#CarleyBrandau #SAICFashion2018 #SAICFashion #FashionBodyandGarment #SAICFashionMDes @James.Prinz #JamesPrinzPhotography #DesignShow2018 #LuminartsFoundation2018
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As we near the end of the spring 2019 semester at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), we can look back on an eventful year in the Department of Fashion Design. Fall 2018 kicked off with Fabric Fest, a weeklong symposium dedicated to broadening our understanding of fabric. We explored fashion’s primary medium of expression by using the history and production of textiles to draw connections to current social, political, economic, and environmental factors. A quest for sustainability is pushing scientific advances that are blurring the lines between the physical, digital, and biological. The symposium was further enriched by compelling lectures and workshops given by Fashion department faculty Sandra Adams, Caroline Bellios (BFA 2003), Gillion Carrara, Anke Loh, Bambi Breakstone, Yoshiko Fredisdorf, Abigail Glaum-Lathbury (BFA 2006), Kristin Mariani (BFA 1994), and Pamela Vanderlinde, in addition to visiting lecturer Marianne Fairbanks (MFA 2001). We also introduced digital patternmaking through a course titled Virtual Flat to Form, taught by Aubrie Meyer. As we look toward the future of fashion, innovations in materials and technologies are offering students new perspectives and potential approaches to making garments and accessories. How does one go about making something precious within a dystopian context? It is a question that is very much present in the minds of young designers today, who are confronted by the enormous environmental, economic, and social costs of an industry fueled by fast fashion. It is a model of production and consumption that will need to change, and our students are poised to take it into a new direction. This year our sophomores explored the term “metalliferous”—A term used to describe metallic hues and materials with conductive properties—as a driver for color in their sculptural and conceptual work, which is on display on the ground floor of Venue SIX10. The creations on display consider the potential for transformation through the process of making and design. This academic year also marked the introduction of a new capstone course called Spatial Habitats. Under the guidance of SAIC faculty Jackey Cave, the graduating seniors in the Fashion department’s Body-Builder pathway have collaboratively designed and built installations on the second floor. I invite you to explore the creative output of our exemplary students on display over four floors of the Spertus, Venue SIX10. K AT R I N S C H N A B L
Sage Foundation Chair, Department of Fashion Design
2 0/2 0 G R A D
This year, we have created one section of the poster book featuring senior posters and the program for the runway show, with a complementary section featuring curricular sequences in the undergraduate pathways and graduate offerings, as well as the enrichment and resources the Fashion department has to offer.
We are looking ahead to 2020 as our 10-year anniversary, celebrating the first graduating master’s class from our innovative graduate program, Fashion, Body, and Garment, approaches. With more than 90 alums across the globe, the ripple effect of the ground-breaking curriculum exploring fashion broadly, both on and off the body is palpable. Our alums are breaking the mold and making new waves across design houses, galleries, museums, and as practitioners and teachers.
#RubyLiang #SAICFashion2019 #SAICFashion #3DEmbellishment #SAICFashionBodyBuilder @James.Prinz #JamesPrinzPhotography
#NathanHoyle #SAICFashion2018 #SAICFashion #FashionBodyandGarment #SAICFashionMDes @James.Prinz #JamesPrinzPhotography #DesignShow2018 #RumChataFoundation2018
Welcome to Fashion 2019: Alchemy 2.0 Transforming Dystopia.
#SamuelSnodgrass @Samuel_Snodgrass #SAICFashion2019 #SAICFashion #SculpturalHeadwear #SAICFashionBodyBuilder @James.Prinz #JamesPrinzPhotography
Dear SAIC Community,
2 COV E R S
FAC U LT Y
Abigail Glaum-Lathbury
Aubrie Meyer Pamela Vanderlinde
In a curriculum interlaced with conceptual design development projects, students explore the bodice and the skirt as initial garment shells close to the skin through draping, pattern-making, and sewing to construct a variety of shapes in cotton. In their spring semester, S O P H O M O R E students completely reimagine the idea of a skirt and a top to build unique and outstanding garments to express their concepts, as they question preconceived notions about garment categories. FAC U LT Y
Bambi Breakstone Yoshiko Fredisdorf Kristin Mariani Pamela Vanderlinde
#ElianaBatsakis #SAICFashion2019 #SAICFashion #CoreSophomore #JerzyRosePhotography
#L Hawley @elle_hawley #SAICFashion2019 #SAICFashion #CoreJunior #SAICFashionPhoto #SarahRupp #shomaridaniels #MUAKellyLakas
The J U N I O R class builds the skills and talents required to design and produce innovative fashion. Initially, students learn how to develop a group of garments and then create a collection using a wide range of fabrications. With a focus on use of color, texture, and patterns, students work on a series of creative draping challenges that embody the fundamental building blocks of proportion, fit, and design refinement, with final projects fitted on models in both muslin and fabric. The spring semester culminates with students designing, executing, and presenting a three-look collection that conveys each student’s personal vision.
