Dallas College Fashion Marketing partnered with Bolton Arts Foundation to host a screening of AKRIS: Fashion with a Heritage documentary at the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for students to engage and explore their fashion interests.
The Bolton Arts Fashion Foundation screens fashion documentaries to raise funding and awareness for the Texas Fashion Collection. It provides fashion archives to the University of North Texas available to students and to the general public, but by appointment only.
AKRIS, the Swiss luxury fashion house founded in 1922, celebrated its 100-year history by hosting the premier of ”AKRIS: Fashion with a Heritage” documentary, showcasing the discovery, the designers and its impact within the fashion industry.
The documentary was directed by Reiner Holzemer and premiered on June 9 at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. Holzemer also received the festival award for Outstanding Fashion Documentary by the Newport Beach Festival.
The founder of AKRIS, Alice Kriemler-Schoch, began selling her own line of aprons back in 1922 and slowly began to expand her business. Kriemler-Schoch died in 1972, leaving her atelier to her husband.
In a short period of time, he gave the creative direction to one of her grandsons, Albert Kriemler, in 1980 and managerial position to Peter Kriemler in 1987.
Max Kriemler, father to Albert and Peter Kriemler, joined the business, and named the house AKRIS in honor of his mother, inspired by her beauty and class.
Albert Krimeler was first inspired when he attended a Louis Vuitton fashion show at 16.
The runway inspired him in many ways, but his main focus was for women to feel confident wearing AKRIS.
In each collection Kriemler created, which consists of modern, timeless and chic styles, his designs have been styled and worn by powerful and successful women.
The list includes former First lady Michelle Obama, Angelina Jolie, Charlene, princess of Monaco, and many more influential people.
Dallas College students and other attendees had the opportunity to ask questions and receive advice during the event. Overall, it was a successful night for the Dallas Fashion Program.
Hannah Saboune, a student from the El Centro Campus said, “The best ways to learn are hands-on and through experience, and that’s why El Centro Campus is where it is.”
Another student from El Centro Campus agreed. Michelle Molina said, “We have connections right here in Dallas that we don’t really know about. It is basically the heart of Dallas. Fashion is here.”
