Fashion Classes in Chicago, IL

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,...

Collaboration is key. Explore partnerships through a new lens. Partnerships are vital to building a successful business rapidly. This three-session workshop will help you clarify your strengths in order to identify valuable partners in different industries and cultures. By the end of this course, participants may naturally create new mutually beneficial...

We began as a fierce NYC boutique dressing countless A-listers that sold innovative emerging designers, and our own women's & men's collection. Join us for FIRST HAND expertise on how to set up your business! Learn how to go from an idea in your head to getting your designs out into the world onto customers' backs. We also conduct the How To...

HOW TO MANUFACTURE/MASS PRODUCE YOUR CLOTHING + ACCESSORIES LINES We are Manufacturing Specialists with years of experience managing USA & Overseas production for every product category at every price point. Join us for FIRST HAND knowledge on how to mass produce your designs and deal with factories, suppliers, etc!  Our How To Start Your...

We began as a fierce NYC boutique dressing countless A-listers. We sold our own line & innovative emerging designers' lines. Join us as we provide FIRST HAND expertise taking you from concept to owning your own shop, online or physical!  We conduct the How To Start Your Fashion Company (Design Your Line) Workshop for how to design your...

We've produced tons of Fashion Shows & Special Events for designers, retailers, and corporations; taught Fashion Show Production at Parsons School of Design and produced their senior runway show. We also provided consulting to The Fashion Show Ultimate Collection on Bravo.  We extend FIRST HAND expertise for how to produce the most well...

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...

We began as a fierce NYC boutique dressing countless A-listers. Our founder has styled editorials, Millicent Shelton music videos, & Spike Lee directed TV commercials in order to provide FIRST HAND expertise on how to break into Styling for editorials, TV/Film, red carpets, or personal clients.  Try our How To Start Your Fashion Company...

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....

We began as a fierce downtown NYC boutique that dressed countless A-listers. We have our own Marketing arm; which enables us to impart FIRST HAND expertise on how to make yours or your client's business coveted by influencers and consumers!  This ALWAYS current workshop is relevant to ANY industry, not just fashion & teaches: The benefits...

In the fashion world, new clothing designs are presented in the form of hand-drawn sketches before being chosen to go into production. Designers start with a croquis, a quick sketch of the traditional fashion figure that serves as the basis for the design of clothing and accessories, then add color and details to the garments.  This is a basic...

This class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions. Perfume can be traced back thousands of years to an Ancient Egyptian tradition, beloved by Cleopatra. Discover the history of perfume and the therapeutic benefits of essential oils in this hands-on workshop. Learn scent-blending techniques and how to identify...

Finding your passion at a young age can lead to an inspiring and rewarding career in the future, and here at The New York Sewing Center we love to help people to reach for their dreams. We created our Fashion School Prep class for students who are applying to fashion schools so they have the best chance of being accepted. As fashion school graduates...