Two of the three scholarships awarded to Bay Area fashion design students by the San Francisco Chapter of Fashion Group International went to Academy of Art University School of Fashion students. Gina DiGirolamo and Elizabeth Prost were each awarded $1400 scholarships.Gina DiGirolamo is part of the fashion and jewelry collaboration of Fashion Design and Fine Art Sculpture students, and Elizabeth Prost is working on her senior collection. Both collections will be considered for the San Francisco Graduation Fashion Show and Awards Ceremony.
Tell us about your collections. What are the inspirations?
GD: There are three jewelers and six designers working on the collection. Right now we are all looking at different ways to incorporate the hard and the soft, fluidity versus hard edged. I am creating beautiful forms right now, sort of rigid but still ultra feminine, using stiff, sheer organza. My dresses will be the hard element you wouldn’t expect from the clothes, to complement the organic shapes of the jewelry.
EP: I’m exploring the technique of bonding, whether it’s bonding seams for construction, or bonding unusual combinations of fabrics to create the silhouette. Answering the question “what happens when you bond something stiff or structured to something fluid?” is solved through experimentation with sew samples and toiles. As my technique is unusual, I wanted to stick to more traditional fabrics such as silk organza, silk charmeuse, wool felt and cotton lace.
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