Thank you for joining us tonight as witnesses to the 2012 thesis collections built by CCA’s graduating fashion designers. This runway show is always a fantastic celebration of creative energy, new thinking, and old-fashioned elbow grease.

CCA’s Fashion Design senior cohort consists of young design innovators who constantly chal-lenge and encourage one another to stretch their thinking and making skills far beyond the confines of their studio training. They have all questioned for themselves the hows and whys of today’s fashion market, and each strives to respond by showcasing a material answer constructed from their personal perspective.

Please join the entire Fashion Design faculty in cheering on the 2012 graduating class of emerging designers to their future careers in this exciting industry. It has been our honor to help guide and encourage them as they refine their aesthetic points of view.

Amy Williams, Program Chair

FASHIONING FUNCTIONAL GEARFashioning Functional Gear, a course taught in fall 2011 by the fashion designer Lyndsie Nash and the industrial designer Colin Owen, investigated the hybrid space between fashion design and industrial design. The participating student designers were challenged to build aesthetically pleasing, functional, wearable gear:

RACHEL GANT (Run Free), CANDICE LIN (Poncket), JOHN POR (Flap Jacket), JACKY SAFER (FLEX), CHARLIE WEBER (Braze Jacket), and HENRY WU (Functional Dance Hoodie),

Emily Meyer, TEA CollectionJim NorrenaJon O’Donnell MBV LawBrooke Osborn, 24/7Chris and Ben Ospital, MAC ClothingOsterweis Capital ManagementSue ReddingLynn Rosenzweig, RistaroseDouglas SandbergDiana SlavinBrianna Tadeo 37th Parallel WinesMaureen & Ned TrippeThe team from Umbrella SalonMarieke Van Der Poel, ProefLina Vezzani-KatanoClay WalshKaren WeberLindsey WestbrookTaylor Wiese, 24/7Pam Zahedani

...and a most heartfelt thank you to

Anna Kauffman, the CCA Fashion Design Faculty, and Stephen Beal, David Kirshman, and Susan Avila for their continued support.

This show would not be possible without the kindness and generosity of the following companies and individuals:

Abercrombie & FitchJeanne Allen, Fashion Incubator of San FranciscoUna Baker & family: a gift in memory of Richard A. Baker, loving husband, father & mentorKathy BowlesGail DaviesMartha DavisdiPietro Todd Salons + AcademyEric FournierHelen FriersonTucker Hacking, GroundwearBraeda Horan Sam Howell Charissa Kinley-Roddis, Levi Strauss & Co.Edward Leaman, Growers & NomadsGordon LeeLevi Strauss & Co.Ryan Luse, Gordon Moran, and the Sputnik design team led by Steve Spingola & Bob AufuldishDave MadixSage Matthews, Levi Strauss & Co.MaybellineJason McBriarty, Levi Strauss & Co.

S T E V E N S O U N D A R A

PUNISH MEst ev en .soundara@gma i l . com

Pain is the intellectual underpinning of my collection. I am fascinated by how the body reacts to pain, and how pain manifests itself on the body. Pain is interpreted in several ways in my collection, from corporeal pain to emotional pain, the ideas of pain as punishment and pain as pleasure.

A S H L E Y E V A B R O C K

STONE, OCEAN, AND SKYash ley . eva . b rock@gma i l . com

For this collection, I am inspired by stone, ocean, and sky, representing the states of solid, liquid, and vapor, as well as by the sculptural works of the fiber artist Sei Kyota. I use natural fibers, and dye the fabrics with plant dyes in ocean water.

L A U R E N B I G G S

Øl au ren j b i ggs@gma i l . com

0 explores the difference within the intention and chaos of pattern-cut waste. By designing with negative space, 0 truly lives up to its name, with zero direct textile waste. The garments are inspired by the chaotic and irreverent nature of the 1990s club scene and parsimonious Americana crafts.

J A M E S S . Z O R M E I R

(+)(-)companycubed@gma i l . com

(+)(-) is a collection of articles representing an age of multiple remix where the lines between human and machine blur. In a courtship of craft and technology, the complexity of transformation develops its own ideas. This is a sample(ing).

R A S H A D O M A R B R O W N

ANDROIDGYNOUSf resh lookon l i f e@gma i l . com

Androidgynous is a manufactured life form that bifurcates social and political standards to achieve bliss. Fashion should be for everyone, regardless of gender, creed, race, or size. It should be a foundation upon which each person builds a self. Expression is a key part of my vision.

V I S H A K A S A C H I H E N R I E T T A

SACHI KO ROCOv ishaka@comcast . ne t

My collection examines sculptural form around the human body. Curvilinear lines and geometric shapes begin a conversation of proportion, scale, and silhouette. The textiles create the foundation of positive shapes, which allow the negative space to be its own material.

A N N I E M c C O U R T

CONSCIENTEann ie .mccour t@gma i l . com

Consciente is a sustainably created collection derived from a conscious process of cutting and patterning with only straight lines and 90- and 60-degree angles in order to control pattern layout and eliminate pattern-cut waste. Sustainable design can be birthed from both a conscience and a consciousness.

J A C K I L Y N H S I N R O B E R T S

ORIENS PROMISEj ack i l yn . r obe r ts@gma i l . com

The genesis of this collection was a trip to my homeland, where I explored the lives of family members I had only known through stories and photos. Oriens Promise is inspired by a particular vernacular radiating a Chinese sensibility while embracing the desires and needs of a modern, occidental man.

J E A N S A U N G

EMERGENCEsaungt ree@gma i l . com

The ever-present influence of imperceptible shifts, hopeful vulnerability, and restless potential. The meeting of day and night, the seen and unseen. In Emergence, fabric and body merge in zero-waste garments, beginning as rectangles or squares and resulting in organic draping and structured folding.

G A B R I E L L E S T I L E S

FLATLANDgabr i e l l es t i l es@gma i l . com

Flatland strives to capture an idealized state of transi-tion. Referencing the passage between complacency and vulnerability, the collection draws on feelings of nostalgia and anticipation. At once whimsical and utilitarian, bold and understated, it is an expression of paradox.

B R O O K E M . W R I G H T

ERSTWHILEbrookemar iawr i gh t@gma i l . com

Erstwhile is about the continuous overlapping of family trees in the monarchies of England and Russia at the turn of the 20th century. Extensive intermarriage caused families and cultures to be ceaselessly intertwined and entangled. In the collection, elements that are culturally identifiable influence line, shape, and surface.

C H E L S E A I . H U G H E S

VETEMENTS DE GUERREchea l l . l o v es . y ou@gma i l . com

Vêtements de Guerre is inspired by armament and the need to protect oneself in an otherwise-chaotic world. Through various specialized textile applications such as laser cutting and appliqué, this collection focuses on guarding vulnerable areas of the body to give a sense of edgy femininity.

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L A U R E N L E V I N

(UN)DEVELOPINGl au ren . l ev i n27@gma i l . com

What started out as a theme inspired solely by Ecuadorian shapes, volumes, and colors evolved (or developed) into something also minimal and contemporary, something more of a global collage of aesthetics derived from a personal formula.