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This Fashion Guru Has Collaborated With Calvin Klein—Now He Helps Students At The Miami Fashion Institute

April 28, 2021 Ammy Sanchez Professor Spotlight, Fashion, Miami Fashion Institute, MFI

Julian Asion, a self-described fashion engineer, has a résumé that crisscrosses more than four decades and includes stints with distinguished designers such as Zac Posen, Isabel Toledo and Calvin Klein. He has even made garments for Michelle Obama. Now, the retired 71-year-old fashion guru is offering a big assist… Read the rest at our website.

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Don’t Know How To Sew A COVID-19 Mask? This Miami Fashion Institute Student Has You Covered

April 22, 2020 Roxy Garcia Wolfson Campus, Miami Fashion Institute, COVID-19, MFI

Olivia McAteer traces a floral pattern onto cotton fabric with a permanent marker, before pressing the design in with a flat iron. McAteer, a Miami Fashion Institute student, typically undergoes this process while designing runway outfits, but now her work has a deeper meaning—it could potentially save lives. The… Read the rest at our website.

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Miami Fashion Institute Graduate To Debut Clothing Line

February 21, 2020 Alexa Hernández fashion week, Fashion, Miami Fashion Institute, MFI, clothing line

Beatrice Rose Glover sewed her first pillow when she was 13 after her aunt taught her the basics. She spent the next three years designing shirts and dresses, stitching together clothes she repurposed from the closets of her eight siblings. After finding clothing scraps littered across the house, Glover’s… Read the rest at our website.