Shawn Brixey, dean of VCUarts, was among the venerated speakers who visited the school’s Doha, Qatar, campus this month, which included fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg and fashion entrepreneur Dame Natalie Massenet. They were joined by David Linley, Earl of Snowdon, Marta Kuzma, first female dean of Yale School of Art, and Rosanne Somerson, president of Rhode Island School of Design.
The talks were moderated by Kimberly Guthrie, interim chair of fashion design at VCUarts Qatar.
World famous fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg, who created the iconic wrap dress, gave a talk at VCUarts Qatar’s Atrium as part of the #QatarCreates series of events to celebrate the opening of the National Museum of Qatar.
She also met with faculty and students from VCUarts Qatar’s fashion design program where she answered their questions and gave them advice about the fashion industry. She talked about what inspired her to create and who her influences were when she was starting out.
“The most important relationship in life is the one you have with yourself” she told the audience at the Atrium, “and as long as you have that, and you own it, you make a mistake, own it, face it, deal with it. Your imperfections, all your imperfections, they become assets.”
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