Highlighted recent DMG with Apparel focus graduate:

Leah A Bush

Fashion Marketing BLOG:

03.05.10

Check out P Style Fashion Magazine in the menu above.  We think you'll LOVE it.

Letter from the editor:

Welcome to the first edition of P Style! You’ll find fashion stories here from the design center of Portland, Oregon. Students in the fashion programs at The Art Institute of Portland contributed articles about fashion designers, fashion shows, street style, cute accessories, and more. Our featured theme addresses how the current economic recession affects every aspect of fashion design, from student budgets for their portfolio collections to a major retailer’s marketing strategies. Innovation and creativity are more important now than ever. We preview Cora Lee Poole’s exciting collection of motorcycle noir style, an interview with Project Runway designer Janeane Marie Ceccanti, and the fresh new look at Pendleton. 

We hope you enjoy our view of the fashion world from Portland, Oregon. 

Annin Barrett, Managing Editor

03.02.10

Click on "Fashion Show" (above) for up-to-date info on this year's fashion show!!

02.26.10

Portland Fashion Synergy Inc. awards the Art Institute of Portland Scholarship
 
'Happy Hour'
 
Wednesday March 3rd 2010
6:30pm to 8pm
The International Culinary School at The Art Institute of Portland
 34 NW 8th, Portland, OR 97209
 
We will be recognizing the finalists and awarding the winner
 
For information on this event please contact Allena Baker abbaker@aii.edu

2.17.10

NEW FM CLASS ADDED FOR SPRING!!

FM 234 SELLING TECHNIQUES ON MONDAYS @ 6:00 - 9:45

2.12.20

34th Semi-Annual NW Apparel and Footwear Materials Show

@ the Oregon Convention Center - March 10th & 11th 2011

https://www.americanclassicevents.com/index.php?mode=event_detail&event_id=17

2.12.10

THE ART INSTITUTE OF PORTLAND'S APPAREL GRADUATE, JANEANE MARIE CECCANTI, SHOWCASES HER TALENT ON LIFETIME'S PROJECT RUNWAY, SEASON 7

The talented, Portland-based fashion designer Janeane Marie Ceccanti, now on Lifetimes’s Project Runway,http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/project-runway developed her abilities in Portland where she graduated from The Art Institute of Portland in Fall 2008 with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Apparel Design. As a student at The Art Institute of Portland, Ceccanti was very involved in College events and activities and made an impression on her instructors.

“Janeane was a great student,” says Sue Bonde, Department Director for the Apparel Design, Accessory Design and Fashion Marketing programs. “She pushed the limits and learned to take risks.”

Ceccanti says she used her studio classes at Ai Portland to get a hands-on glimpse of what design and production process entails. “Being in school gives you the freedom to make mistakes and learn from them, and explore your perspective as a designer,” says Ceccanti.

Since graduating, Ceccanti has had a significant impact on Portland’s Fashion scene, with the launch of her women’s line, Janeane Marie.At 2009’s Portland Fashion Week, Janeane had the opportunity to showcase her Autumn/Winter collection, in The Art Institute of Portland’s show, as well as, her Spring/Summer collection in Portland Fashion Week’s “Emerging Designer” showcase. 

Now, a contestant on Lifetimes, Project Runway, Season 7, Ceccanti <http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/project-runway/project-runway-designers/janeane-marie-ceccanti> has proven to excel under pressure. Competing for the chance to showcase a collection a Bryant Park, during New York Fashion Week, Ceccanti’s talent, self-motivation and grass-roots mentality, may be just want is needed to place her among the top three finalists on the show. 
 
Ceccanti’s clothing is sold locally in Portland at Radish Underground, and on her website janeanemarie.com <http://janeanemarie.com/janeanemarie/home.html>.

More on Janeane:
http://projectrungay.blogspot.com/2009/12/project-runway-season-7-meet-janeane.html
 

http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/project-runway/project-runway-designers/janeane-marie-ceccanti 

2/3/10

ENTWINE MEETING: Wednesday, February 3 at 4:45pm in room 302

ALL FASHION STUDENTS WELCOME!

The Entwine blog should be up soon, so you can keep track of what is going on at the meetings. Bring your calendars tomorrow because we will be setting up dates for the trip to the Portland Opera's costume shop, a trip to the Gerding Theater's costume shop, and also planning a date for the fabric sale.  

Great news - we have collected quite a few dresses for Abbey's closet.  If you still have a dress which you would like to donate for the cause, the boxes will be up until the end of the week.

Hope to see you at the meeting!

01/11/10

Apparel Help Lab

A faculty member will be available to help you with your sewing and patternmaking issues in our Apparel Help Lab! Every Monday 6:00 – 9:45 in room 301.

NEW!!! Apparel Design Sewing Lab in Open Space (2nd floor)

We have an Apparel Design Lab with 5 industrial machines, 2 cutting tables, 2 computers (one with the digitizer) available for student use Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 9am-9pm.

12/20/09

MERRELL STUDIO TOUR

If you are interested in taking a studio tour of Merrell please contact Martha Varela at mvarela@aii.edu.

11/16/09

Congratulations

The Fashion Club now has 35 members. Come to the next meeting on November 18 at 4:45 in room 302 and get involved. (There will be cookies.) Please click on Fashion Club for more information on what went on at the last meeting.

11/02/09

Finalist from Portland Announced in Nationwide Fashion Design Contest Fur-Free Competition

(Sponsored by The Humane Society of the United States in Collaboration with The Art Institutes)

(Oct. 20, 2009) — Local student, Bryce Black, will represent The Art Institute of Portland in The Humane Society of the United States’ fifth annual Cool vs. Cruel Fashion Design Competition. Cool vs. Cruel challenges students enrolled in The Art Institutes’ Fashion Design programs throughout North America to improve a runway look by Burberry, Thakoon, Michael Kors or Alexander McQueen, by finding creative ways to replace and reinterpret the use of animal fur.

Click here for more info...

10/22/09

Click here for an Ai student's Portland Fashion Week behind-the-scenes experience.

10/22/09

Open Call for Designers!!!

We are gearing up for our 7th year of putting on Portland's premier rock and roll fashion show and we would like you to be a part of it! Here is what we would like from you if you are interested in applying to be a part of the show this year:

• First and foremost, this is a Rock & Roll fashion show, so your designs should reflect that. Does not matter what season, size, or gender (we would love to see more menswear though.)
• Sketches of 6-8 outfits. Each component must be constructed by you.
• Color and/or fabric swatches.
• A paragraph/visuals of what inspired your collection.
• A bio of you/your line and pictures of previous work.
• All of this must be in our hot little hands by November 2nd.

If you have any questions please let us know.

Please e-mail submissions/questions to:
doomtown@doomtownproductions.com