NICK VERREOS FIDM.....FIDM Orange County Open House 2016: Special Appearance BLOG RECAP!

NICK VERREOS FIDM.....FIDM Orange County Open House 2016: Special Appearance BLOG RECAP!

 FIDM OC Open House 2016 Photo Collage

All photos courtesy of David Paul

This past weekend, I had the honor of visiting the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising/FIDM Orange County campus for their fab FIDM Open House. The FIDM Open House is a chance for anyone interested in a career in anything from fashion design/styling/interior design and much, much more to check out the FIDM OC campus, instructors and alumni.

Nick Verreos--FIDM OC Open House 2016

FIDM College Catalog + FIDM "MODE" Magazine

Besides the fact that the FIDM OC campus is perfectly situated in the heart of Southern California's Activewear fashion capital, it is also a stones throw from the headquarters of the iconic St. John fashion brand and the campus itself is designed like an artists' loft, giving the immediate sensation that you are in a creative environment. The FIDM OC campus currently also has a wonderful display of the FIDM "Chairing Styles" designs--a collaboration between the Fashion, Interior and Textile Design students:

FIDM Chairing Styles--FIDM Orange County Campus

As part of the FIDM OC 2016 Open House, I gave a very special "Inspirational lecture" discussing why I chose to attend FIDM plus much, much more. I even brought two of my very special high-end NIKOLAKI evening gowns...

NIKOLAKI gowns onstage at FIDM Orange County Open House 2016

Following my "special appearance" and lecture, there was a fun Meet & Greet session to take photos with attendees (Hello Instagram Pics!)...

 Smile! FIDM OC 2016 Open House attendees getting ready for my "Group Selfie"

Meet & Greet Posing Fab--Nick Verreos with FIDM OC 2016 Open House attendees

Nick Verreos and FIDM OC 2016 Open Hose attendees

Group #Selfie--FIDM OC 2016 Open House

THANK YOUUUUUU FIDM Orange County and to all who attended this past Saturday's FIDM OC 2016 Open House! 

And don't forget: If you are interested in a career in Fashion or thinking about studying Fashion Design, Visual Communications, Apparel Industry, Product Development, Social Media, Digital  Media, Business Management and so much more...Check out the FIDM site HERE!

NICK APPEARANCES....FIDM San Diego Open House January 2016--Photo Recap!

NICK APPEARANCES....FIDM San Diego Open House January 2016--Photo Recap!

Open House Fun: Nick Verreos at the January 2016 FIDM San Diego Open House

This past weekend, I had the honor of making an "appearance" at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising/FIDM San Diego Campus, for their Open House. As the College's Official Spokesperson, I travel to all of the school's campuses from time to time, doing special visits and giving special lectures; this was one such occasion.

FIDM San Diego Nick: Nick Verreos, FIDM San Diego Open House January 2016

The FIDM Open House is a way for high school (as well as post-graduate) students thinking about going into the fashion industry to get a chance to meet Alumni, Instructors, Graduates, and check out the campuses of course. This is always one of my favorite parts of being a FIDM Spokesperson; I get to meet-and-greet all the people with the same "Passion For Fashion" that I have.



Here is my BLOG PHOTO RECAP of last Saturday's fun day:

Lecture in Session: FIDM San Diego Open House January 2016, Nick Verreos Appearance

"Get The Coffee!": Nick Verreos at the FIDM San Diego Open House January 2016 Appearance

All Smiles: Group photo with attendees of my Special Appearance at FIDM San Diego Open House January 2016

Post-Appearance Meet & Greet Pics:

Posin' Fun Part 1: Nick Verreos with attendess at FIDM San Diego Open House January 2016

Posin' Fun Part 2: Nick Verreos with attendess at FIDM San Diego Open House January 2016

Posin' Fun Part 3: Nick Verreos with attendess at FIDM San Diego Open House January 2016

Masked Muses: Nick Verreos posing in front of the fabulous "Masked Muses" designs from FIDM Alumnus Paul Hernandez--FIDM San Diego Open House January 2016

NV Beautiful: During my visit to the FIDM San Diego campus, I almost fainted when I saw the beautiful Christina Haynes, a FIDM Student Advisor wearing one of my very own NV Nick Verreos dresses she got from EVINE Live TV Shopping Network! #LoveHer

Bye FIDM San Diego!! I had a FABULOUS time! Can't wait to come back XOXO

FIDM NICK VERREOS.....Nick Verreos MC's FIDM Los Angeles Fall 2015 Open House: Photo Blog Recap!

FIDM NICK VERREOS.....Nick Verreos MC's FIDM Los Angeles Fall 2015 Open House: Photo Blog Recap!

FIDM Los Angeles Open House Collage: Nick Verreos MC's FIDM Los Angeles Fall 2015 Open House Alumni Panel Discussion

This past weekend, I had the honor--as the Official Spokesperson of FIDM--of MC'ing the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising/FIDM Fall 2015 Open House. The FIDM Open House is a way for anyone interested in attending FIDM to visit the college and meet instructors, alumni, check out the campus and generally, get to know the campus. As part of this Open House experience, I hosted an Alumni Panel Discussion with FIDM graduates...

