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Backstory: There are ambitious young designers — and then there’s Fabiola Arias. When she was a junior at Parsons The New School for Design, Arias decided she was going to launch her own line before she graduated. “That was my goal,” says the Miami native, whose mother is a local costume designer and father a journalist for El Nuevo Herald. “The hard thing is to have persistence and not to allow yourself to get knocked down.” Arias’ efforts — including much cold-calling of top retailers — paid off. Her spring debut was nabbed by Ikram in Chicago, and things don’t seem to be slowing, either. She recently picked up a business partner and, as she shopped around her second collection last month, she finally graduated from Parsons.

Collection: Arias’ eveningwear designs owe much to her art background: she studied at Miami’s main art magnet school, Design and Architecture Senior High School, and continues with her painting and sculpture today. Her favorite technique echoes the former — Arias piles on small organza appliqués to create texture and ombré effects on her gowns. “It’s like brushstrokes,” she remarks. “I love texture and working with my hands.” Another influence behind her collection? Gustav Klimt, which also explains the theatrical and mosaic vibes throughout.

Stats: Gowns in the collection, available at Ikram, are priced from $640 to $900.

Haleh Nematzadeh

Backstory: Haleh Nematzadeh hails from Tehran, Iran, but emigrated as a child to Israel, then New York, because of the Iranian revolution in 1979. “I like to tell people I’m a child of the revolution,” she quips. “But I have no memories of Iran, actually.” Still, her clothes do have a rebellious streak. The FIT graduate, who has worked at Necessary Objects, Patricia Field and as a freelance stylist, has been dabbling in design for several years, doing one-off deconstructed punk pieces. “It was a lot more raw,” says Nematzadeh, “a lot of very torn-up T-shirts and reconstructed Boy Scout shirts as dresses.” Last year, she decided to try her hand at a full-fledged collection and launched her eponymous line for fall 2008.

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