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This course provides insight into the business of styling, creative collaboration, market research, and tools of how to keep calm in a fast-paced industry. The course challenges students to work through real-life scenarios in which they learn to maintain budgets, inventory, and how to honor the needs of clients. Students are exposed to styling resources,...

Flat sketching is an essential part of garment production. It communicates details in the design and construction of a garment, from concept to marketing. This course introduces the professional techniques used to create fashion flats, ranging from traditional hand sketching to the use of Adobe Illustrator to produce sketches digitally in a vector...

Study the fundamentals of fashion merchandising principles and the techniques you need to operate as a merchandiser in a successful fashion apparel company or as an entrepreneurial boutique owner. Analyze case studies outlining merchandising strategies used by manufacturers and retailers.  Study the impact of consumer behavior and how it leads...

Do you daydream about being a fashion designer? Do you find that you're full of ideas, but when you put your pencil to paper it doesn't quite translate? We can help! Drawing is an invaluable skill that many people struggle with, but in our Fashion Sketching course, you will learn how to share your beautiful designs with the world through this extremely...

The fashion industry’s need to change from an environmental and humanitarian perspective has been greatly accelerated at this time of momentous change. Much of the 20th-century fashion system is outmoded, destructive and losing relevance to people and, planet. It is patently clear that the sustainability revolution will happen, because it is a must....

In this course, we explore fashion beginning with the father of haute couture and concluding with the designer who brought punk and new wave fashion into the mainstream. We discuss fashion in its historical context, examining economic and technological influences, as well as those from the world of arts and artists. Broad thematic considerations include...

This course examines fundamental marketing concepts in the global fashion marketing environment. Students explore consumer insights, positioning, competitive advantage, and channel decisions using both theoretical and practical approaches.  Students analyze and identify target markets and become aware of key marketing decisions as they develop...

Students aspiring to become entrepreneurs in the fashion industry examine the skills needed to conceive, finance, open, and operate a successful fashion business. Through collaborative research and hands-on practice, students learn the elements of opening a business and navigating the complexities of working with a team. They learn to create business...

Students will design, construct, and sew garments using traditional and non-traditional materials. This camp focuses on illustration and sketching techniques that help them to prototype ideas. Once ideas are sketched and approved campers end up making 3 looks that they wear themselves in an EAC virtual runway show on the last day of the class. Students...

Interior designers use drawing to conceptualize and represent spatial ideas. This course teaches students the mechanics of visual representation, the use of drawing and two-dimensional media to observe, document, and reimagine interior spaces.  You learn to read and to draw plans, sections, and elevations as well as one-, two-, and three-point...

Today’s competitive marketing climate has led many companies to explore theories of consumer behavior. This course focuses on the profile of the consumer—psychographics and demographics—and consumer interests, with an emphasis on generational marketing. Segmented and niche markets and their development are also discussed.  Prerequisites:...

Take your public speaking to the next level! Speak, present and communicate with poise, power and persuasion. Who Should Attend: This seminar is recommended for every executive with some prior public speaking experience who must speak in front of groups, make presentations, sell ideas to others or face cameras and microphones. From presentations...