Friday, January 28, 2011

Fusion Fashion Show 2011 - Fit Vs Parsons Competition

The relentlessly creative runway showdown between the best two fashion schools in the country, propelled by Fusion lovers for eleven years and counting. We broke records with this year's application turn out at both schools--we'd like to thank everyone who applied for Fusion 2011!

About Fusion

Fusion Fashion Show is an annual competition between the Fashion Institute of Technology and Parsons The New School for Design is the brightest young talents. The show has grown exponentially the last eleven years, brings together a worldwide following of fans. Our former judge panel includes some of the most prestigious names in the industry and Fusion grows, more and more influential people stepped in to inspire and support the next generation of fashion's elite.

2011 Show Info

Awards are given out as follows:

  • Fusion Award #1 - Saturday afternoon
  • Fusion Award #2 - Saturday evening
  • Designer's Designer - Saturday night
  • Best Overall school - Sunday evening
  • Best Designer from each school - Sunday evening

Judges

We are always eternally grateful for the presence of true fashionistas and influentials who take their time to judge our show. Richie Rich of Heatherette, Sarah Hartshorne of America's Next Top Model, Nole Marin of America's Next Top Model & ELLE Magazine, Zang Toi, Cynthia Rowley, Robert Verdi, and many more. They support young designers and are part of the energy that makes Fusion so amazing.

Designers

PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN

  • Lesley Ho
  • Athan Mytilinaios
  • Leonid Batekhin
  • Daniella Hyo Jin Shin
  • Jonathan Fast
  • Anna Lesassier
  • Sealgi Song
  • Kyungmin Kim
  • Victoria Hayes
  • Nicole Lindner
  • Meghan Spielman
  • Michael Joobo Shim
  • Yajie Li
  • Andres Caballero
  • Julien Archer

FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

  • Corey Apploff
  • Danielle Ridarick
  • Josh Stevens
  • Woohyun Jang
  • Grace Lee
  • Edwin Mohney
  • Anna Skala
  • Michael Maiello
  • Alexa Wright
  • Maggie McGowan
  • Bora Nam
  • Julia Filemyr
  • Wonki Lee
  • Daniel Silverstain
  • Catherine Quirk

2011 Staff

  1. Director - James Ramey
  2. Parsons Coordinator - Samuel Joseph Donovan
  3. Assistant Director - Michelle Christina Larsen
  4. F.I.T. Coordinator - Chilali Mouradian Fernandez
  5. PR & Coordinators at Large - Taylor Pratt & Brittney Phebus

Past Winners

Past winners of the Best Designer Award:


  • 2010 | FIT - Mackenzie Sam, Parsons - Nathan Green
  • 2009 | FIT - Marc Sebastian Faiella, Parsons - Eunsol Ansley Lee
  • 2008 | FIT - Sawa Takai, Parsons - Samantha Hyman
  • 2007 | FIT - Madalyn Conforti, Parsons - Atsuko Yagi
  • 2006 | FIT - Kosuke Okawa, Parsons - Rachel Nachmias
  • 2005 | FIT - Motoomi Baba, Parsons - Jennifer Sims
  • 2004 | FIT - Miguel Martinez, Parsons - Wells Stellberger
  • 2003 | FIT - Nick Putninski, Parsons - Tara Turner
  • 2002 | FIT - Fred Bodner, Parsons - Andrea Marshall
  • 2001 | FIT - Candyland Team, Parsons - Jane Choi
  • 2000 | FIT - Jon Vang, Parsons - Prabal Gurung

Past winners of Best Overall School:

  • 2010 - Fashion Institute of Technology
  • 2009 - Parsons The New School for Design
  • 2008 - Fashion Institute Of Technology
  • 2007 - Fashion Institute Of Technology
  • 2006 - Parsons The New School for Design
  • 2005 - Fashion Institute Of Technology
  • 2004 - Parsons The New School for Design
  • 2003 - Fashion Institute Of Technology
  • 2002 - Parsons The New School for Design
  • 2001 - Parsons The New School for Design
  • 2000 - Parsons The New School for Design

Sponsors

Fusion is always looking for sponsors to help us expand our vision.

Director's Blog


Contact The Fusion 2010 Staff

If you go to FIT or Parsons, you should contact your school's coordinator. Questions, comments, requests for us to stop stalking you on Facebook? Just drop one of the Fusion 2010 staff members a line. Sponsorship questions should all be sent to our director, while website-related questions should be sent to our webmaster.