NICK APPEARANCES.....FIDM DEBUT 2016 Educators Luncheon, Open House and Fashion Club Party: The BLOG RECAP!

NICK APPEARANCES.....FIDM DEBUT 2016 Educators Luncheon, Open House and Fashion Club Party: The BLOG RECAP!

Pre-FIDM DEBUT 2016 Festivities! Nick Verreos at the FIDM DEBUT 2016 Educators Luncheon, Open House and Fashion Club Party

This past week was the FIDM DEBUT 2016! This is one of the most important--and largest fashion shows on the West Coast--and more importantly, it is the Fashion Finale to a year's worth of design work from the "creme de la creme" of design grads from my Alma Mater, the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising. I will do a Photo Recap of this year's fashion show in a future blog post but for now, there were other pre-FIDM DEBUT festivities to attend to.

Nick Verreos--FIDM Los Angeles Campus--Ready for the FIDM DEBUT 2016 Educators Luncheon

As the Official Spokesperson for the college, I was honored to be part of the FIDM DEBUT 2016 Educators Luncheon, an annual event to thank all the educators from many schools who bring a wonderful spotlight to what FIDM has to offer. I also enjoyed MC'ing a FIDM Alumni Panel Discussion for the fun FIDM DEBUT 2016 Open House, with an audience of hundreds of students and their parents! And finally, I had the chance to participate in the fabulous FIDM DEBUT 2016 Fashion Club Party--a pre-DEBUT Fashion Show event that brings out fashionistas from all over the U.S. and beyond!

Here is my BLOG PHOTO RECAP of all three events! And if you made the "Photo Cut", please let me know! If you did not, you know I still LOVESSSSS U ;)



FIDM DEBUT 2016 Educators Luncheon---------------------------------------------------------------------

 FIDM Educators Day Luncheon--FIDM DEBUT 2016

 My #ootd --Outfit of the Day--for the FIDM DEBUT 2016 Educators Luncheon--Mustard yellow tuxedo jacket with black satin lapel from ASOS and Lanvin leather lapel pin.

#Foodie--Lunch Is Served: FIDM DEBUT 2016 Lunch of Spinach Salad, Vegetarian Plate of Portobello Mushrooms, Green Beans and Potatoes

FIDM DEBUT 2016 Educators Luncheon Alumni Panel Discussion: Nick Verreos with FIDM Alumns stylist/fashion expert Lindsay Albanese and Rachael Dickhute of EverythingHauler 

Post-Educators Luncheon Pics:

 Nick Verreos--with some of the fab educators--FIDM DEBUT 2016 Educators Luncheon

FIDM DEBUT 2016 Open House--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Gingham and Red Pants Host: Nick Verreos MC's the FIDM DEBUT 2016 Open House Panel

 #ootd--Outfit of the Day--My outfit to MC the FIDM DEBUT 2016 Open House Alumni Panel included this gingham jacket from H & M, a neon green sweater from Canadian brand Joe Fresh, red jeans and a red, green and white striped bow tie

Open House Host: Nick Verreos at the FIDM DEBUT 2016 Open House--FIDM Los Angeles Campus

 Alumni Fab: Nick Verreos MC's the FIDM DEBUT 2016 Alumni Panel Discussion with FIDM Alumns Octavius Terry, Lindsey Hughes and Brian McDonell of Melin Brand

Post-FIDM DEBUT 2016 Alumni Panel Photos:

 Nick Verreos with FIDM DEBUT 2016 Open House attendees--FIDM Los Angeles

FIDM DEBUT 2016 Fashion Club Party----------------------------------------------------------------------

Nick Verreos at the FIDM DEBUT 2016 Fashion Club Party "Celebrity Corner"

 Party Scene #1: Atmosphere photos from the FIDM DEBUT 2016 Fashion Club Party

FIDM DEBUT 2016 Fashion Club Party "Celebrity Corner" Meet & Greet Photos:

 Nick Verreos and FIDM DEBUT 2016 Fashion Club Party guests at the "Celebrity Corner" section

**NEXT UP: The FIDM DEBUT 2016 Fashion Show Blog Recap!

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!