Two North Shore residents were among the 22 graduating fashion design students who showcased their wearable creations at the Art Institute of Vancouver's annual fashion show.
North Vancouver's Fatima Nasserzadeh, who owns Chic Alteration with locations in central and Lower Lonsdale and recently launched a new label called Tima.G, showed her black and white evening wear on the runway March 24 at the Art Institute of Vancouver's Renfrew campus.
Originally from Iran, Nasserzadeh graduated from university with a degree in chemistry, opened her own research laboratory and began teaching. Some years later, she moved with her family to the Lower Mainland where she decided to pursue her longtime interest in fashion.
Also showing her designs on the runway was West Vancouver's Shabnam Sotoodeh, whose twilight velvet and lace evening gown graced the cover of the show's look book.
The Atelier 2015 gala featured more than just apparel. This year, the annual event expanded to include the work not just of fashion design graduates, but also culinary, fashion marketing and film students. Within the pages of the look book, each fashion collection was paired with a culinary item which complemented the work. Nasserzadeh's dress was paired with a Monsieur Gateau tuxedo cake and Sotoodeh's dress was coupled with a Waltz of the Flowers tiered wedding cake.
Interspersed with the runway show were films created collaboratively by film and fashion marketing students.
