Fashion Design

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Chicago, the “windy city” is known for its multicultural population as well as its dramatic architecture and love for the arts.

In detail, Chicago has:

1. at least 3 million people

2. harbors, parks, beaches, clubs, and ethnic restaurants

3. 29 miles of lakefront, museums, neighborhood festivals, and cultural attractions

People visit the city as often as winds do. Also, tourists favor the mid-western hospitality of the people. They also share stories of their enjoyment in going to exhibits in museums like Degas, Monet, and the whimsical “Cows on Parade” of Summer 1999.

The businesses blended with the multicultural aspects of the city are said to be the driving “winds” that spur creativity among people who visit or study in Chicago. As always, it is inevitable to have fashion schools within a city that celebrate and support the arts and dynamism of culture.

The following are some featured fashion design schools in Illinois:

1. The International Academy of Design and Technology is located in Chicago.

The institute offers the following degree programs:

A. Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Fashion Design and Marketing

B. Associate of Applied Science in Fashion Design and Marketing

The curriculum of Fashion and Design assimilates the study of new trends and innovations in the thriving international industry of fashion with the mastery of traditional skills, thus providing a holistic background to both fashion amateurs and masters alike when it comes to designing.

A. Bachelor of Arts, Major in Merchandising Management

B. Associate of Applied Science in Merchandising Management

The program of Merchandising Management provides students and professionals as well as with the opportunity to contend within the job market by integrating theoretical concepts with practical implementations. However, students can rest assured that after graduation their skills on developing suitable visual displays, and utilizing appropriate business practices and scales are honed to help them achieve profitability in the long run.

2. The Illinois Institute of Art is primarily situated in Schaumburg. The degree programs they offer vary by location.

The Illinois Institute of Art is, basically, an association of schools in different locations. Collectively, the Art Institute is considered as a leader in the area of applied science education.

Their courses such as Fashion Marketing and Fashion Design are restructured on a regular basis to reveal ideas garnered from industry advisors, leaders, and employers for relevance and practical applications in the marketplace.

The Art Institute also possesses seasoned faculty members who are also affiliated to the local community of functions. Thus, this provides students with plenty of occasions for consultation with industry professionals and practicing designers. As students’ knowledge and skills improve through the programs, they are required to plan an initial design and execute it into a finished product to cap their stay in the institution.

3. International Academy of Design and Technology

The school has campuses in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Orlando. They provide program areas and a variety of degree levels designed to fit your unique career track. In detail, they offer:

A. Diploma in Fashion Design

B. Diploma in Merchandising and Fashion Marketing

These are only three among the plenty list of schools in this city. The decision now lies in your hand. Within the “windy city” are competitions and strict trainings from various places in the job arena. Where do you think the “will of the wind inside you” will bring you and your high hopes of hitting it big in the fashion industry?

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One of the First Fashion Design Schools Online: Milan Fashion Campus

Do you dream of making it big in the fashion world someday?

I have good news for you! Your dream is now just a click away – may it be to become a fashion designer, a web fashion designer, an image consultant, a fashion magazine stylist, a TV program stylist, an event stylist, a fashion journalist, or a personal shopper – with the Milan Fashion Campus Online Fashion Design Course.

The Creator

Angelo Russica, a seasoned fashion guru who has more or less 20 years of experience in the fashion world, created the course with his aim of not only coming up with an Internet-based fashion design school that will teach the history, aesthetics, and skills required of Italy’s fashion, but extending the Italian fashion sense to the world as well.  

With more than 15 years of collaborative experience as a creative assistant to different companies the world over, like Versace, Gruppo Max Mara, Marzotto, Miroglio Vestebene in Italy; Induyco and El Corte Ingles in Spain; and Fujii, Chori, King Company, and World Company in Japan, Russica was able to talk to numerous young students from an array of famous fashion design schools who complain about having spent lots of money on more or less three years of study, only to find out in the end, that it is hard to find a job and almost impossible to make a name. This is also one reason why Russica developed the first online fashion design school in Italy – he wants Milan Fashion Campus to give many aspiring fashion students a chance to learn about the wonders of Italian fashion without having to spend so much.

The Course

This one of a kind fashion design course provides students with the opportunity to be professionally in touch with Italy’s Fashion Design Learning Method. The intensive online fashion design course of Milan Fashion Campus also serves as a venue for the realization of dreams – may it be to become a professional figure or the famous designer of the future.

