Released on = August 3, 2007, 10:37 am

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Press Release Summary = The Art Institutes Passion for Fashion Competition offers
students interested in Fashion Design or Fashion Marketing, Merchandising or Retail
Management an opportunity to compete for a full tuition scholarship to study at one
of The Art Institutes.

Press Release Body = PITTSBURGH, P.A. · August 02, 2007 - The Art Institutes Passion
for Fashion Competition offers students interested in Fashion Design or Fashion
Marketing, Merchandising or Retail Management an opportunity to compete for a full
tuition scholarship to study at one of The Art Institutes.

Open to high school seniors across North America, The Art Institutes Passion for
Fashion Competition was created to encourage and reward young fashion design and
fashion marketing, merchandising and retail management talent at the high school
level.

Since it began three years ago, interest in the competition has taken off. Says
Bruce E. Dempsey, Assistant Vice President of Academic Affairs for The Art
Institutes, \"We have seen the number of students entering the competition just
explode. There are so many wonderful fashion courses in high school today, and many
students see a career in this industry within their reach.\"

The competition consists of two categories, (I)Fashion Design and (II)Fashion
Marketing, Merchandising and Retail Management. The grand prize in each category
includes a full tuition scholarship to The Art Institutes school location with a
Fashion program at which the student entered the competition.

Last year\'s winner in the Fashion Design category, Graehme Field of Tiverton, RI,
created an amazing bodice fit, knee-length tulle dress in light cocoa, inspired by
the falling leaves of autumn in New England. \"When I found out I won, it was so
amazing because I knew I would have a real chance at success in this industry by
getting the training and skills I\'ll need to succeed,\" said Field who will attend
The Art Institute of New York City in the fall.

Nash Gilley, the winner in the Fashion Marketing, Merchandising and Retail
Management category said that her winning entry, \"Fashion Savvy\" was a way for young
fashion designers to market their business to the public, and she hopes that
\"someday I could make this plan a reality with the education I\'ll get.\" Gilley will
attend The Illinois Institute of Art - Chicago in the fall.

In addition to a full tuition scholarship, each grand prize winning student receives
an all-expense-paid trip to New York City for Fashion Week in February 2008 and a
\"meet and greet\" at Seventeen magazine\'s offices.

Deadline for entries into the competition is November 19, 2007.

To be eligible, students must be a senior in high school, set to graduate in 2008,
complete an entry form, have a minimum G.P.A of 2.0, write a short essay describing
their interest in fashion and submit a finished, originally designed evening wear
garment and process book, for the Fashion Design category or a create a product or
plan for the Fashion Marketing, Merchandising and Retail Management category (for
complete details go to www.artinstitutes.edu/passionforfashion).

For more information on how to enter The Art Institutes Passion for Fashion
Competition, visit www.artinstitutes.edu/passionforfashion.

The Art Institutes (www.artinstitutes.edu) is a system of 36 education locations
throughout North America, providing an important source of design, media arts,
fashion and culinary arts professionals.

Web Site = http://www.artinstitutes.edu/passionforfashion

Contact Details = Contact Info
Jacki Muller
VP - Public Relations
The Art Institutes
412.995.7262
jpmuller@aii.edu

Devra Pransky
The Art Institutes
412.995.7685
dpransky@aii.edu