#Mimi Breves #SAICFashion2019 #SAICFashion #CoreJunior #SAICFashionPhoto #TiaMitchell #AnneGitteau #MUAKellyLakas
Jutta Klingel
The Department of Fashion Design offers a rich variety of E L E C T I V E courses taught by faculty engaged in their respective specialization. These fashion electives collectively deal with the body, are negotiated on the body, and inform bodies. Students learn from and work with innovative practitioners to push their conceptual thinking and nurture technical skills. Each course explores unique processes, techniques, forms, and concepts as well as cutting-edge new technologies. Open to all students, the elective courses serve as a melting pot of disciplines and experiences. Students bring in their own expertise and leave with a toolbox of new techniques and modes of thought.
See full Senior Line Up FA S H I O N 2 01 9 P O S T E R B O O K
FAC U LT Y
Sandra Adams Kylee Alexander Caroline Bellios Bambi Breakstone Gillion Carrara Jackey Cave Jasper Drummond
Abigail GlaumLathbury Dijana Granov Kate Jacobsen Beata Kania Benjamin LaRose Kristin Mariani Laura Mae Noble McCarty Steve Miller Annie Novotny Rick Paul Eia Radosavljevic Sharon Shoji Liat Smestad
FAC U LT Y
Yoshi Fredisdorf Kate Jacobson Anke Loh Katrin Schnabl
S E N I O R students achieve a high level of professionalism through the design and development of collections that emphasize and reflect their personal identity and fashion direction. Students are encouraged to develop their design concepts through experimentation with material and shape. The spring semester culminates with students designing, executing, and presenting a five-look collection that conveys each student’s personal vision.
James Sommerfeldt Jim Termeer Tommy Walton Don Yoshida
#PageBurow @Artist_page_burow #SAICFashion2019 #SAICFashion #SupplyAndSurplus #SAICFashionBodyBuilder @James.Prinz #JamesPrinzPhotography
Yoshiko Fredisdorf
#RayDehan #SAICFashion2019 #SAICFashionBodyBuilder #MultiLevelKnitwear @James.Prinz #JamesPrinzPhotography #MarielMartinez #SAICFashion2019 #SAICFashion #ObjectsArtifactsandNoNonsense #SAICFashionBodyBuilder @James.Prinz #JamesPrinzPhotography
Spatial Habitats
Spatial Habitats is a brand-new Capstone class that designs the exhibition for the Body-Builder elective work on the second floor of Venue SIX10. The course explores methods and processes for planning, production, and research leading up to the installation, where students will consider the space, duration, audience, and partners. Students contemplate curation for solo or group exhibits, work in teams, and gain professional practice as they lay the groundwork to develop a fully considered display.
#TaraFroehlich #SAICFashion2019 #SAICFashion #SAICFashionBodyBuilder #SculpturalHeadwear #JerzyRosePhotography
#Nick Hamera #SAICFashion2019 #SAICFashion #ObjectsArtifactsandNoNonsense #SAICFashionBodyBuilder @James.Prinz #JamesPrinzPhotography
NEW CLASS:
#ArianaHocking @magicalfieldsofhoney #SAICFashion2019 #SAICFashion #3DEmbellishment #SAICFashionBodyBuilder @James.Prinz#JamesPrinzPhotography
(above left) #JessicaLin #SAICFashion2019 #SAICFashion #SAICFootwearDesign #SAICFashionBodyBuilder @James.Prinz #JamesPrinzPhotography (above center) #JiayiHuang #SAICFashion2019 #SAICFashion #ObjectsArtifactsandNoNonsense #SAICFashionBodyBuilder @James.Prinz #JamesPrinzPhotography (above right ) #CallaMayBordie @_mamuthone #SAICFashion2019 #SAICFashion #MasksAndMantles #SAICFashionBodyBuilder @James.Prinz #JamesPrinzPhotography
(below left) #DanteVillalobos #SAICFashion2019 #SAICFashion #SAICFootwearDesign #SAICFashionBodyBuilder @James.Prinz #JamesPrinzPhotography (below center) #JessicaLin #SAICFashion2019 #SAICFashion #SAICFootwearDesign #SAICFashionBodyBuilder @James.Prinz #JamesPrinzPhotography
#CallaMayBordie @_mamuthone #SAICFashion2019 #SAICFashion #ShapeandTheory #SAICFashionBodyBuilder @James.Prinz #JamesPrinzPhotography
(below right) #SkyBernard #SAICFashion2019 #SAICFashion #SAICFootwearDesign #SAICFashionBodyBuilder @James.Prinz #JamesPrinzPhotography
(below left) #AaronSobetski @aaronsobetski #SAICFashion2019 #SAICFashion #SupplyAndSurplus #SAICFashionBodyBuilder @James.Prinz #JamesPrinzPhotography (below center) #AmandaGermolec @amandagermolec #SAICFashion2019 #SAICFashion #SAICShapingtheFemaleForm #SAICFashionBodyBuilder @James.Prinz #JamesPrinzPhotography (below right) #AudreaWah #SAICFashion2019 #SAICFashion #FootwearDesign #SAICFashionBodyBuilder @James.Prinz #JamesPrinzPhotography
SAIC’s P O S T- B ACC A L AU R E AT E Certificate in Fashion, Body, and Garment program provides students who have an undergraduate degree with an opportunity to further develop their technical and conceptual fashion skills in a large, professional fine arts school environment. Some students enter the program as a transitional preparation for graduate school, while others seek its industry-oriented approach as practical groundwork for internships and careers in the fashion industry.