The lessons are sequenced in such a way that the students can easily follow them.  The course requires active student participation since lessons are geared toward teaching learners how to do market analysis, how to locate valuable sources of information, and how to discover inspiration. Students of Milan Fashion Course will also learn the tricks of the trade, just like what professional fashion designers do: examining the streets, examining fashion stories, examining the music world, and examining the opinion of fashion leaders.

The Milan Fashion Campus Online Fashion Design Course, which can be downloaded through www.fashioncampus.it, has seven sections, 27 chapters, almost 200 pages, and more than 170 exercises that will serve as guidance for students from their first sketch to their first fashion show. The course also gives a chance to students to specialize on different areas, like celebrity and men fashion design, handbag design, color and rendering technique, and fashion figure template.

One may buy the course chapter per chapter, too, especially if you just want to try out the course first.

The course is in English and downloadable once you have paid the amount stated in www.fashioncampus.it, may it be through Paypal or money transfer. This also means that you may start with the course anytime you want.

For more information regarding fees and FAQ’s, just visit www.fashioncampus.it.

You will not only improve your fashion taste and sensibility, but also open opportunities for a wonderful career in fashion.

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Hannah Deacon is a freelance interiors and lifestyle stylist, writer and producer. She worked as Senior Stylist for BBC Good Homes Magazine for four years and has recently returned from Mumbai, India, to pursue a freelance career. During her time abroad, she also consulted across various other BBC titles. Since her return to London, Hannah has been involved in the production of shoots for Sony Ericsson and Sophie Ellis Bextor and is contactable for freelance editorial and commercial projects.

Manoviraj Khosla is a name to reckon with in the world of Fashion Designers . He started designing in 1990 after studying fashion at the American College in London. One of the finest aspects of his designing skill is his specialization in pret clothing which retails across the country at all major fashion outlets. He has also diversified into corporate wear, designing uniforms for hotels, airlines, restaurants, bars and corporate houses. His studio undertakes couture and pret orders for both men and women. The studio has an exquisite collection of ready-to-wear garments: Formal, Casual, Party wear and Wedding trousseau. He also caters to individual orders. All the garments in the studio have the Manoviraj Khosla signature style: Trendy and Hip and he is all set to showcase his signature style in the upcoming Van Heusen India Men’s Week SS’10. The collection titled ‘A mid summer dream’ where one is going to see fitted & short jackets with slim fitted trousers. Nehru and zipper jackets with white linen suits are going to be the highpoint of the collection. Predominantly linens, along with some knits and some blended fabrics have been used. As far as colors are concerned, they vary from white, to pastel shades of mint green, chambray blue, orange and lilac, to beiges, browns, grey and finally black. One can see some amazing display of Surface texturisation with pleating, rougeing, and tucks. Different types of screen and foil printing, kantha, couching, hand stitches, and batik have been used to bring the sophistication factor in each garment. “The look is lean and narrow with models seen in clean look and gelled hair” shared the designer. The collection is meant for all those who want to look trendy.

“Corporate India investing in fashion as a business will change the way the industry works” the designer elucidates when asked one factor that can accelerate the growth of Indian fashion industry. For the first ever men’s week, the designer feels that there will be more local buyers, “More buyers will come once they realize that menswear can be as serious a business as womens wear if not bigger” he signs off. After spending three enriching years polishing his skills at the estimable Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, Siddarth Tytler a designer with a difference, breathed life into a label of his very own in the year 2002. His immense creativity and understanding of business strategy coupled with an evident commitment from the hours spent together with each client, has helped him establish an enviable platform which some could only aspire to reach.

At the upcoming Van Heusen India Men’s week, fashion design extraordinaire will once again give birth to an inhalation of creativity in the form of ‘Love. War!’ which is a fashion compilation inspired by the Second World War (1935-1945) and the years prior to it .The designer will present a dual collection fusing. A rich contrasting projection of vibrant compositions, depicting the love and bonhomie prevalent across Europe, prior to World War II; representing the ‘Spring – Summer 2010′collection followed by the decidedly structured and more sombre feel that held steady through the years of the war that represents the ‘Autumn – Winter 2009′ collection.