Group Selfie: Nick Verreos with attendees of FIDM Fall 2015 Open House attendees--FIDM Los Angeles campus

Alumni Panel Fun: Nick Verreos MC's the FIDM Los Angeles Fall 2015 Open House Alumni Panel Discussion

In addition to the Alumni Panel Discussion, I also hosted the Dad Catwalk Contest--I picked several dads from the audience (they had no idea what I was I picking them for), and then I told them about the Runway Contest. Needless to say, they were good sports...

Le Dads: FIDM Los Angeles Fall 2015 Open House "Dad Catwalk Contest"

Meet & Greet Pics:

Let's Do a Selfie: Nick Verreos with guests of FIDM Los Angeles Fall 2015 Open House

Say "FIDM!": Nick Verreos with attendees of FIDM Los Angeles Fall 2015 Open House

FIDM Almuni Pageant Pose: (L to R) Sarah Truly, Angie Alas, Cassie "KC" Cassily, Nick Verreos, Erica Williams, Derrick Alexander--FIDM Los Angeles Fall 2015 Open House

Nick Appearance Minute: FIDM Los Angeles Fall 2012 Open House--The Recap!

Nick Appearance Minute: FIDM Los Angeles Fall 2012 Open House--The Recap!

An Alumni Panel, Fashion School Take-Away's and a

Mom-and-Dad Walk Off

Work It:  Nick Verreos doing the Runway---FIDM Los Angeles Fall 2012 Open House

This past weekend, I had the pleasure of MC'ing the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising/FIDM Fall 2012 Open House, held at the Downtown LA campus of FIDM, my alma mater and the fashion college I am the Official Spokesperson of.

It was a rainy Saturday morning/early afternoon in LA (I know! Rain in Los Angeles? What is going on??!!) but that did not keep a TON (about 800 people!) from attending this great event. I was scheduled to host two sessions of fun panel discussion with other FIDM Alumni (graduates of the college).

The audiences at these panel discussions are usually high school students--mainly juniors and seniors--as well as post-grad attendees interested in a career on Fashion Design, Textile Design, Graphic Design, Apparel Manufacturing, Product Development, Visual Merchandising, and all the other related majors FIDM has to offer.



Here are some photos from the FIDM LA Fall 2012 Open House:

Textile Design--FIDM Los Angeles--FIDM Fall 2012 Open House

Graphic Design--FIDM Los Angeles--FIDM Fall 2012 Open House

Fashion Design, Footwear Design, Film & TV Costume and Theater Design--FIDM Los Angeles--FIDM Fall 2012 Open House

FIDM Panel Fab: (left to right) Cynthia Rodriguez, Meagan Randolph, Nick Verreos, Chase Vance amnd Daniel Musto, FIDM LA Fall Open House 2012

Finally, it was time for the Alumni Panel Discussion which I was MC'ing. The FIDM Alumni panel included Cynthia Rodriguez, Global Merchandising Manager at "Too Faced Cosmetics"; Chase Vance, a former student of mine who is currently in the IMPD/International Manufacturing and Product Development program; Meagan Randolph, who is an Allocator in the Footwear Department at Guess corporate offices; and Daniel Musto, On-Camera Wardrobe Stylist and Costume Designer for NBC's "Fashion Star" and "Ready For Love" Reality TV shows.

After brief "hello's" to the audience, I began with an impromptu "Mom-and-Dad" FIDM Open House Runway/Walk-Off --where I picked parents from the audience to do a runway walk. First, I did my "Nick Runway Walk" as a brief lesson and then, they followed. It was a big hit.

Work The Khakis: One of our Runway Models just happened to be the father of Daniel Musto (seen in photo above)--an FIDM graduate and very successful Hollywood Stylist---who was also one of the FIDM Fall 2012 Open House Alumni Panel guests.

Nick Verreos with some of my "FIDM LA Fall Open House 2012" Runway Walk-Off participants--FIDM Los Angeles

 Nick Verreos Hosts FIDM LA Fall 2012 Open House

As I stated in the beginning of this post, I had the pleasure of MC'ing two Alumni Panel Discussion at this FIDM Fall 2012 Open House with the aforementioned panelists and they both went great! Each former FIDM Graduate spoke of their experience at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising and gave suggestions and "take away's" to the audience of students and parents on how they got the most out of the college and things they learned that still carries them on to this day in their careers. After the Panel Discussion, I had the pleasure of signing autographs as well as taking many photos with lots of the attendees--Here are some:

 Nick Verreos and FIDM LA Fall Open House 2012 attendee

Nick Verereos with FIDM Fall Open House 2012 attendees

I had a grtreat time talking to all the attendees--students and especially the mommies and dads who were came up to me and Thanked Me for the "Nick Advice" I gave. Thanks to EVERYONE who attended this fun-and-fabulous--and yes, very informative (I hope!) FIDM Open House!