Fashion design and sewing classes for children in NYC and Brooklyn

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Our newest class The Art of Fashion styling just finished its ninth week! Our up-and-coming stylist students (ages 10-17) learned all about the art if the photo shoot. First they had to quickly re-vamp a boring denim vest because as a stylist you are often asked to create things “on the fly”. After adding patches, [...]

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We got a special message the other day from Theresa, an 8-year old Fashion Class fan in Santiago, Chile. “Hi Kerri, I’m 8 years old and I love fashion design. I would love to be there in your class!! Here, It’s me drawing.” She is a precocious Fashion Artist already, with an incredibly unique style of [...]

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Red Carpet Fashion Challenge with Janine Just

This summer we had the pleasure of having fashionable social-media entrepreneur Janine Just come in and speak to the  Teen Fashion Camp about the important role social media and blogging plays when starting your own clothing line. You can read about her experience on her blog at: http://janinejust.com/2012/08/20/1233/ Not only did the class get an [...]

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Week 2 of our “concept to creation” summer fashion design camp for teens was all about the designer. We learned construction techniques and sewed new clothing to add to our collection. Visits to Calvin Klein and the CFDA Fashion Incubator showroom taught us about merchandising and designing. The Calvin Klein merchandising team showed us the [...]

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