NewsWhore
09-29-2006, 03:50 PM
V Magazine includes DR's Altos de Chavon and the successes of its graduates in its list of design schools. These include Rogelio Velasco of Velasco Couture, who designed Meryl Streep's dress for the 2006 Oscars and designs for Queen Noor of Jordan; Tonelly Zepeda, who works for Donna Karan; and Edmundo Castillo, shoe designer, who owns a boutique in Soho. Other schools listed are The Rhode Island School of Design, Yale School of Art, Central Saint Martins, Parsons The New School for Design, Art Center College of Design (Pasadena, California), Tsinghua University School of Arts and Design (Beijing, China), Royal College of Art (London), Esmod Japan (Tokyo), Iceland Academy of the Arts (Reykjavik), Altos de Chavon (La Romana, DR), Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp, Belgium), Iowa Writers' Workshop (Iowa) and Fabrica (Treviso, Italy).
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