FAC U LT Y
Anke Loh Aubrie Meyer Annie Novotny
#YiweiWu #SAICFashion2019 #SAICFashion #FashionBodyandGarment #SAICFashionPostBacc #SAICFashionPhoto #ElizabethRestrepoPhotography #VictoriaCatherineVanderpool
#MeilunHe #SAICFashion2019 #SAICFashion #FashionBodyandGarment #SAICFashionPostBacc #SAICFashionPhoto #ElizabethRestrepoPhotography #VictoriaCatherineVanderpool #MUACeceChen
Liat Smestad (summer)
M A S T E R O F D E S I G N I N FA S H I O N , B O DY A N D G A R M E N T
This intensive, two-year graduate program provides a place for an expansive investigation of fashion, body, and garment and for deeper individual research leading to a final, distilled collection, or body of work that is exhibited as appropriate to the form. It begins with an investigation of the intimate relationship of garment as second skin and expands to the exploration of fashion within the context of community, sustainability, technology, and the industry. FAC U LT Y
Sandra Adams Jackey Cave Nick Cave Abigail Glaum-Lathbury Anke Loh
#EmilyShen #SAICFashion2019 #SAICFashion #SAICFashionMDes #FashionBodyandGarment @James.Prinz #JamesPrinzPhotography
Liat Smestad
#NelsonCantada #SAICFashion2018 #SAICFashion #SAICFashionMDes #FashionBodyandGarment @James.Prinz #JamesPrinzPhotography
#DanielaTriana #SAICFashion2019 #SAICFashion #FashionBodyandGarment #SAICFashionMDes @James.Prinz #JamesPrinzPhotography
(pictured top to bottom) #YuanyuXiong #SAICFashion2018 #SAICFashion #SAICFashionMDes #FashionBodyandGarment @James.Prinz #JamesPrinzPhotography #FashionBodyandGarment2018Judges Award #JunyiLi #SAICFashion2018 #SAICFashion #CoreSenior @James.Prinz #JamesPrinzPhotography #SAICFashionCouncilAward #OwenZhong #SAICFashion2018 #SAICFashion #CoreJunior @James.Prinz #JamesPrinzPhotography #SAICFashionCouncilAward #NancyZhu @zycnanz #SAICFashion2018 #SAICFashion #CoreSenior #SarahCondoPhotography #TheUngaroScholarship
SA I C FA S H I O N I S M O R E T H A N I T S C U R R I C U L U M . M U C H M O R E .
All students in the Department of Fashion Design are exposed to an array of opportunities for mentor collaborations with industry partners and faculty-guided travel through classes, study trips, lectures, and workshops by invited visitors. In New York, they visit fashion design and art studios, galleries, and exhibits, making important contacts. The Fashion department prizes the chance to engage personally with both creative and industry leaders and with working artists and professionals who come to SAIC to work with students.
Trips + Opportunities
Awards + Scholarships
N E W YO R K C I T Y P R O F E S S I O N A L P R AC T I C E T R I P
At the close of the year undergraduate core students at each level present their work before a select group of industry professionals, who deliberate over the awarding of available scholarships. Select awards are also available for millinery and footwear courses. Fashion Council members are welcome to visit during judging.
