"Uniquely untrendy" fashion by 55 hand-selected international student designers will be unveiled in a fashion show and competition next week when San Francisco's Arts of Fashion Foundation hosts "San Francisco in Fashion Mode." They hail from Romania, South Korea, Colombia, China, the Czech Republic, Australia, Portugal and beyond; San Francisco's lone representative is Justin Jamison of the Art Institute of California -- San Francisco. Tuesday's show caps a weeklong fashion symposium of master classes, lectures, special events and film screenings around town.

The jury selected 55 students from 320 project proposals to come to San Francisco and present their visions. On Monday, jurors -- who include designers Matthew Ames (NY), Matthieu Blazy (Antwerp), and Anthony Vaccarello (Paris), plus others who have designed for top fashion and accessories houses such as Martin Margiela, Hermes and Jerome Dreyfuss -- and Bay Area design duo Nice Collective and Ben Ospital, owner of MAC Clothing -- will judge the garments. The standout designers chosen will be awarded internships with fashion houses and designers including Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Anne Valerie Hash, Jerome Dreyfuss and Nice Collective, and scholarships to next year's MasterClass summer program in Paris.The show is also a fundraiser for the Arts of Fashion Foundation, a nonprofit that began in 2001 to cultivate creativity and design in fashion and related arts, and foster cultural exchange.