The ‘Spring – Summer20 10′ titled ‘Love.’ draws its inspirations from the pre-war era of the early 20th Century which will be an enthusiastic and creative burst of floral prints, pastel colours and earth tones like olive and a touch of powder blues. The silhouettes are semi structured and special emphasis has been laid on the comfort of the wearer. The collection comprises of linens, cottons, jerseys used to create an array of summer jackets, structured pants, pyjamas, t-shirts & shirts. The line is highlighted by minimal embroidery and a touch of texturing. For more information you click Fashion Week and find details.

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Fashion design games are great fun. They are also an entrepreneurial experience. By dreaming up a concept for an eBoutique, and following it through to fruition, you will learn about doing business and have fun at the same time.

Websites like GirlSense enable you to create all the elements of an eBoutique: from the pattern you choose for the wallpaper, right down to the type of flooring. Naturally the clothing line will also be the fruit of your own imagination. When you go about creating your fashion eBoutique, you need to think about how the various elements of your fashion design game fit together so that you project one concept.

Once you come up with a cool fashion design games concept, you probably will want to start with the wallpaper. That’s because it is the first thing that players of online fashion games will see. It’s like the base upon which everything else is built. Think of different real fashion stores you have visited. A beach or surf clothing shop has different wallpaper compared with a store selling smart evening wear. Try and think what wallpaper will look the best with the styles that you are going to create for your online fashion games store. Wallpaper with a palm tree pattern will complement a beach themed eBoutique, and a gentler wallpaper pattern will suit an eBoutique focusing on dresses.

Really go for it! You might have some real creative ideas for online fashion games, but feel that other girls won’t like them, and so instead settle on a less creative backup option. My advice to you: go for it! Be as creative as you like, because then you will be true to yourself. That’s the great thing about fashion designing games. It’s all about the creativity. And you’ll be surprised. There will always be someone out there who will be interested in your eBoutique. And who knows, maybe fashion scouts will be looking at your eBoutique, and will want to use your idea to create a real fashion brand! Wouldn’t that be exciting?!

Don’t forget to check out the other eBoutiques at GirlSense for inspiration. Celebrity online fashion games will give you ideas and show you how to create a professional looking eBoutique. Also look at the fashion design games created by girls just like you. This will help you to get fresh ideas for your eBoutique, as well as to learn what other girls like.

JohnM is a writer for Compucall. For more information about online fashion games, visit GirlSense.com.

The annual Los Angeles Fashion Week is held every March and October in venues throughout the city. The event began as ‘Press Week,’ in which fashion journalists nationwide were invited to see SoCal clothing collections. Most of the action happens in the L.A. Fashion District, a business improvement district supported by more than 700 property owners. The District spans about 90 blocks and is the fulcrum of the Los Angeles apparel industry.

Historically, Fashion Week has been run by a consortium of regional fashion designers, journalists, and marketers since the late 1990′s. In 2002, IMG’s fashion department, which operates the New York Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, came westward to put on a show in downtown Los Angeles. Dozens of designers show their collections to interested parties at various venues, while others tout their wares in nightclubs, private houses, churches and lofts.

In late 2005, the Fashion Awards were established during Fashion Week to honor the best Los Angeles apparel designers. The Awards are given at the close of Fashion Week, and are judged by a nominating committee of over 40 of LA’s top fashion journalists, merchandisers and designers. The entire event is produced by LA Fashion Awards, LLC, which was co-founded by two fashion industry veterans.

The biggest attraction of the Fashion Week is the aforementioned Mercedes-Benz show held at Smashbox Studios. Other important events include the Atmosphere Trade Show, BOXeight Fashion Week and Gen Art’s Avant Guardians.

With the assistance of various fashion industry influences, the success of the Los Angeles Fashion Week continues to increase. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has understood the positive effects of the Week, and has connected with the local fashion industry. In late 2007 he acclaimed the industry’s contributions with a speech at the opening of the LA Fashion Awards, toured one of the runway show venues, and visited others. The mayor’s office is currently in the process of establishing a committee to attempt to utilize the energies of the Fashion Week to bolster the reputation of Los Angeles as a fashion capital and to improve the bottom lines of the businesses operating there.

Matt Paolini is a fashion writer for CityBook, the family-safe Online Yellow Pages, which carries an extensive directory on Los Angeles sweaters.