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Fashion Design,Textile Design & Fashion Merchandising – Summer Program 2023
July 10, 2023 @ 9:00 am - July 14, 2023 @ 5:00 pm
Register Early to receive $50 off, use promo code Take50Early by April 30th!
Jefferson’s highly ranked Bachelor of Science Programs in Textile Design, Fashion Design, and Fashion Merchandising & Management are offering a combined pre-college workshop for high school students to explore a future in fashion!
Through this program, you will complete a week-long project involving aspects of textile design, fashion design, and fashion merchandising. You will have the opportunity to design and explore in Thomas Jefferson University’s 14,000-square-foot Fashion and Textile Futures Center, as well as Fashion Merchandising & Management’s brand-new studio space. Learn about one of the largest and most exciting industries in the world from current faculty and industry professionals.
This workshop invites you to engage with the many different facets of fashion, and introduces you to the collaborative and cross-disciplinary approach throughout fashion and textile industries. Members of the Thomas Jefferson University faculty will guide students through an immersive, career-focused curriculum that prepares students to contribute to aspects of the fashion value chain. Ranked among the top fashion schools by Business of Fashion and Fashionista, the program emphasizes active and hands on learning applications.
Our goal is to inspire high school students to pursue creative careers at Thomas Jefferson University.
Summer 2023 Fashion & Textile Workshop: Designing for the intersection of Fashion, Textiles, and Sustainability
Within this workshop, students explore fashion through the lens of inclusivity, environment, and ethics. With a focus on sustainable design practices, students will tap into currently underdeveloped areas of the fashion ecosystem to develop new and exciting opportunities.
Students will learn to research their inspirations and create engaging and aspirational mood boards based on their inspirations. Through textile design, students will synthesize their inspiration into print designs, jacquards, knits, and other unique fabrications. Inspired by these textiles, students will then explore fashion design with a focus on sustainability. Through an upcycling project, students will develop new and exciting silhouette ideas, and will sketch a capsule collection incorporating the textiles they developed. After these collections have been designed, participants will weave into Fashion Merchandising and Management. Students will assess the importance of developing brands and customer profiles to market products in a global world driven by technology. At the end of the week, students will present their projects to faculty and peers in a professional-style critique to gather feedback.
The Kanbar College Fashion Design, Textile Design, and Fashion Merchandising & Management Summer Academy is an in-person experience and will be held daily for five (5) days, 9:00AM to 5:00PM Eastern Standard Time. All classes are held on campus at Thomas Jefferson University, East Falls.