Monique Lhuillier

Advanced Fashion Design

Fashion Designer & Founder of Monique Lhuillier

Monique Lhuillier has become a household name thanks to her beautiful bridal and ready-to-wear collections worn by celebs like Reese Witherspoon and Kristen Stewart. “As soon as I received the FIDM catalog and video I started thinking ‘this is for me!’”

Rebecca Damavandi

Apparel Industry Management

President of Licensing & Global Business Development at Elie Tahari

Marovich jet sets from Vancouver to Cancun managing the Travel Retail division of the beauty brand. “The traveling is great. In addition to the monthly store visits in my region, I’ve traveled to places like Miami and Dubai.”

Stephanie Marovich

Beauty Industry Merchandising & Marketing

West Coast Account Coordinator for Shiseido

Marovich jet sets from Vancouver to Cancun managing the Travel Retail division of the beauty brand. “The traveling is great. In addition to the monthly store visits in my region, I”ve traveled to places like Miami and Dubai.”

Sky Liu

International Manufacturing & Product Development

Production Manager, Toys for Disney Store North America

Liu enjoys working directly with vendors and factories. “I appreciate the overseas travel opportunities I've had,” says Sky. “The IMPD Program provides you with the fundamental knowledge, skills, and experiences that you can apply to any area within the industry.”

Ali Matilla

Entertainment Set Design & Decoration

Set Decorator

“I had always been a visual thinker when reading books and very imaginative, so once I actually tapped into the film world, I really found out what I loved to do,” says Ali Matilla, who is the Set Decorator on Disney TV's Zeke and Luther. “It really is a blast, and as a decorator you get to get out in the world and away from drawing and actually find those pieces for them!”

Suzy Magnin

Film & TV Costume Design

Costumer and Costume Designer

Working on television shows and films such as CSI: NY, Prison Break, War of the Worlds, Cold Case, and So You Think You Can Dance?, Suzy is living out her dream job as a Costumer and Costume Designer. “I get to do a job that's creative and spontaneous, and I never know who I'm going to see or meet.”

Brandon Love

Interior Design

Interior Designer

An award-winning architectural design firm recently hired Brandon Love with offices in Berlin, Beijing, and Los Angeles. Though his contract stipulates that he can't give the firm's name in publications, Brandon did tell us: “I would best describe their work as high-end ‘Rebel Architecture’ because they are known literally for twisting, sculpting, and bending all the rules of design.”

Denise Shaw

Visual Communications

Wardrobe Stylist

“I love that each day there is a new challenge,” says Denise Shaw, who is a Wardrobe Stylist at E! Entertainment. “I am always searching for the perfect outfit.” Denise dresses three hosts for E! News Daily, which can be a challenge. “They generally only wear things once so I go through clothing fast!” she explains.

Bryna Hubbs

Merchandise Product Development

Owner/Designer

Bryna Hubbs is the Owner/Designer of her self–named leather handbag company, Bryna Nicole. “It's the biggest reward when I've been working on a design for weeks, and it comes to me in leather form and it's perfectly how I envisioned it to be. It's not a bad deal to have to read WWD and Vogue for work.”

Brooks Rawlins

Textile Design

Furniture Designer

Brooks Rawlings designs and develops furniture and home accessories for Bliss Studio. “My job entails hunting for inspiration-whether it is traveling to different cities or scouring the Internet,” says Brooks. “I also work with factories overseas, creating line sheets, and I help organize and merchandise our product for trade shows in Atlanta, High Point, and New York.”

Jenny McClain

International Manufacturing and Product Development

FIDM Student

Jenny McClain got an amazing start in the Fashion Industry when she won the FIDM, Bisou Bisou & JCPenney challenge. Jenny received a $2,000 scholarship and her winning designs will be produced by the Bisou Bisou label and sold at select JCPenney stores nationwide. Her next step? Starting FIDM's B.S. in Business Management program.

Howard Siegel

International Manufacturing & Product Development

President & COO of Cherokee

“Our goal was to provide a challenging, yet supportive environment,” explained Siegel, whose company mentored students in FIDM’s year-long IMPD program as they learned how to develop apparel for the American lifestyle brand. “This program is world class.”