Armenian fashion on display in October

TownOnline.com
Thursday, September 9, 2004

Students of the Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts and their
instructors will present fashions from Armenia in New England
on Sunday, Oct. 10, at 5 p.m. at National Heritage Museum in
Lexington. This event, the first of its kind to be held in the U.S.,
has peaked public interest.

Coordinating the program will be four accomplished designers
from Armenia who will present their unique fashions. Nune Aghbalyan
and Anna Panosyan, instructors at the Academy's Textile Department,
have resumes that include degrees and design coursework in Berlin,
Paris and Barcelona. Kevork Chadoian, 30-year-old, brilliant designer
and 2004 graduate from the Academy will present an elegantly designed
"Armenian Wedding Suite." ATEX Fashion Salon proprietor Karine Hakobyan
will show her beautiful collection which will include unique fashions
embellished with Marash and Aintab embroideries.

The Fashion and Textile Design Chair was joined to the Design
Department of the Academy in 1999 after overcoming great hardships. The
department aims to give students a sound education, emphasizing theory
and practice a free way of thinking about composition, and insight
on how to find correct functional solutions.