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Fabian Renteria designed clothes inspired by the story of Kitana from “Mortal Kombat” for his first fashion collection in Los Angeles.
SLAYING DESIGN FIDM STUDENT INSPIRED BY MORTAL KOMBAT
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising student Fabian Renteria presents a collection of his work at the FIDM Debut Show.
s a child growing up in Glendale, Arizona, Fabian Renteria sketched T-shirts and dresses. It was prophetic, as recently he introduced his first fashion collection in Los Angeles as part of the annual FIDM Debut Show. Presented by the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, the event spotlights the work of FIDM students graduating from the advanced fashion design program Renteria was one of nine students selected for the prestigious show in 2021. “It was very exciting and even more nerve wracking,” says Renteria, who graduated from Deer Valley High School in Arizona in 2014. The heavy vinyl line was inspired by Mortal Kombat, with a “futuristic warrior” look to it. The red in his collection represents the bloodshed. “I honestly felt it would have been silly if it was Mortal Kombat and that’s it,” he says. “I was going deeper into what it means. For the actual story, these characters’ stories are entangled about
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