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

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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 scholarship is awarded to 22 students out of a pool of 450 applicants within the North America Region. It aims to promote and finance… Read the rest at our website.
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This Fashion Guru Has Collaborated With Calvin Klein—Now He Helps Students At The Miami Fashion Institute

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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 Posen, Isabel Toledo and Calvin Klein. He has even made garments for Michelle Obama.  Now, the retired 71-year-old fashion guru is offering a big assist… Read the rest at our website.
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This Is How MDC’s Fashion Institute Has Tackled The Coronavirus

Carolina Soto ,  , 
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, students at the Miami Fashion Institute—along with the School of Justice, Miami Culinary Institute, Emergency Medical Services and a few other cohorts—returned to face-to-face… Read the rest at our website.
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Don’t Know How To Sew A COVID-19 Mask? This Miami Fashion Institute Student Has You Covered

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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 Fashion Institute student, typically undergoes this process while designing runway outfits, but now her work has a deeper meaning—it could potentially save lives.   The… Read the rest at our website.