Fashion Scene - San Francisco

For 2012 academy of arts graduation party, the school brought some cool people to be their Guests of Honor! The line-up this year includes: Sarah Burton, creative Director of Alexander McQueen, Philip Treacy, milliner, who has collaborated with many of the top couture and ready-to-wear fashion houses including Giorgio Armani, Valentino, Alexander McQueen, Givenchy, Prabal Gurung, Gareth Pugh, Ralph Lauren, and Rifat Ozbek; and Her Royal Highness Princess Reema Bandar Al-Saud, president and CEO of the ALFA and AL HAMA luxury retail corporations which operate Harvey Nichols Department Stores, Donna Karan, and DKNY stores in Saudi Arabia. Also, the school invited other fashion insiders who have previously been guests of honor; in 2010, it was Suzy Menkes, OBE (Order of the British Empire), fashion editor of the International Herald Tribune, and 2011 Guest of Honor Cathy Horyn, fashion critic for The New York Times. The AA is also bringing this year Stephan Rabimov, editor-in-chief of Depesha magazine (www.depesha.com) and Jayne Seward, fashion editor of California Apparel. Photo 01 – from left to right front row: Suzy Menkes, Cathy Horyn, Sarh Burton, and Philip Treacy – photo courtesy BDS Inc. Photo 02 - Sarah Burton of Alexander Macqueen and Elisa Stephens president of Academy of Art University – photo courtesy BDS Inc. Photo 03 – Royal Highness Princess Reema Bandar Al-Saud – BDS Inc. photo courtsey Photo 04 - Philip Treacy, miliner and Elisa Stephens – BDS Inc. photo courtsey Photo 05 – Cathy Horyn – Fashion Critic New York Times – photo courtesy BDS Inc. Photo 06 – Suzy Menkes – Fashion Editor International Herald Tribune – photo courtesy BDS Inc. Photo 07 - Bacca da Silva Stephan Rabimov left– Editor-in-Chief Depesha Magazine– photo courtesy BDS Inc. Photo 08 - Jayne Seward - Fashion editor California Apparel – photo BDS inc. Photo 09 – photo courtesy BDS Inc