Tag: Miami Fashion Institute

Four years ago, Fabiola Alfaro was having anxiety attacks and cutting herself with a blade.  “I used to hurt myself,” Alfaro recalls. “I used to not want to live.” So she turned to God for answers.  “I reached out...

MFI Students Strut Their Style At Graduate Show

Electronic music pulsated from the deck of the 10th floor of The Elser Hotel as nattily dressed models strutted down the runway at the...

Showcase Turns Miami Fashion Institute Graduates Into Runway Design Stars

Techno and electronic music thumped from the speakers as suavely dressed models strutted down the runway at the Miami Fashion Institute’s third annual Graduate...

Miami Fashion Institute Student Selected As Gucci North America Changemaker Scholarship Recipient

Beatrice Alisme, a student at Miami Dade College’s Miami Fashion Institute, has been selected as a recipient of the Gucci North America Changemakers Scholarship.  The...

This Fashion Guru Has Collaborated With Calvin Klein—Now He Helps Students At The Miami Fashion Institute

Julian Asion, a self-described fashion engineer, has a résumé that crisscrosses more than four decades and includes stints with distinguished designers such as Zac...

This Is How MDC’s Fashion Institute Has Tackled The Coronavirus

When Miami Dade College announced its transition to online learning due to the pandemic last March, most people settled for months of remote classes.  However,...

Don’t Know How To Sew A COVID-19 Mask? This Miami Fashion Institute Student Has You Covered

Olivia McAteer traces a floral pattern onto cotton fabric with a permanent marker, before pressing the design in with a flat iron.  McAteer, a Miami...

Miami Fashion Institute Graduate To Debut Clothing Line

Beatrice Rose Glover sewed her first pillow when she was 13 after her aunt taught her the basics.  She spent the next three years designing...

Prominent Australian Fashion Designer Leads Inaugural Miami Fashion Institute Class

More than 90 students started classes this fall to obtain an associate’s degree in fashion design or merchandising at the Miami Fashion Institute. The...

New Fashion Institute Has Space For 50

Miami Dade College will start the Miami Fashion Institute during the 2016 fall term. According to Marimar Molinary, the Director of Academic Program Development...