Fashion School News Alumni Spotlight: Experience Out Loud Fashion Extravaganza in Houston, Texas

Three Fashion School graduates participated in the Out Loud Fashion Extravaganza in Houston, Texas on Saturday, October 20, 2007 for a chance to win $2,000 and an internship with Cesar Galindo in New York City.

2006 MFA Fashion Design graduate Avani Pratap Bhansali, 2006 MFA Knitwear and Fashion Design graduate Quyen Nguyen, and 2007 BFA Menswear Design gratuate Mun Soo Kwon participated.

Avani won! Here are some snapshots that Avani took. More photos coming ....

Quyen, Mun Soo, and Avani backstage.

Some of Avani's looks.

Backstage chaos.

Fashion School News Alumni Spotlight: 2006 MFA Knitwear Graduate Quyen Nguyen's Spring 2008 Collection

We caught up with 2006 MFA Knitwear Graduate Quyen Nguyen who just returned from her new showroom in Los Angeles. "Sometimes I wonder what I've gotten myself into," she told me. Alas, we all often wonder that!

You showed your collection during New York Fashion Week in 2006,
how was that?
It was fun to see all the hard work on the runway and it was interesting to see what goes into putting on a fashion show

Did that show prompt you to launch your own line?
Definitely!

How have the stores reacted?
People have reacted positively to the line, but growing the business takes time, patience and lots of capital.

Favorite thing about San Francisco?
Weather and laid back attitude.

Favorite thing about the School of Fashion?
I really enjoyed the knitwear program and some of the instructors were really good.

Your favorite getaway?
The Shangri-La in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico (also where I got married).

Your favorite book?
Me Talk Pretty One Day, My Antonia, Everything is Illuminiated.

Quyen Nguyen's Spring 2008 Collection

Quyen Nguyen's Fall 2007 Collection

2006 New York Fashion Week Quyen Nguyen

Photos by Randy Brooke.

Fashion and knitwear designer Quyen Nguyen “created a very modern, very wearable and very saleable collection” according to Edge New York. Girl Scout uniforms and menswear shirts inspired Quyen. Quyen has launched her own line, visit her website at www.quyenknits.com.