Industry Executives Speak to Academy of Art University Fashion School Students

Industry Executives Speak to Academy of Art University Fashion School Students
On Thursday, November 30, Academy of Art University's Fashion School will host a fashion industry panel discussion with designers, journalists and retail executives.

This panel will address the student body and answer questions.

Executive Director Gladys Perint Palmer, also a journalist, will moderate.

The panel will include: fashion designers Laura and Kate Mulleavy of Rodarte; and Joe Haller and Ian Hannula of Nice Collective.

Journalists Christine Suppes, editor in chief, FashionLines; Melissa Ceria, journalist and co-founder of ShareYourLook; and Donna Kato, fashion and style editor, San Jose Mercury News.

Retailers Wilkes Bashford of The Wilkes Bashford Company; and Susan Foslien of stores Susan and The Grocery Store.

At 2:00 PM, the panel and other industry guests will tour the Fashion Design School studios at 180 New Montgomery Street.

The First Floor holds the MFA Design Studios.

The Seventh Floor holds the Illustration/Life Drawing, Fashion Design, Applied Textiles, Knitwear, Pattern Making, Draping and Construction Studios.