The Art Institute of New York City's Students and Grads Move Fashion

NEW YORK, Aug. 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Fashion designers have a dream—to see their collections on the runway. For 13 Fashion Design students and graduates of The Art Institute of New York City, that dream will become reality at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.

They'll debut their Spring/Summer 2015 collections in front of an international audience of fashion professionals and journalists, and make their entrance into New York City's vibrant fashion scene.

The show will take place on Sept. 9, at 8 p.m. (ET) at Lincoln Center in New York City.

The Art Institutes system of schools' partnership with Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week is now in its third season and serves as a career-starting platform for these designers who've come to The Art Institute of New York City from as far away as Iran and Cameroon. Their collections are inspired by everything from Ancient Egypt to African tribes.

                   

The designs represent their years of work studying fashion design, as well as the years of creative passion they've put into their pursuit of a fashion career.

"It's exciting to see the designers' process as they move from concept to design to actual fabrication

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all of which they learn as students at The Art Institute of New York City," said Timothy Moscato, chief operating officer of The Art Institutes. "We're proud of their work and are anxious to see where this opportunity takes them."