NYC Senior Core Students, Associate Professor Anke Loh and Senior Lecturer Yoshi Fredisdorf L O N D O N & PA R I S – CO L L E C T I N G T H E CO L L E C T I O N : D E S I G N & FA S H I O N
Adjunct Associate Professor Caroline Bellios and Associate Professor Bess Williamson T E X T I L E S A N D O T H E R A R T I S T I C P R AC T I C E S I N P E R U
Lecturer Pamela Vanderlinde and Assistant Professor Eva Marxen
Visiting Artists 2018/19
fashion cou ncil awards FA S H I O N CO U N C I L F E L L OWS H I P, S E N I O R
M A R I A N N E FA I R B A N K S
Jeneane Desilets
“Fiber Future” Lecture SAIC Fashion Fabric Fest, September 2018
Eva Yunji Li
A B I G A I L G L AU M - L AT H B U RY *
Project G.U.C.C.I.- The Genuine Unauthorized Clothing Clone Institute Faculty Lecture, September 2018 D R . K E Y- S O O K G E U M
Designing the Ceremonies for the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games FRC Presentation, November 2018 J U T TA K L I N G E L
Independent Berlin based Designer and Pattern Maker Visiting Artist Lecture, October 2018 S K Y C U B AC U B , VO G D S , A N D CO M P TO N Q
Collaborating as the Radical Visibility Collective* Alumni Lecture, October 2018 N AO M I B A L AT B AT A N D S I D D I O N S Y N CO N
Swarovski Workroom Master Class, November 2018 H E N R I K V I B S KOV
0000 : State on State Opening Lecture, February 2019 I N G R I F I K S DA L
Visiting Artist Lecture, February 2019
FA S H I O N CO U N C I L F E L L OWS H I P, M E N S W E A R
FA S H I O N CO U N C I L F E L L OWS H I P, G R A D UAT I N G J U N I O R
FA S H I O N CO U N C I L S C H O L A R S H I P, J U N I O R Adreain Guillory FA S H I O N CO U N C I L S C H O L A R S H I P, JUNIOR (HONOR ABLE MENTION) Andrea Montoya FA S H I O N CO U N C I L S C H O L A R S H I P, S O P H O M O R E Yan Wen
“The Making of Spertus: How the Design for Spertus Was Conceived and Constructed, and How Its Use and Place in the Community Has Evolved in the past 12 Years” FRC Presentation, March 2019 * Artists and designers who participated in the Shape of Now residency at the Evanston Art Center in 2017–18. Introduced by and in conversation with Katrin Schnabl.
DOODLE ART & DESIGN N E W S T U D E N T H AT AWA R D
Nancy Zhu
Zoë Vulgamott Jiawei Shao
UNGARO SCHOLARSHIP Shaoyi Jiang WILLIAM MOLLIHAN SCHOLARSHIP Chloe Park GLORIA OMI TSIE N SCHOL ARSHIP I N FA S H I O N D E S I G N Justin Wong L E O R A CO M E R P O G U E SCHOLARSHIP Lisa Gaedike M A R C I A / L E S T E R N OV Y MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
FA S H I O N , B O DY, A N D G A R M E N T 2 01 8 J U D G E S AWA R D Yuanyu Xiong Nelson Cantada L U M I N A R T S F O U N DAT I O N 2 01 8 G R A D UAT E F E L L OWS H I P Carley Brandau R U M C H ATA F O U N DAT I O N 2 01 8 G R A D UAT E F E L L OWS H I P Nathan Hoyle
Kayla Antonevich MORRIS & ROSE GOLDMAN F O U N DAT I O N
e x ternal recog nition
Edna St. Louis B O DY- B U I L D E R H E A DW E A R AWA R D
FA S H I O N CO U N C I L S C H O L A R S H I P, SOPHOMORE (HONOR ABLE MENTION)
Julia Sells (2nd)
Haley Goldberg (1st)
Victoria Landau (Honorable Mention)
Zoë Vulgamott (2nd)
Kenna Stark (2nd) FA S H I O N CO U N C I L P O S T- B ACC A L AU R E AT E AWA R D
J U D I T H M M I L L I N E RY S U P P LY AWA R D Kazimir Kazakov
Samuel Snodgrass (1st)
TO M JACO B S
Samuel Snodgrass
P E R RY E L L I S S C H O L A R S H I P
Ely Weitzman Owen Zhong
DA KO T R AVA I L WO R K E R AWA R D
Qingqing "Peggy" Cao
Chuwei "Ivy" Meng
FRE DRIK FLOE N
Visiting Artist Lecture February 2019
S H I R L E Y S C H N AC K E N B E R G T R AV E L G R A N T
C F DA+ 2 01 8 Maria Beniaris QingQing “Peggy” Cao S WA R OVS K I CO L L E C T I O N S P O N S O R S H I P 2 01 9 Shaoyi
B O DY- B U I L D E R A DVA N C E D F O O T W E A R D E S I G N AWA R D Scarlet Le (1st)
D R I E H AU S FA S H I O N AWA R D F I N A L I S T S 2 01 9
Nicholas Brade
Xinda Wang (2nd)
Adreain Guillory
Ning Yang
Sarah Pramuk (3rd)
Angelina Lee
Tom McCallie (Honorable Mention)
Justin Wong JunHo Park
S A I C M E R I T AWA R D Ellis Erisman CO R N E L I A S T E C K L S E N I O R FA S H I O N F E L L OWS H I P Maria Beniaris
B O DY- B U I L D E R F O O T W E A R D E S I G N AWA R D Dante Villalobos (1st) Yujin Han (2nd) Claire Hogan (3rd) Elizabeth Lopez (Honorable Mention) R AY M U N D H U D D M I L L I N E RY AWA R D Shaoyi Jiang (1st) Tara Froehlich (2nd)
Abigail Shute Edna St. Louis
Fashion Resource Center
Fashion Council Established in 2007 as the “Friends of Fashion” SAIC’s Fashion Council is an important group of advisors and donors to the School’s award-winning Department of Fashion Design. Members are professionals in the fashion industry, artists, philanthropists, civic leaders, and fashion enthusiasts. They support the department and its students through scholarship, exposure, and resources.
MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
Fashion Council members are given exclusive access to distinguished faculty, many of whom are celebrated fashion designers and artists. They attend private events with visiting designers, are granted access to behind-the-scenes enrichment opportunities with emerging student fashion designers, and have a front row seat at the annual runway show.
H E I J I C H OY B L AC K Chair K AT R I N S C H N A B L Sage Foundation Chair, Fashion Design Department KENDR A FOLEY Executive Director of Individual Giving
MEMBERS*
AC T I O N CO M M I T T E E
Amy Bluhm
Frances Tuite
Dietrich Klevorn
Sarah Perkins
Ellen Sandor
Volunteers
Gloria Groom
Anne Guitteau
Jason Kalajainen
Julie Gustafson
John Winzeler
Yumi Minami
For the past 32 years, the FRC has evolved into a hybrid research hub as well as a meeting space for faculty and students within SAIC’s Fashion Department and the school’s larger community. Supporting its growth is a dedicated team of volunteers and donors, who have helped form and maintain the FRC’s unique hands-on collection of late 20th and 21st century designer garments and accessories representing innovations in construction, materials and embellishments, in addition to an extensive library of rare books, thoughtprovoking publications, documents and vintage magazines covering fashion’s complex relationship with the larger world.
Laura Front Lisa Warshauer Maria Pinto Melissa Moore Nick Cave
VO L U N T E E R S Anne Guitteau
• Over 800 designer garments & accessories.
Julie Gustafson Yumi Minami
• Over 3000 publications including designer biographies, look books & journals.
Nora Schreiber Robert Faust
*As of April 16, 2019
Roopa Weber
To get involved, please contact Kendra Foley, Executive Director of Individual Giving with the Office of Institutional Advancement at kfoley@saic.edu.
• 26 fashion, lifestyle & design magazine subscriptions.
Stephanie Sick Teri Tkachuk
• Regularly updated files containing designer biographies & interviews.
CO N N E C T
Alex Aubry
Fashion Resource Center Sullivan Center 36 South Wabash Avenue, suite 735 Chicago, IL 60603
G R A D UAT E A S S I S TA N T S Jill DeGroot Bradlee Murch
frc@saic.edu
LECTURE
F R C AT A G L A N C E
FRC DIRECTOR
Stephano Piaggi on Anna Piaggi, Behnaz Farahi
VO L U N T E E R S
312.629.6730
Alexandra Katich
saic.edu/frc
Cie Bond
Facebook: /FRC.SAIC
Claris Cahan Cynthia Buciak Donna Whitacre
FILM SCREENINGS
Instagram: @fashionresourcecenter
Gail Zugerman Jane Ottens
The True Cost
Julia Gelman
Bill Cunningham New York
Lisa Hershenson
Slim Aarons: The High Life
Lorraine Williams Bock
@saicperformance @saicfashiondesign #MediaProductionBureau
(Above) The spring 2019 semester started with a fruitful and enriching collaboration between the Fashion, Performance, and Exhibitions departments. We worked together with a number of Chicago institutions to co-host a series of exhibitions, lectures, performances, and workshops with Scandinavian artists Henrik Vibskov, Ingri Fiksdal, and Fredrik Floen.
(Above) Council members host salons featuring fashion award and scholarship winners, visiting designers, and luminaries in the field of fashion.
In his first US residency, renowned Danish fashion designer Henrik Vibskov created a paper-folding project where more than 300 SAIC students collectively assembled a large-scale installation in the School’s Sullivan Galleries under his guidance, made possible with the generous support of the Fashion Council.
SCHOLARSHIP JUDGING
• Over 1,000 magazines from 1900-present including Vogue & Harper’s Bazaar.
