{"id":3590,"date":"2011-04-20T00:02:48","date_gmt":"2011-04-20T04:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fashion.parsons.edu\/?p=3590"},"modified":"2018-06-26T10:16:41","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T14:16:41","slug":"seniors-sponsored-by-the-hkff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/bfafashion\/seniors-sponsored-by-the-hkff\/","title":{"rendered":"Seniors Sponsored by the HKFF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As winners of the Saga Furs contest in their junior year, Parsons Fashion Design students Matthew Conmy and Maria Murillo traveled to the Saga Fur Headquarters in Denmark last year. They participated in a week-long workshop, to learn innovative fur techniques from the industry pros. This training provided them with advanced knowledge during a crucial time in the design phase of their thesis collections.<\/p>\n<p>The next phase of the project provided them with the chance to have their fur designs produced, as part of the sponsorship from the <strong>Hong Kong Fur Federation (HKFF)<\/strong>.\u00a0 Both students were paired with their own factory in Hong Kong, who would produce their designs for Senior Thesis collection. Maria was paired with <strong>K.C Enterprises (International) Co. Ltd <\/strong>and Matthew worked with <strong>Ace Fur Manufacturing Ltd.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3592\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3592\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3592 \" src=\"http:\/\/fashion.parsons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Matt-and-Mr-Wong-from-Ace-Fur-1024x974.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"541\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3592\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matthew Conmy (L) Mr. Wong, Ace Fur (R)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>They worked hard this past Fall, creating muslins and flat patterns, and sampled fabric swatches. A set of detailed instructions was created, describing the specific techniques they wished to use.\u00a0 Matthew and Maria carefully prepared their packages and shipped them off to Hong Kong. Waiting patiently for each email, they experienced first-hand the realities which face the fashion industry.\u00a0 It was an exciting process, to communicate design direction with their factories while negotiating compromises along the way.\u00a0 However challenging, the process resulted in the best first prototypes.<\/p>\n<p>In late February, 2011, the students, along with faculty member Fiona Dieffenbacher, flew to Hong Kong to celebrate the project.\u00a0 Over the five days spent in Hong Kong, they attended an industry trade show and were invited to a Gala Fashion Show to showcase their pieces.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3593\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3593\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3593 \" src=\"http:\/\/fashion.parsons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Charles-Ross-MattConmy-Maria-Fiona-Brenda-Fung-1024x781.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"435\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3593\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charles Ross, Matthew Conmy, Maria Murillo, Fiona Dieffenbacher, Brenda Fung<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Attending the fair was quite exciting for Matthew and Maria. They visited a number of house shows and networked with factories; many of whom made offers of freelance design for their future.<\/p>\n<p>Both students felt that this expanded their view of what it means to be a designer working in a global market place. It taught them how to communicate their design ideas clearly and allowed them to celebrate their finished pieces in a global fashion city.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3594\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3594\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3594\" src=\"http:\/\/fashion.parsons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Maria-and-Mr-Lam-from-KC-Enterprises-1024x732.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"407\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maria Murillo (L), Mr. Lam: KC Enterprises (R)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This two-phase project exemplifies an ideal model for external partnerships within Parsons. Both partners have invested in students over two years time. The training the students received in such a specialized area, along with the real-world experience of working with factories in Asia was truly invaluable. Special thanks goes to Charles Ross of Saga Furs, Brenda Fung of the Hong Kong Fur Federation, Mr. Wong of Ace Fur and Mr. Lam of K.C Enterprises for their support of this project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As winners of the Saga Furs contest in their junior year, Parsons Fashion Design students Matthew Conmy and Maria Murillo&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Seniors Sponsored by the HKFF - Fashion Design<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/bfafashion\/seniors-sponsored-by-the-hkff\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Seniors Sponsored by the HKFF - 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