Sewing seeds of confidence: The School of Couture teaches future fashion designers more than design

by Chelsea SektnanBackstage at LA Fashion Week, young designers from the South Bay stood under bright lights as makeup artists worked quickly around them, photographers tested their lenses, and both professional models and student designers prepared to walk the runway.Some of the designers were barely tall enough to see over the garment racks.They were students from the School of Couture, a South Bay fashion design program founded by Dauriya “Miss Dee” Aizakhmetova, where childre