This Intimate Apparel Design Contest featured the work of six students from the Parsons School of Design under the theme “Mosaic Visions” and took place on May 17th, 2017 at the Fashion Group International, Inc. in New York City. This was The Underfashion Club’s second annual contest featuring the work of Parsons students. These contests support the future of the intimate apparel industry by identifying and rewarding talented young designers.
Members of the UNDERFASHION CLUB, INC. witnessed the creative abundance of talent at the senior exhibition held in the John E. Reeves Great Hall at FIT on April 25, 2017. These garments, along with other categories (Special Occasion, Sportswear, Knitwear and Childrenswear), were on display as a preview to the FUTURE OF FASHION, the graduating seniors fashion show that will be presented on Monday, May 8th at 7pm ET. Visit http://fashionshow.fitnyc.edu for more information.
These talented FIT students will be graduating in May and we spoke with a few students to gain some insight on their next steps after graduation. read more
Thank you to everyone who attended the 2017 FEMMY Awards Gala on January 31st at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City! You all looked so fabulous for the 59th annual celebration of this red-carpet-esque Intimate Apparel Industry event. A special thank you to our host Hal Rubenstein for his energizing presence, lending his talents for an evening full of love and support for fashion and education.
Hal Rubenstein is a writer, designer, critic and one of the founding editors at InStyle Magazine, where he served as fashion director for fifteen years, after being a style director at The New York Times Magazine for five years. Since 1995 he has been a frequent red carpet and fashion commentator for Good Morning America, The Today Show, Extra, E! and The View. His experience in the coverage of red carpet awards seasons in Hollywood made him a perfect fit for the FEMMY Awards Gala. Hal greeted each of the Honorees of the 2017 FEMMY Awards with warmth and enthusiasm, narrating an evening full of pride and joy for us all in the Intimate Apparel Industry. read more
Winner of the UNDERFASHION CLUB SCHOLARSHIP
DASH student ANNA MORENO read more
For the first time, The Underfashion Club worked with Parsons School of Design to hold an intimate apparel design contest! Students competed over the theme “Modern Allure,” which prompted them to design lingerie that speaks to today’s woman. The Underfashion Club awarded cash prizes to the top two designers. On May 17th, 2016, five gorgeous garments, designed by Parsons School of Design seniors, were displayed at The Gallery in The Prince George Ballroom in Manhattan for the club to witness and vote for.
Design #1: Chicago Collection by Tianyang Li read more
As promised, here’s more about the 2015 FEMMY Gala’s Annual Student Design Contest!
The annual Femmy Gala honors leading intimate apparel industry retailers, manufacturers, suppliers, innovators and individuals recognized for outstanding lifetime achievement, and raises funds in support of its mission, “Education today for a better industry tomorrow.” The 2015 Gala, hosted by actress/producer Vivica A. Fox was held at Cipriani 42nd Street on February 3rd, and featured the organization’s 12th Annual Student Design Contest whose winners, chosen that night, received cash awards. read more
The three winners of the Femmy 2014 student design contest, “Shaping The Future”, have been featured in INTIMA Magazine‘s August 2014 issue!
1st: Cristina Ramos with “Beauty is Vein”
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SAIG committee announced that the new theme for this year’s Femmy awards will be “Shaping the Future”. Work with FIT students is already under way on this exciting new vision with support and mentoring from Professor Alexandra Armillas.
The committee has reviewed 12 original concept boards and voted on their 9 favorites.
”According to Suzanne Beck of the Saig Committee, the concepts ranged from very embellished, to strappy & sexy, to clean minimalist but all with a fresh new young twist. This year’s contestants have been asked to focus on the more practical side of design. read more
Each of the contestants in the “Midnight Garden” Student Design Contest told us a little bit about their pieces and the inspiration behind them in their interviews!
Tiffany Spagnuolo with Dark Bloom
1st Prize
Tessa Saccone with Moonlit Azaleas
2nd Prize
Sara Shanahan with Nocturnal Blossom
3rd Prize
Erin Brennan with Fleur de Rave
Judy Yang with Midnight Petals
Alina Kulik with Wilting Dream
The Student Design Contest of this year’s Femmy Gala was a huge success! This time around, the theme was “Midnight Garden”. The designs created by the talented FIT students were all incredibly beautiful, but only three of them could be named winners! Here are the previews of the most popular entries. More information about the pieces and the designers behind them will be available very soon, so keep an eye out!
#1 by Tiffany Spagnuolo #2 by Tessa Saccone #3 by Sara Shanahan