Original Article on The New York Times

It seems hard to imagine that there is a great consumer desire for another documentary following the lives of impoverished fashion designers as they struggle to succeed. And yet I found myself oddly compelled by a new Web series that goes behind the scenes of the most recent CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund competition, namely because the directors Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg managed to pull back the curtain well beyond the typical gloss.The first episode of The Fashion Fund, which had its premiere today on Hulu, begins with the predictable angst of applicants preparing to drop off their applications, and a lot of footage of sketching and sewing and making things. Where it gets interesting is about 17 minutes into the 23-minute episode, when the ...(read more)