Announcing Fall Open House Panel of Alumni Entrepreneurs Making a Difference
We’re excited to share the line-up of panelists for our Fall Open House event on the Los Angeles campus, Saturday, October 26, 2019. Our “Entrepreneurs Who Make a Difference” panel brings together FIDM Alumni including: Elin Dannerstedt, Co-Founder of NCLA Beauty; Kristen McAtee, Social Media Personality; Courtney Bui, Co-Owner of The Long Dog Clothing Company; and Dominique Aimee Jean, M.D., Founder of Haute Healing.
The four graduates will share their entrepreneurial ventures and their efforts to make a difference in the fashion, beauty, and design industries. Students will have ample opportunity to network and get their questions answered from the successful, enterprising leaders.
Elin Dannerstedt, a graduate of the Merchandise Product Development Program, co-founded NCLA Beauty with her sister in 2010, with a collection of nail wraps and nail lacquers. The clean, 7-free, and vegan formulas quickly gained a celebrity and media following. The beauty brand went on to collaborate with iconic names such as Beyoncé, Hello Kitty, Disney, and Barbie.
Social media personality and Merchandising & Marketing grad Kristen McAtee began her career in the field of fashion and merchandising and later turned toward vlogging. McAtee has 1.17 million YouTube subscribers where she posts a variety of entertaining content, and 1.4 million Instagram followers. She recently did a collaboration with Goodwill.
Merchandise Product Development grad Courtney Bui co-owns The Long Dog Company which donates 15 percent of proceeds to dog shelters and organizations each year. "With my design background, and pattern making and sewing skills from FIDM, I made a few prototypes that we tried on our dogs and found that we had a good product on our hands," Courtney said. "We thought other dog owners might be into this, and after 11 prototypes, and using our older basset mix, Lincoln, as a fit model, we were up and running."
Grad Dominique Aimee Jean is a board certified physician and president of Haute Healing, a non-profit that gives head-to-toe makeovers to chronically ill, terminally ill, and disadvantaged teens and young adults.
For more information about Fall Open House on the Los Angeles campus, and to reserve your spot, click here.
Categories: Merchandise Product Development Merchandising & Marketing