Nancy Mollers Raoul Basa Ruslana Litinskaia Yanet Ramirez de Grech
Battle of Versailles
Zent Keymole
D O N O R & VO L U N T E E R P R O F I L E : N A N C Y M O L L E R S
The Collector’s Eye “I was taken aback when I first saw it, as I didn’t know what to expect. But it’s grown on me since then and we continue to enjoy looking at it,” says Nancy Mollers, while pointing to a 1975 portrait of herself by the late Chicago artist Ed Paschke. It hangs beneath text art by Adam Pendleton in the West Loop home she shares with her husband Bob. Among the many artworks they’ve collected over the years, Paschke’s painting may be the most personal, recalling a time in their lives when they were young collectors beginning to explore the art world.
“Art was a fun interest we developed together as a couple, even though we didn’t have a background or education in it,” says the Chicago native, who strikes a dramatic pose in front of a psychedelic backdrop in Paschke’s portrait. “Ed took a few photographs of me at his studio and ended up using that pose. Even though it’s my face, the hair and costume I’m wearing were entirely his creation,” says Nancy of the painting, which was exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago’s Modern Wing from July 2011 to February 2012. In the early ‘70s, Nancy and Bob
began acquiring the work of the Chicago Imagists, a group of young emerging artists that included Ed Paschke as well as Roger Brown, Jim Nutt and Gladys Nilsson. Since then, they have spent the last four decades building a thoughtfully considered collection of works by living artists. “Their work was generally more affordable, and we focused on what interested us,” she says of their impressive collection, which today includes art by Wolfgang Tillmans, John Currin, Sol LeWitt, Kehinde Wiley, Damien Hirst and Nan Goldin, in addition to many others. “To be independent in one’s choices, means taking the time and commitment to build your eye and develop a focus,” adds Nancy, of the couple’s journey as art collectors, one that also appears to inform her approach to dressing. A peek inside her wellorganized closet reveals an equally considered collection of garments with a distinct point of view. It includes a number of key pieces by designers known for their conceptual and craft-based approach to fashion, such as Hussein Chalayan, Comme des Garçons, Yohji Yamamoto and Issey Miyake. Her choices also demonstrate an affinity for designers who think like sculptors or fiber artists, by using construction techniques or surface treatments in unexpected ways. Among the gems in her wardrobe is Junya Watanabe’s hybrid tartan skirt sporting tiers of flounces and one pant-leg, in addition to a charcoal grey sweater with a 3D honeycomb construction, also by the experimental Japanese designer.
Nancy’s exposure to avant-garde fashion began in the early ‘90s, shortly after relocating to Houston, where she worked in risk management. “On weekends we’d walk around Saks Fifth Avenue, Nieman Marcus and even Chicago’s Marshall Field’s, which had a store there,” she recalls, of a time when Houston’s prominent department stores stocked the experimental designs of Claude Montana, Thierry Mugler, Issey Miyake and Romeo Gigli. “I was drawn to their clothes and started going to sales and acquiring #KarlLagerfeld @karllagerfeld @fashionresourcecenter @James.Prinz #JamesPrinzPhotography
(Left) Council members have an opportunity to learn about the concepts and collection development of core students at our annual scholarship judging, where students present their work to a group of industry experts.
Handmade with love in France
Nancy Dedakis
pieces gradually, which I wore to art openings and at work,” says Nancy, noting that although she gravitated towards unconventional designs, the clothes had to be wearable. “I discovered this during the second weekend of Neiman Marcus’ Last Call in Houston, which was a huge sale that consolidated merchandise from their stores across the country. We were told they just put out garments from another box they found in the back,” says Nancy the next day in the Fashion Resource Center’s wardrobe. She’s holding up Issey Miyake’s tiered bouncing dress cut from four layers of the Japanese designer’s signature pleated fabric. Part of his Spring 1994 collection, the iconic design is one of many garments Nancy donated to the FRC over the years. They include a Karl Lagerfeld Fall 1993 chocolate brown skirt suit, with a jacket shaped like a corset, as well as a crimson
three-piece top from Italian designer Romeo Gigli’s Spring 1992 collection. During the couple’s travels, they sometimes came across museum exhibitions that would broaden their perspective on fashion as an applied art form. “I started thinking about fashion differently, as well as its place within broader conversations around contemporary art and design,” she says, while recalling one particular exhibition that resonated with her. “I was fascinated by the Radical Fashion exhibit at the V&A in London in 2001, which connected the dots between the work of designers such as Azzedine Alaïa, Alexander McQueen, Hussein Chalayan and Martin Margiela with larger cultural, social and artistic movements,” adds Nancy, who continues to be drawn to designers who infuse their work with ideas that bridge the worlds of art and fashion. Nancy was introduced to the FRC in 2012, after seeing Material Translations, an exhibition of contemporary Japanese fashion held at the Art Institute of Chicago’s Ando Gallery. Curated by FRC’s former Director Gillion Carrara and Assistant Director Caroline Bellios, it highlighted exceptional pieces from its collection. “I noticed that a number of items had been donated by art collectors we knew such as Ruth Horwich and that they came from the Fashion Resource Center, which further sparked my curiosity,” says Nancy, who subsequently contacted Gillion to arrange for a tour of the FRC, as she wanted to donate designer pieces she no longer wore. During her visit, Nancy also learned about FRC’s dedicated team of volunteers, who are instrumental in maintaining the collection and building a
sense of community around it. “By that time, I’d moved back to Chicago and it felt like a wonderful opportunity to join FRC’s team, where I could further explore my interests in art and fashion,” she says, noting that she also enjoys interacting with the Fashion Department’s students and faculty as well as SAIC’s larger community. “I’ve been volunteering at the FRC for five years now, and I’m still amazed by the breadth and depth of its hands-on collection, which is unique for #COMMEdesGARCONS @commedesgarcons @fashionresourcecenter @James.Prinz #JamesPrinzPhotography
SPECIAL EVENTS
• A comprehensive fabric library.
