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05/27/2008

Saks Fifth Avenue to display garments by SCAD fashion students

ATLANTA -- Twenty-six fashion students from the Savannah College of Art and Design will see their senior projects go from the SCAD fashion show runway to retail display May 30-June 16 at Saks Fifth Avenue in Phipps Plaza, Atlanta.

Michael Fink, vice president of women's fashion for Saks, selected each garment from more than 100 undergraduate and graduate student designs while serving as a juror for SCAD's 2008 Fashion Show. The designs he chose will be featured in window displays and throughout the retail space at Saks.

The annual Fashion Show is the culmination of SCAD Style, the college's month-long series of style and design events highlighting programs of study including fashion, interior design and architecture. The series kicked off with the annual SCAD Style Étoile Awards, which honored interior designer and potter Jonathan Adler, Elle Décor Editor-in-chief Margaret Russell and fashion designer Pierre Cardin.

The SCAD fashion department partners with innovative designers and critics, and brings visiting industry professionals to network with students. The fashion department is a "style lab" in design education and innovation, balancing the development of students' creative and intellectual skills with the practical and professional training necessary to succeed in the global apparel industries. Alumni have started successful labels, won prestigious awards and landed jobs with some of the biggest names in fashion.

Named one of Kaplan's "25 cutting-edge schools with an eye toward the future," the Savannah College of Art and Design is a private, nonprofit, accredited institution with locations in Atlanta and Savannah, Ga., and in Lacoste, France. Undergraduate and graduate degree programs also are offered online through SCAD-eLearning. The college offers Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Architecture, Master of Arts, Master of Arts in Teaching, Master of Fine Arts and Master of Urban Design degrees.

For more information about the college, e-mail admission, call 800.869.7223 or 912.525.5100 in Savannah, or call 877.722.3285 or 404.253.2700 in Atlanta.