Fashion – Los Angeles

Jasmine “Yasi” Sakak is a fashion designer based in Los Angeles (originally from North Dakota). She was a 2017 YMA Scholarship winner and graduate from Los Angeles’s FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising where she has attained her Associate of Arts in Advanced Fashion Design. Before transferring to FIDM, Yasi attended Minot State University to complete her General Studies requirements. While at Minot State, Yasi completed art classes in drawing, computer graphics, ceramics, and two-dimensional design. She then decided to further pursue her creative interest in fine arts and fashion and transfer to FIDM. When Yasi was at FIDM, she has kept a 3.95 GPA. She was one of ten Fashion Design students chosen to be in the Advanced Fashion Design program, which would lead her to taking part in the FIDM 2017 Debut Fashion Show. While working full-time, Yasi occasionally takes on fashion illustration opportunities in Los Angeles. She has also interned at the fashion label, Vera Wang, where she has gained hands-on experience in alterations (machine and hand sewing) and fittings for clients, in bridal and ready-to-wear.