#IsseyMiyake @IsseyMiyakeUSA @fashionresourcecenter @James.Prinz #JamesPrinzPhotography
VISITING DESIGNERS
Azzedine Alaia by Joe Mckenna
@fashionresourcecenter @boettcher.sebastian #SebastianBottcher
#MariaBeniaris @mariabeniaris #SAICFashion2018 #SAICFashion #CoreSenior
#HenrikVibskov @henrikvibskov #SullivanGalleries #000STATEonSTATE
Margarette Alfaro
• Over 600 audiovisual materials covering diverse fashion disciplines.
an institution of this kind in the United States because it’s so accessible,” she adds, while pointing out that the FRC stands apart from its peers as a powerful research hub, for its combined collection of vintage magazines, books, films, garments and accessories. “Similar to art collecting, you need to see examples of garments in person in order to fully understand and appreciate them. When I come here each week, it’s also an opportunity for me to grow intellectually and be a part of a community that’s presenting new perspectives on the world through the lens of fashion,” says Nancy, who continues to work with FRC’s team to create a dynamic and inclusive space where learning and curiosity are encouraged.
A B O U T T H E FA S H I O N D E PA R T M E N T AT SA I C
For over 150 years, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) has been a leader in educating the world’s most influential artists, designers, and scholars. Located in downtown Chicago with a fine arts graduate program consistently ranking among the top programs in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, SAIC provides an interdisciplinary approach to art and design as well as world-class resources, including the Art Institute of Chicago museum, on-campus galleries, and state-of-the-art facilities. SAIC’s undergraduate, graduate, and post-baccalaureate students have the freedom to take risks and create the bold ideas that transform Chicago and the world—as seen through such notable alums and faculty such as Michelle Grabner, David Sedaris, Elizabeth Murray, Richard Hunt, Georgia O’Keeffe, Cynthia Rowley, Nick Cave, and LeRoy Neiman. L E A R N M O R E : S A I C . E D U
In its 85th year, the Department of Fashion Design at SAIC has evolved into a unique place to train the next generation of designers, artists, and thinkers. Our mission is to alert our graduates to the urgent issues of today and develop their voices to participate in global discourse. Our interdisciplinary approach to fashion is grounded in teaching technical, digital, artisanal, and visceral ways of making, pairing artistic exploration with concept development and skill-building.
