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Beyond the bridesmaid: United States of Fashion AIC-SF

Innovative designs emerge onto the runway, illuminating the constant evolution of design that caters to each distinct neighborhood of San Francisco.

[SAN FRANCISCO, CA, MAY 2010] – Join us for an impressive evening of urban style and chic fashions at United Streets of Fashion, The Art Institute of California – San Francisco’s Student Fashion Show and Competition. United Streets of Fashion will be held on Saturday, June 19th at 7pm at the San Francisco Design Center (101 Henry Adams Street). United Streets of Fashion offers Art Institute students the chance to showcase their collections on the runway to an audience of 1,500 guests including industry professionals, Bay Area designers, fellow students, family and friends.

San Francisco is a city comprised of many diverse neighborhoods, all of which offer their own unique sensibility and approach to style. United Streets of Fashion, the annual fashion show from the students at The Art Institute of California – San Francisco, has taken these unique fashion districts and transported them from the sidewalk to the catwalk.

Romantic drapery and fantastic foliage

Beneath the bright lights and beat thumping soundtrack, models will strut student designs down the runway which epitomize each neighborhood: slouchy knitwear emblematic of the Castro; chic bohemian styles straight from the Haight; high fashion from the Hayes Valley set;  sexy, sleek business attire made for the FiDi professional; and gritty urban styles from the streets of the Mission.

Just over 100 designs from 26 designers will be featured on the runway, narrowed down from over 180 submissions. The designers were chosen for their innovative approach and their ability to embody each district within San Francisco through their own unique point of view.

A panel of industry professionals and top designers will judge the fashions as they saunter down the runway, including Amy Sarabi from Project Runway Season 7 and Nathalie Doucet, President of Arts of Fashion Foundation. The show will be hosted by Elisabeth Laurence, creator, host, and co-executive producer of the broadcast TV show Lives of Style™©2010, which highlights the “Best-of-the-Best” in the world—in fashion, style, beauty and lifestyle.  Lives of Style airs in San Francisco, with launches in LA, NY, Miami and nationwide forthcoming.

Faux fur for foggy, fuzzy nights

Tickets are available by calling 415.276.1069, Monday through Friday, 8AM – 6PM. Tickets are $20 for general admission / advance purchase or $25 at the door. Limited VIP tickets are also available for $50, which offer an all-access pass, floor seating on the main floor, gift bags, and a special VIP area with complimentary wine, beer, assorted beverages and hors d’oeuvres.

United Streets of Fashion is being produced by students in the Fashion Show Production class at The Art Institute of California – San Francisco. For more information, please visit the United Streets of Fashion website.

United Streets of Fashion

Saturday, June 19th at the San Francisco Design Center
7pm Reception  |  8pm Fashion Show
Tickets: $20 Advance General Admission  |  $25 At the Door |  $50 VIP
For Tickets, Call 415.276.1069 or 415.276.1011
For more information, Call 415.276.6690 or visit: UnitedStreetsofFashion

You had better believe, I will make it work....

When it comes to Project Runway, I am an self described addict. This is possibly because my husband and I both went through rigorous university design programs and remember all too well that fatal “1 hour til show time drama” that strikes fear into the unprepared or disorganized creative. They don’t call them “deadlines” for nothing.

Project Runway Thursdays are sacred: we pore over the menu, decide on the libations, theme, and take turns cooking all manner of delicious cuisine with our fav PR double date couple (who can always be counted on for the random snarky comment). That said, I believe that this season is, well, “Meh…” From the judges standpoint, let’s face it, it’s Kor-less. I mean, how can you top this standout comment: “your outfit looks like something an Appalachian crack whore would wear.” How much more descriptive can you really get? How can this man ever be replaced for sheer blistering sarcasm and that discerning sense of style and entitlement?

As well, on the nefarious interloper tip, where’s our  Santino, Jeffry Sebalia, or Kenley Collins to upend and demoralize the rest of the team? If I had a dime for every time one of them said “I’m not here to make friends” I’d have a house in Pac Heights!

But for pure creative innovation, the quirky kid from Baltimore who manages to be sweet as pie (and right there with the back handed compliment), and of prodigious talent there is none other than our favorite boy, Christian Siriano.

His Coco Chanel meets streetwise punk design sensibility can be runway, club way, alterna-bridal or couture. He is a fan favorite because he possesses a quality that many of the PR contestants lack: irrefutable charm. And as luck would have it we all get to meet the boy wonder Tuesday Oct. 13th at 2 pm at Saks Fifth Avenue on Post in SF for his book signing (and I suspect to celebrate his new show). I took one look at my insane calendar and realized that I must, simply, make it work….

See you there, and of course, make sure you look FIERCE!

Where and When

SAKS FIFTH AVENUE
Tuesday, October 13 –2:00pm
Book signing
384 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94108