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Current page | archive Claudia Chan Shaw, internationally acclaimed designer of the Australian label Vivian Chan Shaw will discuss Australian fashion industry on Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 at 7:00 pm in the Temple Building, 901 W. Main Street, Room 1164 on the Virginia Commonwealth University campus. The talk is open to all VCU students and the public. Claudia Chan Shaw is designer, director and marketing manager for Vivian Chan Shaw, internationally acclaimed Australian fashion label specializing in hand loomed knitwear and handmade jewelry. Claudia shares the design direction of the label with her mother, Vivian Chan Shaw, who founded the company in 1972. Her many other roles include all aspects of sales and marketing for wholesale, retail and export divisions. The label has its flagship store in Sydney’s Queen Victoria Building and is sold around Australia and is exported to the USA, UK and New Zealand. A design graduate of Sydney College of the Arts, Claudia is a past Regional Director of the Fashion Group International of Sydney, and currently acts as an advisor to the Fashion Group board and is the Chairperson for The Cutting Edge, Fashion Group International Conference to be held in November. She was the youngest councillor to be appointed to the board of the Fashion Industries of Australia (FIA). Claudia will be hosting a trunk show at Monkeys, 306 Libbie Avenue, Richmond, VA on Thursday April 17th from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm featuring hand loomed knits from Australia. A portion of the proceeds of the sales will benefit the “Love of Lindsay” fund to benefit VCU Fashion Merchandising alumnae, Lindsay Ess that tragically became a quadruple amputee last year as results of complications from Crones disease. |
THE 2008 ANNUAL JURIED FASHION SHOW “DIGITAL THREADS. VCU DEPARTMENT OF FASHION DESIGN AND MERCHANDISING PRESENTS: The Department of Fashion Design and Merchandising at Virginia Commonwealth University will host their 2008 Annual Juried Fashion Show, titled Digital Threads, on Friday May 2, 2008. It will feature approximately 130 garments original garments design by the fashion design students and chosen by a jury of fashion professionals. The show will be held on VCU’s campus in the Student Commons, Ballroom A&B. Tickets will go on sale April 1, 2008; Preferred Seating $35, General Admissions $25, Students $20 and Fashion Students $5 with ID. Tickets can be purchased through the Fashion office, Room 432 Pollak Building, 325 N. Harrison Street or by calling 828-1699. Digital Threads will consist of eleven segments of student designed garments, ranging from evening wear to denim and fabrications inspired from the Philippines. The show will also feature a segment of children’s loungewear inspired by children with cancer. In the Fall semester, the Computer Aided Design class created the fabrics for the loungewear, and in the Spring semester, the students designed garments that adapt for children and young adults going through chemotherapy treatment. These garments will actually go into production through the sponsorship of Cotton Incorporated and all profits will go directly to ASK, the philanthropic arm of the pediatric cancer unit at VCU Health System. Cotton Incorporated is a major sponsor of the fashion show including underwriting the cost of the production, design student scholarships, student ticket costs and field trips to New York City and Cary, NC to visit their Cotton Library, Trend Forecasting and textile research centers. Contact: Karen Videtic |
trunk show For Vivian Chan Shaw “The Queen of Australian Knitwear” The Department of Fashion at Virginia commonwealth university Cordially invites you to a trunk show For Vivian Chan Shaw “The Queen of Australian Knitwear” Harpers Bazaar Featuring hand loomed knits from Australia that flatter the figure of both petite to full figured women. Collection includes soft tops, skirts, pants, floaty coasts and special occasion wear featured in the PowerHouse museum in Sydney, Australia Thursday, April 17, 2008 11:00 am to 7:00 pm Special guest: daughter and co-designer Claudia Chan Shaw A portion of the proceeds of sales will be donated to the “Love of Lindsay” fund to benefit VCU Fashion alumnae, Lindsay Ess. |
C2C/CITDA Design Competition: Two VCU Students are Finalists Contacts information:
Apparel Design Category, Product Design Sub-category Finalists
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International Fashion Design Competition “Vietnam Collection Grand Prix 2007” : VCU Faculty represents United States Karen M. Videtic, Chairperson of the Department of Fashion Design and Merchandising at Virginia Commonwealth was invited to juror the Vietnam Grand Prix Collection 2007 on September 23 at Quan Hall in Hanoi. Ms. Videtic was one of a panel of domestic and foreign fashion professionals including Francine Pairon (France), Junko Koshino (Japan), Celia Loe (Singapore), Ji Wenbo ( China) and Minh Hanh (Vietnam) to select Nguyen Tron Hoang as this year’s grand prize winner or young designer of the year. To find additional information about this year’s competition go to: |
Kathleen Gasperini discusses today’s youth trends Kathleen Gasperini, internationally acclaimed industry leader on global youth culture, marketing intelligence, research, and branding strategies discusses today’s youth trends. Kathleen Gasperini, internationally acclaimed industry leader on global youth culture, marketing intelligence, research, and branding strategies will speak to the Department of Fashion Design and Merchandising and the VCU academic community, on Wednesday, October 24th at 7:00 pm in the Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall, W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts at 922 Park Avenue on the Virginia Commonwealth University campus. Ms. Gasperini’s background includes over 15 years experience from running grassroots to global campaigns, event production, branding, and visionary writing about various youth market trends, her work and that of Label Networks has appeared in the New York Times, BrandWeek, Advertising Age, Yahoo! Financial News, the AP, Philadelphia Inquirer, St. Petersburg Times, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Sports Illustrated, Red Nova, Elle, Vogue, Spin, Vibe, Bread & Butter Bulletin Magazine, Transworld Publications’ Surfing, Skateboarding, and Snowboarding, among others. |
