slides: PFW Day 3: The Art Institute of Portland

Wednesday, October 01, 2014

Kemea Smith, GoLocalPDX Contributor

Hannah Pare Design Photo Credit: Lavenda Memory

The students of the Art Institute of Portland take over the Portland Fashion Week runway tomorrow night, Thursday, Oct. 2 at Pioneer Courthouse Square.

Six students and alumni of The Art Institute showcase their designs inspired by everything from Adele to abandoned insane asylums. The designers featured are in the Art Institute Apparel Design program and Apparel Accessories program.

Also see garments from 16 designers (Brandon Avant, Lacy Lee and Nancy Simon, to name just a few), who created runway looks by using up-cycled denim, for Portland Fashion Week and The Art Institute’s Eco-Couture: Fashion Taking Action challenge.

The goal of the Eco-Couture challenge is to “spark creativity and a sustainable conversation, [as well as] ask the question, 'Fashion at what cost?' ” said Sue Bonde, Director of The Art Institute of Portland Fashion Show .

Click on the slideshow below to read more about these up-and-coming designers from The Art Institute, and their plans for the future.

Buy tickets to the Art Institute of Portland runway show here.

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The students of the Art Institute of Portland, will be taking over the Portland Fashion Week runway tomorrow night, Thursday October 2 at Pioneer Courthouse Square.

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Hannah Pare

Portland transplant Hannah Pare just graduate from The Art Institute of Minneapolis with a degree in Fashion Design. Straight jackets and moldy abandoned insane asylums, are the inspiration behind Pare’s senior project. Get ready to see lots of pumpkin orange, gold, and tan androgynous garments go down the runway.

Photo Credit: Lavenda Memory (image cropped)

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Tania Naef

Mother of five Tania Naef, enrolled into the BFA Apparel Design program after her last child graduated from high school. With a background in theatrical costumes and custom clothing, Naef did her internship with Portland Opera Costume shop, and is inspired by motion picture and theatrical design.

Photo Credit: Lavenda Memory (image cropped)

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Bianca Spring

Spring enrolled in The Art Institute of Portland, because of the lack of trendy plus-size clothing options out there. Her “Set Fire To the Rain” collection (named after the song by Adele, Spring’s inspiration) will feature a combination of 50’s and 60’s style garments. In the future Spring hopes to be part of a production company that specializes in plus size fashion.

Photo Credit: Lavenda Memory (image cropped)

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Anya Shevchenko

Anya Shevchenko went into the Apparel Design program at The Art Institute straight out of high school. Her garments are tailored to the shape of the body. She wants to open her own business making apparel for women, in the future.

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Melissa Dixon

Dixon was a production sewer for a clothing manufacturer in West Point, Utah before enrolling in Apparel Design at The Art Institute. Her sister a successful fine artist, gave her the confidence to pursue her dream. Dixon wants to have a career in pattern making in the future.

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Mandy Nelson

Before enrolling into the Apparel Accessories program at The Art Institute, Mandy Nelson was a engineering student longing for a creative outlet. Her muses range from religion, art, and science. She hopes to continue to “work with my hands and exercise my imagination.”

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