Time for the FINAL FIDM "3 Days of Fashion" for Summer 2017! In the past two weeks, I have had the pleasure of visiting the FIDM campuses throughout California for their annual "3 Days of Fashion" Summer Program--you can check out my BLOGS on those HERE for FIDM San Diego, HERE for FIDM OC in LA, and HERE for FIDM San Francisco. So now, it was time for my "Special Appearance" at the FIDM LA Main Campus "3 Days of Fashion"!


Here are my photos from last week's FABULOUS and SUPER FUN FIDM "3 Days of fashion" 2017 including my "Special Appearance", a special Fashion Presentation of my NIKOLAKI gowns on models, plus a DAD CATWALK CONTEST (!) and a Meet & Greet after all the fun.
Let's start with that aforementioned "Dad Catwalk Contest":


Right as I got onstage to begin my "Special Appearance", I asked all the dads in the audience to come up onstage and then I surprised them (or shocked them, depending on who you speak to!) when I told them that they were to walk the "runway" for the FIDM 3 Days of Fashion Dad Catwalk Contest.


They were all AMAZING and good sports about it (Thank Goodness no one got mad at me!), and in fact our top winning dad, really embraced the term "catwalk" when he literally got on the floor--on all fours--and began slithering like a cat--or Runway Panther! You can only imagine the reaction from the crowd--and especially his daughter! (she was snapping photos and filming video naturally!). I'm sure if you looked on Instagram long enough, you'll find the "blackmail" video :)--Now, let's get to the REAL models:

The NIKOLAKI Fashion Presentation:









Post-Appearance & Fashion Presentation Meet & Greet Photos:





THANK YOU THANK YOU to everyone who attended this year's FIDM 3 Days of Fashion!! I LOVED meeting each and everyone of you! XO, Nick

Continuing with my FIDM "3 Days of Fashion" 2017 Appearances, now it's time for one of  MY FAVORITE CITIES IN THE WORLD: San Francisco! In case you missed my FIDM "3 Days of Fashion" blogs so far, click HERE for FIDM San Diego and HERE for FIDM OC. Soooo....yes, now I was off to San Francisco and the FIDM SF campus for their Final Day of the 3 Days Summer Program.


My flight from LA was delayed by almost 2 hours (reason: Same ol'/Same ol' SFO fog excuses). After checking in to the iconic Sir Francis Drake Hotel, I had only 15 minutes to grab a lunch...



After finishing my very quick lunch, I put my NIKOLAKI gowns in my big GUCCI duffel bag (packed very nicely by my better half, David Paul!) and head off to the FIDM San Francisco campus in Union Square. I was super excited to be at FIDM SF for their "3 Days of Fashion" to give my special lecture, show my NIKOLAKI designs and meet all the fabulous students! Before I got started, I wanted to know how many boys were in the audience (there were a lot!) so...naturally, I hosted a "Boy Catwalk Contest"! Obviously, because of the nature of the contest, you get a variety of "enthusiastic" and more often than not, timid and often shy participants, but...the guys at the FIDM SF "3 Days of Fashion" were AMAZING!!!!


In my many, many, MANY years of doing these events, this was THE BEST "Boy Catwalk Contest" EVER!!! The guys embraced it, brought their runway "A" game and some of them, even did death drops! The crowd LOVED it, the contestants were having a blast...and I just about started to cry when I saw how FABULOUS they all were! After their runway walks, I continued on with my special lecture as well as showed three of my NIKOLAKI designs and afterward, did a fun Meet & Greet Photo-taking session that lasted for over TWO HOURS!...
Here are Photos and I hope you enjoy!

NIKOLAKI Fashion Presentation:









Post-Appearance Meet & Greet Photos:




**UP NEXT: FIDM Los Angeles Main Campus "3 Days of Fashion" Special Appearance" RECAP!!! Stay tuned...

In my last FIDM "3 Days of Fashion" 2017 post, I traveled to San Diego and FIDM San Diego campus for their "3 Days of Fashion". This was the first one of all the four campuses and you can read all about it HERE. Next stop: LA for FIDM Orange County! Now, usually, I go to the FIDM OC campus for the FIDM OC's "3 Days of Fashion", but this year was different.


As part of their three-day program--in which students get to take draping, sketching, trend, styling and many other seminars--on Day Two, these FIDM OC "3 Days of Fashion" students got to take a road trip to Los Angeles. And I was invited to make a "Special Appearance" at the FIDM LA Campus, to give my "Nick Lecture" of "How I Got To Where I Got" plus show some of my NIKOLAKI gowns on a real live model as well as a "Boy Catwalk Contest"!
Here is my Photo Recap from my Appearance + Much More:



Gown Close-Up Class: Nick Verreos with model Amanda wearing his NIKOLAKI silk chiffon caped gown with golden sequined trim detail--I think the students LOVED getting "up close and personal" seeing the details of a high-end gown--FIDM OC "3 Days of Fashion", FIDM LA Main Campus

Meet & Greet Photos:



**UP NEXT: SAN FRANCISCO!!!! And my RECAP of FIDM San Francisco "3 Days of Fashion"...Stay Tuned!!