gilhart at parsons bfa show: heed the young!

A Balenciaga-clad Julie Gilhart presented the Parsons 2008 BFA Fashion Showwhich will have an encore performance at the school's 60th annual benefit tonightat the Grand Hyatt this afternoon. Featured was the work of the cream of the class, as decided by juries made up of fashion industry members. (I, for one, was proud as a parent that three of the women in the panel I judged made it into the show.) The winners for children's wear, menswear, and womenswear designers of the year are Nayeon Lee, Aiden Yoo, and Stephanie Suberville (above), respectively. "It's important to pay attention to young designers, especially now," Gilhart said, as the soon-to-be graduates posed for photos after the show. "Fashion designers can become quite successful at a very young age, so we have to watch these students just as we watch everything else."



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