Fashionado is a fashion and lifestyle brand where readers indulge in a myriad of trending topics from the world of design, art and culinary. Via the FashionadoTV digital platform, Fashionado founder, E. Vincent Martinez, hosts interviews with celebrities, fashion designers, artists and industry professionals.
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Read MoreThe book is titled: Fashion Lives: Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis. There's also an interview series by the same name where Fern Mallis sits with some of the biggest names in fashion and has a conversations about life and career. Before all of this, Fern was the executive director of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) and she is credited as the creator of New York Fashion Week. Fern Mallis, it's fair to say, is a fashion icon, in her own right. I had the privilege of speaking with Fern during her annual engagement with Charleston Fashion Week where she serves as lead judge and special guest. Fern is such a great storyteller and with her prominent position within the fashion world, her contributions to the industry and the fact that she knows everybody in it (and is so well respected) well, she had plenty of stories to tell.
Video production by Michael Weston.
The Culinary Arts department created a mouth-watering dessert bar for the meet and greet. Fern loved the chocolates. (me too!)
A dress made of woven flyers by one of our fashion design students announcing the event.
The Art Institute of Atlanta
With some of the fashion faculty: E. Vincent Martinez, Mary Jo Miller, Presidents Myvett, Fern Mallis, Provost Wood, Steven Tanner, Dr. Hammonds.
The Art Institute of Atlanta & Ragtrade Atlanta
The Atlantan Modern Luxury
President Myvett awarded Fern Mallis with the Art Institute's Fashion Icon Award.
Fern revealed that she has a joy for cooking so she was gifted with an official Art Institute of Atlanta chef's jacket.
Fern Mallis with a stylish group of fashion students.
Michelle is holding her copy of Fashion Lives!
Photos by It's Robin Lori
On Wednesday, August 3rd, the most fashionable destination in the city was without a doubt, the Art Institute of Atlanta. With programs of study such as fashion design, interior design and culinary arts, the Art Institute is a pretty stylish place on a daily basis, but when they hosted fashion icon, Fern Mallis this week, their style meter shot through the roof.
Fern Mallis spoke to a standing room only audience about [her] early years at the CFDA and how [she] created New York Fashion Week. Before the "conversation" however, Fern graciously spent over an hour greeting guests, giving hugs and taking photos.
In the lecture hall, Fern shared details about herself and career to a very captive audience. As she offered advice to students, it was clear that Fern Mallis is authentic, humbly recognizes her accomplishments and believes in giving back. She is so engaging and lights up when telling stories and talking (and humanizing) her famous designer friends such as Calvin Klein. One of my favorites stories - I've heard twice now! - is about a Michael Kors runway show pre-NYFW. The boom and bass from the massive DJ speakers shook the old building so badly that chunks of the ceiling fell onto the runway during the show. Supermodels, Naomi, Linda, Christy sashayed through the rubble, never missing a beat, after all, they were super-models. A large piece of plaster landed on the lap of fashion editor Suzy Menkes! Priceless, but also unsafe. This was the catalyst for creating a centralized fashion week location... the rest... is fashion history.
Fern spoke passionately and proudly about her book Fashion Lives - a large, hardcover coffee table about the lives of some of the greatest American fashion designers - all who started from nothing, many who now have empires.
I'm not only a fashion blogger but a proud educator at the Art Institute of Atlanta. "A Conversation with Fern Mallis" was a huge fashion moment for us, our students and the Atlanta fashion community.
Hump day just upped its style-game - well, at least on August 3rd when the "fashion icon" herself, Fern Mallis, spends the afternoon with you at the Art Institute of Atlanta.
I had the pleasure of meeting Fern at Charleston Fashion Week. I also had the privilege of hearing her speak and she is quite captivating. As you can imagine, as the creator of New York Fashion Week and as the former executive director of the CFDA, Fern Mallis has plenty of fun and interesting stories.
RSVP at aiatlantarsvp@gmail.com *Seating is limited so rsvp for yourself +1, only.
Fern Mallis will be signing copies of her book so make sure to get yours and bring on Aug. 3rd!
Fashionado is a fashion & lifestyle brand where readers indulge in a myriad of trending topics from the world of fashion, design, art and culinary. Via the FashionadoTV digital platform, Fashionado founder, E. Vincent Martinez, hosts interviews with celebrities, fashion designers, artists and industry professionals.
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