Teaching Fashion Design!!
I had the amazing opportunity to teach Fashion Design at a really great camp this summer! I had so much fun teaching these young girls who ranged from ages 9-13. The fashion design portion of camp was 2 weeks long, and I taught at 2 different camp locations. The first week of camp was super fun and I got to learn a lot about the girls as we went over many different topics and aspects of fashion like inspiration, sketching, brainstorming, hand sewing, using the sewing machine, trends, color theory, and textiles. The second week of class the campers were put into groups of 3 or 4 and were instructed to come up with their own company and create an outfit out of recyclable materials. These girls were so creative and full of life!
By the second week of class we were pretty comfortable with each other. I let them listen to “Disney Channel Stars” station on Pandora while they created their outfits so they could zone out! LOL! I know I was getting on their nerves while they were creating their outfits! Every hour or so I would come around and ask what they were doing and give my critiques. Most of the time I would say things like “I feel like you can do more with this, push yourself, take this outfit to the next level.” Lol! Sometimes they would say they didn’t want to or ask if they had to push themselves?? To which the answer was always YES. lol Afterwards, they would say things like “I’m happy I pushed myself, I love this top so much more or I love my purse!” I totally felt like Tim Gunn during those times!
If they didn’t leave with anything I at least hope these girls learned how to sew, and how to express their creativity and individuality through fashion! Pictures of the outfits they created out of recycled materials are below! They even made their own backdrops to go with the outfits!
