Idyllwild Arts Hires LA-Based Fashion Designer

Legendary arts college, Idyllwild Arts announces the hiring of LA-based fashion designer Kentaro Kameyama as the Chair of Idyllwild Arts Academy’s Fashion Style and design Office. The situation commences this fall and the winner of season 16’s Challenge Runway, Kentaro Kameyama, will be dwelling involving West Hollywood and Idyllwild so he can educate his lessons in man or woman.

In his new position, Kentaro is established to assistance foster the future generation of fashion expertise. In accordance to Abbie Bosworth, Chair of InterArts and Fashion at Idyllwild Arts, “Kentaro was selected for the situation of fashion chair simply because of his conviction that he can encourage younger men and women in their journey to achievements in the fashion industry. When seeking for a fashion chair she felt that they desired someone with an comprehension of additional avant-garde or conceptual fashion to stability the currently sensible and industry-savvy fashion faculty”.

Idyllwild Arts fashion alum involve Quoi Alexander – who’s experienced experience with Chanel, Sonia Rykiel, and Alexander McQueen right before he commenced his have label – as perfectly as stylist turned designer, Paul Burgo, from Manufacturing facility New York and Joshua Mann, at present the Senior Structure Director at Michael Kors.

Kentaro’s conclusion to train at a significant faculty – even a single as renowned as Idyllwild Arts Academy – would not have been predicted by other users of fashion’s ‘in’ group but Kentaro states: “I am not interested in the strategy that people have about a fashion designer’s awesome lifestyle. I want to encourage young individuals, like my lecturers encouraged me. You know, I maintain a number of levels and certificates, so I have experienced the great luck to be inspired by a lot of teachers!”

Kentaro just lately showcased his new swimwear collection at Los Angeles Swim Week and is showing at Idaho Fashion Week. He will soon appear on two impending, fashion-concentrated Television demonstrates, Property of Eleven Fashion Demonstrate on TLC and the other, which will air on Amazon, sees Kentaro performing with the very first transgender product company in the U.S.

Nestled in just 205 acres of pristine pine forest located in the renowned arts village of Idyllwild in Southern California’s SAN JACINTO Mountains, Idyllwild Arts is the most dynamic arts community in the nation. Founded as a respite for creators to come together from close to the entire world, our international and multicultural community is household to a boarding arts substantial university of around 250 students from 30 nations around the world, a vivid summer arts system, and calendar year-round programming for artists of all ages and working experience stages by means of camps, workshops, and on the internet programs. As a creative collective, Idyllwild Arts alterations lives as a result of the transformative ability of art by selling intercultural knowledge and peace although re-envisioning the artist’s obligation to culture. Find out extra at idyllwildarts.org.