Fashion students from International Academy of Design and Technology in Chicago coordinate and produce events as a class practicum.
(PRWEB) July 26, 2005 -- This summer, fashion design students from International Academy of Design and Technology (IADT) in Chicago are learning about fashion shows the smart way – they are doing it themselves. As part of the largest two-day street fair in the Midwest, Northalsted Days, the students fashion show is on August 7th at noon. A half hour show, these shows should be a little more casual and lively with new music, new choreography, and lovely summer garments, hairstyles and makeup. For the 24th year, the people of Chicago will crowd the stretch of Halsted running from Belmont to Addison, the event spans six city blocks, has 17 entrance gates and features three music stages with more than 40 local and national musical acts performing at the Lakeviews Clark Street Fair.
As part of the Merchandising Management curriculum Fashion Show Practicum, the Fashion Design & Fashion Merchandising classes work all summer on events which they run themselves, including fittings, dressing and supervision of the Ford models that are used in the show, garment selection and preparation, choreography, music, and full set up and breakdown of the show. IADT is a career-focused school that offers training in fashion design and classes that are relevant to a future career. http://www.iadtchicago.edu/
The junior and senior level students work began in May with the International Academy of Design and Technologys 26th annual student fashion show, IMAGINE 2005, sponsored by General Motors North Central Region. It was a student-produced event, showing some of the seasons most innovative and memorable fashion concepts. The summer shows will use some of the same garments from IMAGINE, some new ones, some from former shows; from casual to wearable art for evening.
IMAGINE is a uniquely student-produced event, with involvement going well beyond IADTs fashion design majors. IADT advertising and design/computer graphics students created the logo, poster, invitations and program for the event. Computer/3D animation and audio for the show was produced by the schools multimedia and design students, technical support by PC/LAN students, set design by interior design students, and show production support by merchandise management majors.
Travis J. Reed, a graduate of IADT who has an extensive resume in the fashion field, mentors these students as the instructor of classes. He brings his experience at the Flagship stores downtown Chicago of Marshall Fields, Anne Taylor and Sears, and shares his passion for visual merchandising. Covering the entire gamut of fashion marketing his classes include Visual Merchandising, Advanced Visual Merchandising, Fashion Show Production, Fashion Show Practicum, Fashion Technology and Retailing Practices and Principles.
IADT is located at One North State Street, downtown Chicago. IADT-Chicago is Accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools. The schools programs are offered in a variety of disciplines based on a strong heritage in fashion and an expanding emphasis on high technology education. http://www.iadtchicago.edu/
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