Art & Commerce
Fashion students should be able to juggle a sense of good design and a knack for business, according to the non-profit educational group Fashion Business Inc., which created the Joyce Eisenberg Scholarship Competition to boost business education for fashion students. On July 18, FBI awarded the top prize of the fourth annual competition to Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising student Juana Deysi Martinez, pictured at right. At left is Christie Tackett, a FIDM graduate and another scholarship winner. Pictured in the middle is Joyce Eisenberg-Keefer, owner of The New Mart showroom building and the award’s namesake.
Martinez and Tackett both submitted portfolios of original design concepts for the competition. Students were also encouraged to submit an original business plan. Martinez won the grand scholarship award of $1,000 for her designs, which were inspired by Victorian styles and those from the 1920s. Tackett, who started working in the product-development department of Guess? Inc. in March, submitted designs inspired by 1930s fashion and menswear. Their FBI scholarships include a two-year membership to the organization and $530, which can be used toward FBI classes. Other scholarship winners were Albert Lee and Roselind Brown of Cal Poly Pomona; Jacqueline Kirk of California Design College; and Nicole Betlazar of El Camino College, based in Torrance, Calif.—Andrew Asch
