FDM alumna Lynn Sakutori, a fashion design graduate with local roots, has a new line of clothing, a-line, available in Macy’s stores. The recent Midweek article about her collection explains that she’s been making clothing ever since she was twelve, when she joined 4-H and began a sewing project. After getting her degree in APDM (now FDM), Lynn worked in New York for such celebrated designers as Nine West, Kenneth Cole, and The Limited. Returning to Hawai‘i in 2007, she began her own lines, which have also been carried by Nordstrom. Macy’s special event on November 23, Night of the Stars, will include the chance to meet Lynn and receive a free clutch bag, so go check it out!
FDM alumna Mele Moody recently took time out from her duties with surfwear company Reef to outline her journey. After graduation, Mele took a paid internship with Ocean Minded, a small Southern California surf footwear company. Shadowing a sales rep for the company, she decided, “This is exactly what I want to do!” After five years with various surfwear companies, she landed her dream job, sales rep for Reef’s O‘ahu and Kaua‘i territory. Now exactly where she wants to be, she’s proud she kept focused on her goal. Mele points out that while UH may not be generally considered a fashion school, there are many great courses and opportunities to learn the industry, especially in FDM. An entrepreneurship class, Brick and Click, was especially helpful, requiring students to set up a successful business and sell an actual product, but she also enjoyed “playing with the vintage clothes in the Archives, and our sewing class and fashion illustration. The variety of classes offered in the program is what was most appealing to me,” she explains: there’s space for both mathematical and creative types, “something for everyone.” Her advice to those hoping to enter the fashion industry? “Follow your dreams...stay focused on your dream (or dream job) and take the necessary steps to get there. Start small, don’t get discouraged, stay patient, and you’ll get there!”
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FDM alumna and award-winning author Janet Mock is a writer, cultural commentator, and advocate for transgender women’s rights. Janet has been called one of “the most influential people on the Internet” and one of “12 new faces of black leadership” by TIME and was featured in Variety magazine’s 2017 “Power of Women.”
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