We are (DE-FI)ng Fashion Week! With a different Fashion Show popping up every week that garners applause as models sashay up and down the runway, it’s easy to get caught up in the hype of lights, camera’s and action BUT the fashion show is just the tip of the iceberg and only makes up 5% of the Fashion Industry. The Dayton Emerging Fashion Incubator (DE-FI) LLC is bringing you the other 95% and then some. This week long celebration included:
Designers Workshop for Beginners
Business of Fashion Seminar
Fabric Fest
Acting and Improvisation Workshop
Knits Only Sewing Workshop
Pop Up Shop and Clothing Swap
Model Bootcamp
The Taste of (DE-FI)ance Magazine Release Party
Our fellow villager Lynn Barnes PhD, owner of M.Lynn Barnes Fashion Design Studio taught three Designers Workshops for Beginners during our #FashionWeek. Here Lynn shares details of her annual New York City pilgrimage with area designers with aspiring #Designers!
As a part of FIDM's Finding Your Design Inspiration presentation during the Business of Fashion Seminar; Lynne Bartley gave aspiring #Designers 10 minutes to sketch out a design, some designers found their inspiration from items found in their pockets! #WhatInspiresYou #RemovingBarriers #TheFashionPipeline #FashionAdvancement #WhatDoYouDEFI #FirstFlightNowFashion
As a part of FIDM's Finding Your Design Inspiration presentation during the Business of Fashion Seminar; Lynne Bartley gave aspiring #Designers 10 minutes to sketch out a design, some designers found their inspiration from items found in their pockets! #WhatInspiresYou #RemovingBarriers #TheFashionPipeline #FashionAdvancement #WhatDoYouDEFI #FirstFlightNowFashion
Designer Corey Winborn creator of spoke to #AspiringDesigners at our Business of Fashion Seminar during (DE-FI) Fashion Week. Check out his conversation on Establishing Your Clientele. Do you know your value? #RemovingBarriers #TheFashionPipeline #FashionAdvancement #WhatDoYouDEFI #FirstFlightNowFashion
Jay Arbetman from the Chicago based The Sourcing District shared a wealth of knowledge with our aspiring #designers during (DE-FI) Fashion Weeks Business of Fashion Seminar. From how to build your brand, to sourcing and manufacturing your product Jay shared it all! He also share why boutiques and fashion shows are bad business for new and emerging designers. Check out what Jay had to say here: #RemovingBarriers #FashionAdvancement #TheFashionPipeline #WhatDoYouDEFI #FirstFlightNowFashion