B OA R D O F G OV E R N O R S Anita K. Sinha, Chair
Robert G. Donnelley
Quintin E. Primo III
Melissa V. Behm
Karen W. Frank (1972–1974)
Dana Rice
Daniel S. Berger
Denise B. Gardner
Beth K. Rosen
Robert H. Bergman (BFA 1975)
Gordon Gill
Neal Sales-Griffin
Gail Hodges
Sanford L. Biggers (MFA 1999)
Holly Hunt
Ellen Sandor (MFA 1975, HON 2014)
Michelle Boone Laurence O. Booth Charles M. Brennan III Todd C. Brown Daniel R. Bryant Linda Smith Buonanno (P 2001)
Betsy Karp Jay Frederick Krehbiel Carol Levy Margaret MacLean Cary D. McMillan Charles L. Michod Jr. Melissa A. Moore (BFA 1988)
D.H. Chang (MFA 1991)
Cherilyn Murer
Lester N. Coney
Marian Phelps Pawlick
A. Steven Crown
Charles T. Price
Richard L. Sandor Stephanie A. Sick Anita K. Sinha Shawn Smith John L. Thomson
C U R R I C U L A R PAT H WAYS CO R E FA S H I O N D E S I G N A N D CO N S T R U C T I O N The undergraduate fashion core curriculum pathway consists of a scaffolded sequence of co-taught design and construction courses at the sophomore, junior, and senior levels, providing a firm foundation in drawing, draping, patternmaking, and garment construction. In courses that combine historical research with contemporary explorations, students transcend the traditional boundaries of fashion to examine clothing as it relates to lifestyle, performance, display, costume, and art. B O DY- B U I L D E R Body-Builder pathway gives students the opportunity to specialize in their self-selected area of interest such as illustration, accessories, knitwear, embellishment, performance-oriented design, or foundation studies as part of the academic spine. FA S H I O N , B O DY A N D G A R M E N T The Fashion department offers two options for graduate study: — An invigorating, accelerated curriculum, the one-year intensive Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Fashion, Body, and Garment prepares students for the rigor and challenge of a master’s program or professional work in the fashion industry. — SAIC’s groundbreaking Master of Design in Fashion, Body, and Garment moves beyond the merging of fine art with fashion design to explore the body in motion, on show, in suspension, in conversation, and immersed in the world.
Charlotte Tieken Joseph R. Trpik Jr. David J. Vitale Kenneth W. Warren
Faculty + Staff FAC U LT Y Katrin Schnabl Sage Foundation Chair
Nick Cave Abigail Glaum-Lathbury Anke Loh
Thank You
Sandra Adams
Laura Mae Noble McCarty
Kylee Alexander (BFA 2012)
Aubrie Meyer
T H E D E PA R T M E N T O F FA S H I O N D E S I G N G IVES SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Caroline Bellios
Steve Miller
Bambi Breakstone
Annie Novotny (BFA 2004, MA 2019)
Gillion Carrara
Rick Paul
Jackey Cave
Eia Radosavljevic (BFA 2017)
Jasper Drummond (BFA 2015)
Sharon Shoji
Yoshiko Fredisdorf
Liat Smestad (BFA 1975)
Dijana Granov (BFA 2004)
James Sommerfeldt
Kate Jacobsen
Jim Termeer
Beata Kania (BFA 1993)
Pamela Vanderlinde
Benjamin LaRose (MDes 2016)
Tommy Walton
Kristin Mariani
Don Yoshida (BFA 1973)
The Spertus Institute, Venue SIX10 Mark Akgulian, Cori Ann Colangelo, Sheila Cronin
Uniqlo Kimiyo Naka
MP Factor Bridget Halanski
Fur Information Council of America
Mario Tricoci Creative Team, led by John Gialluisi Hair and Makeup
Nicole Smith and Keith Kaplan
Sound Investment AV Michael Gardner and PJ Acosta James Prinz (MFA 1988) Fashion Photography
York Fur Kathy Rezny
SAIC Fashion Photography class Adjunct Assistant Professor Don Yoshida and Senior Lecturer Mayumi Lake (BFA 1997, MFA 2000)
Olga Arango and Jerzy Rose (BFA 2008)
SAIC Media Production Bureau
SAIC Media Production Bureau
SAIC Office of the President
Bob Faust Publication Design
SAIC Office of the Dean
Heiji Choy Black Driehaus Design Initiative Luminarts Cultural Foundation Luminarts Cultural Foundation Graduate Fellowship in Fashion sponsored by Kimberly Palmisano Luminarts Cultural Foundation Undergraduate Fellowship in Fashion sponsored by Cherilyn Murer Swarovski
SAIC Office of the Provost
SAIC Office of Institutional Advancement SAIC Instructional Resources and Facilities Management Katharine Schutta (BFA 1986, MFA 1989), director of Career and Professional Experience Trevor Martin, director of exhibitions Steven Plaxco Mark Jeffery, associate professor, performance Yolanda Cursach, independant performance curator
SE NIOR SHOOT 2 01 9 P R O D U C T I O N CREDITS James Prinz Fashion Photography Mario Tricoci Creative Team, led by John Gialluisi Hair and Makeup
FA S H I O N 2 01 9 PRODUCTION CREDITS Katrin Schnabl Fashion 2019 Creative Director Pamela Vanderlinde and Jimmie Swaggerty Fashion 2019 Producers Lucky Stiff Fashion Show Coordinator Sound Investment AV Production
S TA F F Jimmie Swaggerty Senior Administrative Director Lucky Stiff Administrative Assistant Dolly Robertson (BFA 1983) Instructional Facility Assistant Director, Fashion Design Facilities Jelisa Brown (BFA 2015) Instructional Facility Supervisor, Fashion Design Facilities Alex Aubry (MA 2013) Director, Fashion Resource Center
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