Department Brings in Clothing Professionals To Provide career Guidance to Majors Department of Family and Consumer Sciences Members of the advanced c loth ing c lass got a taste of the retai ling business ov. t 5 when th y l1osted a "mini-market" which p rovided them the opportunit y to be graded by professional retai lers . Students had worked fo r several weeks on their own line of c lo thing from p re-designed patt erns such as McCa ll 's. Simplic it y and vogue . They chose the ir individual themes and then produced three o r four garments to be review ed b y profess ionals. Once the sewing was completed, s tudent s arranged the ir own displays for the ir c lo thing. These presentations w ere judged by the ir attractiv ness. Amy Latham, a junior fashion merchandising major , produced a line o f clothing titled "Jumper Junc tion," using a train logo . She was inspired to use the logo for jumpers by he r mother . a firs t g rade teacher. Latham p lans to use her degree to be ome a buyer o r manager o r a store. "Sewing's really no t m y area of interest ." sh said. "It's the business and buying part of it I enjoy the mosr. ·· She hopes to be a buyer and resear h the custome rs and the ir needs to keep up with yearl y trends . s enior Rl1onda Frazier des igned her l ine o f c lo thing according to what she mos t enjoyed w earing . She used the title "Sophisti ca tes·· for her theme . "These c lo thes can be worn casually but can still b dressed up ," she said . "They're sophisticated and very ta ilor d." Frazier u ed d ressy materials such as rayon and targeted tl1 career woman between the ages o f 20 and 40. Anna Petit , a senior fashi on merchandise major . chose to work with children's s leep war She named her line of c lo thing '"Anna· mal Crackers. " Her sel c tions inc luded long-s leeved pajamas. a robe. a nightshirt and shorts. Pe tit target d the 3- to 7-year-old age g roup . .. , love children and rm hoping to pursue a career w itl1 children's apparel: I'd like to b a buyer ." s~1e sa id. Advanced c lo thing s tudents not on ly ga ined bet ter sewing skills throug l1 putting thi s p roject together. but they also used orig inality and crea ti vi ty to discover what tl1ey best enjoyed. Professional opinions l1elped them to really see how to improve the ir skills and get the ir foo t in the door of the fashion marke t. Acodem i cs - Georgia Choa te Terri Rine emplwsizes a special concept in a fasion mf'rcha11c1isi11g c lass. Tl 1e department of famil y and consumer sciences taught pract ical skills for professional and homemaking careers. Photo by Jason Bun. 42 F a m i I y a n cl c o 11 s u 111 c' r s c i e 11 c e s Slmren Crocke tt , M.S.. Pro1essnr !:':lien Daniel. Ecl.D.. Asso l'rotcssor Terri Rine. M.Ed.. 111sm"'"' Bet ll VVilson. Ed.D., ' '"""'sor. 1x·p1 c11;11r
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