As the winners of 2010 Fashionext competition, we were invited to a judges lunch on October 20th. It was a casual but insightful meeting where we met again with Tim Long, Curator of Costumes, Noren Ungaretti, President of Costume Council of the Museum, Cassie Walker, Senior Editor of Chicago Magazine, and Roger Price & Tommy Walton, Fashionext 2009 winners.
You can see the finalists' works here;
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/Special-Advertising-Feature/Chicago-History-Museum-I-Do-Chicago-Ties-the-Knot/FashioNext/
It was our first time to be a panel of judges, and we were greatly impressed by witty & sincere approaches that other judges showed to the these three students' pieces. It was such an interesting meeting where we not only had a good time but also learned quite a lot about how judging processes are done. We were also told by Ms. Noren Ungaretti that we would be invited as an honorary Costume Council members of the Museum for one year!
It's been such an exciting year for us with the whole experience we had with FashioNext 2010, and we cannot wait to see next year's finalists when we participate as a panel of judges.
And also, According to Mr. Long and Ms. Ungaretti, the Museum's next fashion exhibition will be the works of Charles James. It is one of those exhibitions we shouldn't miss!
