a
multi-million dollar business, the
steps are the same. We will
identify your unique customer
and market niche, develop your
products, prepare you for the
development process, present a
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Olivia Spence, Class of 1977
Olivia graduated from SFD in 1977 and
was awarded the Designer's Line Award.
Following graduation she worked in
Seattle for three years for the one fashion
designer there at that time, Malorie
Nelson. Malorie was a textile designer,
and it was there that Olivia learned her
love of textiles. In 1980, she and her
husband moved to New York, and Olivia
worked for a number of companies: Albert Maxwell, Nicole Gadon
Studio, and Design Library before landing a design job in 1986
working for Gloria Sachs, a Seventh Avenue designer, as an assistant
designer. She helped design Gloria Sachs' cashmere sweater line, as
well as working closely with Como, Italy mills developing Mrs. Sachs'
signature paisley prints. From there Olivia went to Dana Buchman, a
Bridge division of Liz Claiborne, and stayed for 19 years where she
rose to be VP of Product Development, overseeing the design and
textile development departments. In 2006, Olivia left Dana Buchman
to join Coach as VP of Fabric, overseeing the development of all
fabrics for their Women's accessories line and their apparel lines.
Olivia is currently overseeing the textile development of Coach's
Factory Store, Men's, and apparel businesses as well as managing the
fabric purchasing department. Recently, Olivia hosted a group of SFD
students at Coach, as part of their annual fall trip to New York.
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complete development package
to factories for creative,
accurate, and cost-effective
production. Together we will
develop a business development
plan or marketing strategies to
get your product launched and
start Doing It Right the First
Time.
Support Globe Santa
at SFD!
GLOBE SANTA will be at the
School of Fashion Design on
Thursday, December 9th
from 11am-3pm!
alum Olivia Spence meets with SFD students in her NY offices at Coach
Since 1956, Globe Santa has
been The Boston Globe's
annual appeal for needy
children in Greater Boston.
Visit www.globesanta.org
today to learn more and then
come visit us on Dec 9 to
support the effort and help
create a happy holiday for
Boston children.
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want to hear from you! Let
us know what you're up to
and we will include it in our
Class Notes section.
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The Center for Women in Enterprise
at the School of Fashion Design!
CWE Program Manager Gina Marciano recently visited SFD for an
insightful evening presentation about what it takes to be a successful
entrepreneur and launch your own business.
Visit The Center for Women and Enterprise today to learn more about their
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SFD Alumni News - November 2010
We are interested in hearing
about job or internship
opportunities for graduating
students, recent grads, and
seasoned design
professionals who may be
looking for work in this
difficult economy. If you are
looking for work or interested
in teaching at SFD, let us
know.
Stay tuned for our December
newsletter!
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many fabulous program offerings and resources.
Class Notes
Leena Dunn ('74)
Leena has been working on the the show
"The Office" since July, now in its 7th
season. She has also been working with a
fine arts photographer who hopes to use
some of her images for a gallery and/or
book that he's working on.
Several years ago, Leena acquired several 1940's-50's costume
illustrations as collectors' items. She was recently contacted by an
assistant to Deborah Nadoolman Landis, Director of the David C.
Copley Center for Costume Design at UCLA, and learned they would
like to include several images "from the collection of Eileen A Dunn" in
a new book by Ms. Landis. The new book will be a survey of the art
of motion picture costume illustration, "celebrating costume designers
and costume illustrators whose exceptional imaginations and lively
characterizations contributed so much to the movies that we love."
Carrie Levey Barnett, ('80)
I run the US operation of a Chinese garment company called
Chinamine USA (www.ChinamineUSA.com), located in the heart
of New York's garment district. Having been a fashion designer for
over 20 years primarily in children's wear (Healthtex, Playschool,
Speedo), I branched out to marketing one of the largest Chinese
garment manufacturers in China - Shenzhen Chinasilk/Deqing
Chinasilk. Today we make over 20 million garments yearly.
Working with designers from a wide range of companies from Tommy
Hilfiger, Kate Spade, Milly NY, Gap, Talbots, Betsey Johnson, and
Haute Hippie (to name a few), I collaborate with them on fashion
directions and their needs. I am involved in designing the fabrics,
embellishments and trends that we present to the designers, as well
as working with the R&D and Sourcing teams to negotiate pricing
(trying to fit the garment to a price point while maintaining design
integrity of the garments). I travel to China about five times
annually. In our NY office we run an intern program, where students
participate in meetings with customers, hone
their photoshop and digital
photography skills, work in our fabric library,
research trends, and gain a total
understanding of the fashion world from
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sourcing to design.
Daniela Corte, ('99)
Daniela was recently named one of "25 Most
Stylish Bostonians in 2010" by the Boston
Globe. You can check out her photo and
Globe fashion writer Christopher Muther's
full article of other stylish Bostonians here.
Globe photo / Yoon S.
Byun
Jennifer Leclerc
Alumni Relations
School of Fashion Design
[email protected]
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