• Saturday Oct 25 – Wed Oct 29
09:00 AM - 05:00 PM / MasterClass-Series - Hotel Kabuki
4 Day Master Classes with Professionals, 1 Day of Fashion Show Production

• Monday Oct. 27
08:30 AM - 10:30 PM / Board Meeting - Hotel Kabuki / Kosakura room
11:00 AM - 01:00 PM / Members Meeting - Hotel Kabuki / Kosakura room
12:00 PM - 05:00 PM / ShowRoom-Series (Professionals & Press) - Hotel Kabuki / Suite
02:00 PM - 04:00 PM / Fashion.Edu-Series 1 (Fashion Schools & Uni) - Hotel Kabuki / Imperial B
06:00 PM - 09:00 PM / Students Welcome Reception  

• Tuesday Oct. 28
09:00 AM - 12:00 PM / AoF Jury Working Session AoF Competition - Hotel Kabuki / Imperial A
12:00 PM - 05:00 PM / ShowRoom-Series (Professionals & Press) - Hotel Kabuki / Suite
02:00 PM - 04:00 PM / Fashion.Edu-Series 2 (Fashion Schools & Uni) - Hotel Kabuki / Imperial A
06:00 PM - 08:00 PM / Opening Reception - Hotel Kabuki / Imperial
08:00 PM - 10:30 PM / CineToile-Series - (Screening Movie) Wuyong by Jia Zhang-Ke with Ma Ke - Sundance Kabuki Theater
11:00 PM - 02:00 AM / AoF After Party - Harputs Market

• Wednesday Oct. 29
11:00 AM - 04:00 PM / Tandem-Series (Seminars & Lectures) - SFMOMA / Wattis Theater
(Fashion Business & Young Designer - Copyright & Fashion - Media & Fashion)
08:00 PM - 10:30 PM / Fashion Shows & Awards Ceremony - SFMOMA / Haas Atrium
(FashionShow MasterClass-Series, FashionShow Debut-Series, FashionShow CarteBlanche-Series, International FashionShow Competition 2008 & Arts of Fashion Awards Ceremony)
11.00 PM - 02:00 AM / AoF After Party - Mighty

The International Fashion Student Competition takes over the SFMOMA
Date: Oct 13, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO – The Arts of Fashion 2008 will bring an international collection of fashion, art, ideas, and talents to San Francisco on October 25-29 at the Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) while the De Young Museum prepares the Nov. 1 public opening of the first retrospective covering Yves Saint Laurent’s 40 years of creativity.
The Arts of Fashion Foundation invites the public to an exciting mix of debates, seminars, and presentations of collections including three New York based rising talents participating in the Debut Series: Akarasun Seanglai, Stephanie Otto and Natallia Pilipenka and three rising stars featured in the CarteBlanche Series: Cathy Pill – International Talent Support Award 2003, Maison YSL 2005 sponsorship – invited to Paris as part of the official Haute Couture calendar
www.cathypill.com,
Sandrina Fasoli – Mango Award 2007
www.sandrinafasoli.com

and Isabelle Steger – Hyeres International Fashion Competition Finalist 2008
www.isabellesteger.com.
In addition, the main focus of the event will be the entries by 68 fashion students selected for the final from 79 different fashion Schools and Universities from 23 different countries. These designers will present their creations related to this year's theme ‘Influence’ in the frame of a unique fashion show and display at the SFMOMA on Wed. October 29.
Students selected by the professional international jury in San Francisco will be awarded with internships in prestigious and creative Fashion Houses such as as Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Anne-Valerie Hash and Natalia Brilli in Paris, Veronique Branquinho in Antwerp and Wendy&Jim in Vienna. Different scholarships will be offered with the Schools of the Chambre Syndicale and Duperre Applied Arts School - Paris, as well as the La Cambre School of Visual Arts - Brussels.
Among the international roster of nearly twenty talented and notable jurists will be:
• Sandra Backlund – Creative fashion designer invited to London Fashion week
www.sandrabacklund.com – Stockholm
• Natalia Brilli – Creative director for Natalia Brilli
www.nataliabrilli.fr – Paris
• Susie Bubble – Commissioning fashion editor for Dazed & Confused, blogger
www.stylebubble.typepad.com – London
• Aurore de La Morinerie – Fashion illustrator
www.auroredelamorinerie.com – Paris
• Tony Delcampe – Director of La Cambre-Mode, Fashion School
www.lacambre.be – Brussels
• Laurent Edmond – First creative assistant for Martin Margiela
www.maisonmartinmargiela.com – Paris
• Own – Menswear creative fashion designers for OWN
www.own.be – Antwerp
• Ma Ke – Creative fashion designer invited to Paris for the official Haute Couture
www.wuyonguseless.com – Shanghai
The Arts of Fashion Foundation’s prestigious MasterClass-Series will begin its fourth rendition on Oct. 25 to Oct. 29. The Series is a great opportunity for students and young professionals to work with outstanding guest designers during 5 intensive days. Furthermore, it is worth mentioning that the work done during the intensive five day MasterClass-Series will also be presented during the Fashion Show at the SFMOMA.
For a complete and detailed schedule of events, accommodation, as well as information, please visit
www.arts-of-fashion.org 
or contact Arts of Fashion President, Nathalie Doucet at 415-252-0734.
The San Francisco Arts of Fashion 2008 is made possible by the support of YKK Corp. of America, Target Design Partnership Committee, + 101% Brussels Fashion, Debut-New York Gallery, Surface Magazine and 7x7 Magazine.

ARTS OF FASHION FOUNDATION
The Arts of Fashion Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization linking both academics and professionals alike and is dedicated in fostering international cultural exchange through the creation of a variety of events meant to facilitate critical thinking among artists, designers, scholars and students.
The primary focus of the foundation is the continuous support of creativity and design in fashion and the arts linked to it. We organize a variety of educational events including our annual International Student Fashion Design and Accessories Competition, our prestigious MasterClass-Series, five days of workshops directed by world-renowned designers and our new intensive summer programs in Brussels - La Cambre Mode[s] and in Paris - Duperre Mode & Textile.

Accessories Category Ryan Adridge - Louisiana State University / Baton Rouge, LA - USA
YangZi Gao Xia - Parsons the New School for Design BFA / New York, NY - USA
Lucas Mejia - Miami International University of Art and Design / Miami, FL - USA
Lina Motoki - Parsons the New School for Design BFA / New York NY - USA
Ryoto Shiga - Sugino Fashion College / Tokyo - Japan
Rebeca Vargas - Miami International University of Art and Design / Miami, FL - USA
Chen Xu - Esmod Paris - France
Chi-Lai Cherry Yuen - School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL - USA
On behalf of the Arts of Fashion Foundation, Nathalie Doucet thanks the Pratt Institute for hosting the first round of the Arts of Fashion
International Competition on May 2, 2008 as well as each member of the jury:
Tony Delcampe - Director of the Fashion School La Cambre Mode[s] - Brussels, Belgium Rosie DePasquale - Chairperson of the
Fashion Department at the Pratt Institute - Brooklyn, NY Steven Faerm - Director of Parsons The New School for Design BFA
Fashion Department - New York, NY Charlene Parsons - Director of the Fashion Department at the Miami Int’nal University -
Miami, FL Bernardo Siaotong - Style Editor at Surface Magazine - New York, NY Dr. Valerie Steele - Curator and Director of
the Fashion Institute of Technology Museum - New York, NY.