Enclosed is the Special Occasions Class, taught by Paula Varsalona, I am mentoring this year for the F.I.T Mentoring Program. We had such an Exquisite time with their muslin fittings. I look forward to my next visit in order to guide this next generation of Designers so that they too will have the opportunity to bring more beauty into the world and to clarify their own vision of design.
“Each year F.I.T. presents a runway show of its top graduating BFA design talent to a full house. Attendees include Industry luminaries and press, anxious to see the next emerging names in fashion design. Graduating fashion design students are mentored by respected designers who serve as industry critics, with each critic ‘matched’ to the relevant design concentration. Calvin Klein, Carolina Herrera, Norma Kamali, Narciso Rodriguez, Diane von Furstenberg, Maggie Norris, Josie Natori, Dushane Noble for Helmut Lang and Alicia Sison for Betsey Johnson have each acted as advisors and critics to groups of graduating students.”