The Arts of Fashion Foundation is a 501(c) (3), public, non-profit organization, based in San Francisco, California. Established in 2001,[1] the focus of the foundation is supporting creativity and design in fashion and the arts linked to it.[2] Among their projects are the International Arts of Fashion Competition, The MasterClass Series, the CarteBlanche and Debut Series (and the latter's spinoff, InvestFashion), The Tandem Series and Fashion.edu.
| Type | Nonprofit organization |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | San Francisco, CA, United States |
Key people | Nathalie Doucet |
| Website | www.arts-of-fashion.org |
The Foundation, in cooperation with the Council of Fashion Designers of America, created a petition in support of the Design Piracy Prohibition Act - IDPPPA (S.3728).
Nathalie Doucet
editNathalie Doucet, a French-born US citizen, is the founder of Arts of Fashion Foundation.[3] She is also the founder of InvestFashion, an online platform created to finance entrepreneurial fashion designers by way of crowdsourcing/crowdfunding. It is geared towards finding and uniting investors with awarded fashion designers.
References
edit- ^ Compton, Laura (3 December 2010). "Arts of Fashion brings global fashion to San Francisco". Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- ^ Rubin, Sylvia (19 October 2008). "S.F. glamour goes global in fashion extravaganza". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- ^ "The Professional: Nathalie Doucet, president and founder, Arts of Fashion Foundation". 7x7. Retrieved 31 January 2013.