Showcasing FIDM 2020 Advanced Fashion & Theatre Costume Design Graduates, this celebration was originally planned for April 2020 before postponing it because of the pandemic.

The annual FIDM Debut Show, celebrating the creativity of graduating designers, will be streamed live on YouTube free with RSVP.

More than 100 garments will be seen in this virtual presentation of 10 Advanced Fashion Design students’ first collections. Four graduates in Theater Costume Design will present an array of designs interpreting the theme of Giacomo Puccini’s opera, Turandot. The fashion and theater costume designers-to-be, work over 9 months to create looks that will be featured on the runway.

FIDM Co-Chair of Fashion Design, Nick Verreos states, “We are so excited to have the fashion show in the incredible Cooper Design Building in Downtown L.A., and more importantly, all of you will have a front row seat to see the fabulous FIDM DEBUT Runway Show!”

“These collections showcase the diversity in design that makes Southern California the nucleus of style,” relates David Paul, FIDM Co-Chair of Fashion Design.

It is a great honor to be chosen for the FIDM Advanced Fashion Design and Theatre Costume Design programs since it requires design talent and academic achievement. After receiving an Associate of Arts degree, students are chosen each year to participate in these 3rd year programs. The FIDM Co-Chairs of Fashion Design, Nick Verreos and David Paul, have released this statement: Participants are chosen based on overall grade point average, references, portfolio review, talent, skill level and formal interviews with Department Chairs from FIDM…selection is made from hundreds of candidates.

This year’s Debut designers hail from countries all over the world, including Indonesia, Korea, Japan, Iran and across the United States.

The Designers
ADVANCED FASHION DESIGN

Andrea Alarcon
Scarlett Dyer
Robin Giles
Luis Mejia
Sakura Mizutani
Delaney Poe
Brenda Soehendra
Meiliany Tjia
Nadia Tymkowicz
Maryam Varshochi

THEATRE COSTUME DESIGN
Devert Monet Hickman
Daniel Lim
Julia Neumann
Hailey Norsworthy

About FIDM
FIDM (Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising) is an internationally recognized college with over 70,000 graduates. A private institute for specialized professional education, FIDM is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior College & University Commission (WSCUC) and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). FIDM offers degrees in 32 disciplines, including a Master of Business Administration (MBA).

The college is headquartered in downtown Los Angeles, California.

FIDM has filmed extensively with the television show, “Project Runway” and other shows include: “Project Runway: Under the Gunn”, as well as “Design School” an original series on HGTV featuring FIDM Interior Design students. FIDM was frequently featured on MTV’s “The Hills,” starring FIDM student, Lauren Conrad.

FIDM Museum
FIDM Museum & Galleries has one of the nation’s finest costume collections of more than 15,000 objects, dating from the 18th century to the present, and yearly presents major exhibitions.
Highlights
Some Notable Graduates From FIDM

Monique Lhuillier:  Owner/Designer, Monique Lhuillier, Inc.
Nick Verreos:  FIDM Co-Chair of Fashion Design, fashion designer and star of Project Runway; Consulting Producer for Project Runway on Bravo
Kevan Hall:  Owner/Designer, Kevan Hall Designs; Co-Founder of the Black Design Collective
Chriselle Lim:  Influencer/Founder & Creative Director, Chriselle, Inc.
Karen Kane:  Owner/Designer, Karen Kane, Inc.
Bryan Hearns:  Fashion Designer who has dressed stars such as Ariana Grande, Cardi B and Kylie Jenner
Marina Toybina: Emmy-winning Costume Designer for The Masked Singer
Alix Friedberg: Emmy-winning Costume Designer for Big Little Lies
Trish Summerville: Emmy-nominated Costume Designer whose work includes Westworld and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Mona May: Costume Designer whose films include Clueless and Disney’s Enchanted