Designer to talk fashion as an art form
IF YOU GOWhat: Mary McFadden lectureWhere: Warehouse AuditoriumWhen: Tuesday, 2 p.m.How much: Free
Mary McFadden, a fashion designer and writer, will give a lecture that highlights her career and design philosophies as the next speaker in a lecture series from the College of Visual and Performing Arts at the Warehouse Auditorium on Tuesday at 2 p.m.
McFadden will also participate in ‘An Evening with Mary McFadden’ from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., which includes a private fashion show of her couture, a book signing and cocktails at Armory Square’s Jet Black. Tickets to this event are $25 for general admission and $50 for the book signing, which includes a copy of ‘Mary McFadden: High Priestess of High Fashion.’
McFadden is known internationally for her fashion designs that incorporate art history from Egyptian, Greek, Celtic, Byzantine, Pre-Columbian, Indian and African civilizations. In addition to designing her own lines, McFadden has also worked as an editor for Vogue and served as the president of the Council of Fashion Designers for America.
In addition to the lecture, the fashion show and the book signing, McFadden will critique the work of senior fashion design majors who are developing collections for the fashion design department’s annual fashion show in New York City.
Sara Armet, a senior fashion design and fashion communications major, said she’s excited to hear McFadden’s personal life story and how she reached such heights in the fashion world. Armet also said she would like to get McFadden’s opinion on students’ designs.
‘Mary McFadden is one of the last living fashion icons in the 20th century,’ she said. ‘There are not many opportunities to see this. We are very lucky that she is coming.’
Not only fashion design majors are anticipating the lecture. Dayna Carney, a senior art photography major, said she is looking forward to McFadden’s lecture to get a better understanding of her own career path, in which she hopes she will be working at a magazine.
‘I hope that this will put into perspective for me how hard I need to work to get to where I want in the fashion magazine business,’ Carney said.
Kristen Lubsen, who graduated from SU in December, was still unsure of what she wants her career to be like but has recently been interested in fashion. She said she hopes McFadden’s lecture will help her decide.
‘I’m going to hear her life experiences,’ Lubsen said, ‘and hope that it will help me understand if fashion is something I’d really like to do in my future.’
Published on March 7, 2010 at 12:00 pm
