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Goodbye for Now!

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The time has come to say goodbye! I have had an amazing experience this semester, not only in my

Professor Uvennio and I on the last day

class, but also blogging and sharing my experience. My last day of class was terrific, although bittersweet, I had lots of fun, and I really enjoyed seeing everyone’s work, it was fantastic! But of course I was sad that it was the end!

I have learned so much about tons of different designers, and my drawing skills have really developed, as well. I have gained an overall broader understanding of fashion design. Also, I have created a design journal and a designer board, I am very proud of all of my work. I will really miss the class, especially my professor and all of the people that I got to meet this semester. I will really miss the whole experience in general.

I will definitely be back at FIT in the fall for another precollege course. I’m still deciding which to take though, so many of them sound amazing! I am considering taking The Ins and Outs of Fashion Merchandizing, Introduction to the Fashion Design Industry, or maybe Jewelry Design. I’m going to have a tough time making my decision!

The best advice I can give is to always go after what you want. I have learned that you can achieve any of your dreams if you work hard enough. That’s what got me here, a sophomore in high school attending FIT and blogging for the program! I would never be here if I hadn’t chased after my dreams. I know that one day I will be able to achieve all of my goals in the fashion industry by working hard. And always remember to be yourself, copying others won’t get you anywhere, I love originality. FIT’s Precollege Program is beyond incredible, I strongly recommend it to anyone interested in the world of fashion and art, I promise you will not be disappointed. I always look forward to coming to FIT for classes, over the past year that I have been a student, I have grown so much in each class, especially in this one. I can’t thank my professor as well as the other staff at FIT enough for making it such a great place to be.

Don’t think of this as goodbye, I hope to see you all soon enough at FIT!! :)

Yours in Fashion,

Justine

Looking Ahead

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Hello everyone! How was your weekend? I was lucky enough to see the Alexander McQueen exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was incredible! If you are yet to see it, I highly recommend it;  it is definitely worth the long wait (we waited for two hours).

Looking ahead to my future in the fashion world, I have many goals that I would like the achieve. First of all, I plan on attending FIT for college. There aren’t really any other colleges that I am interested in. I feel that FIT is the best place for me. I hope to achieve this through goal by continuing to work as hard as I can in high school, and by continuing to be a part of FIT’s Precollege Programs. At FIT, I hope to major in perhaps Fashion Merchandizing Management or maybe Fabric Styling. I would like to also minor in French because learning French has been something that I have really enjoyed for many years. Overall, FIT is the perfect school for me. It has an amazing location and offers exactly what I’m looking for.

As far as a career goes, I am most definitely pursuing something in fashion. Right now, I am seriously considering fashion styling, or even working as a fashion magazine editor. Styling comes naturally to me and I’ve always dreamed of working at a fashion magazine. If you put your mind to it, you can achieve all of your goals.

Week three of Summer Live is off to a great start! I can’t believe how fast two weeks went by already. I have learned so much and have had an overall amazing experience. I have grown a lot through these two weeks at FIT. I am very excited for this week to see how my final projects turn out, and to see the other students in my class’s work. Today was great. In class, I was very productive and got quite a bit of work done. I’m going to make the most of my last few days.

Do you have any fashion goals for the future? Are you excited about your final projects? Feel free to share!!

Until next time,

Justine

Undecided College Goals… I Still Have Time

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I havent prepared a portfolio yet since I’m only a sophomore. I know it takes plenty of hard work though. I hear about all the seniors stressing out trying to prepare them in time and I understand that they are very time consuming. You need to put your absolute best into every piece of work in your portfolio. It needs to be perfect, especially if it’s your dream to get in to FIT. FIT is a really good school and talent isn’t enough; you need to show that this is what you want most and you have to be prepared to go through sleepless nights if that’s what it takes.

I, personally, am not sure of what I want to do. I really love designing and drawing. It is so much fun and I really have a passion for it but I would also like to do something to help people, like being a nurse. Because I am a sophomore, I  still have some time to figure it all out . There are millions of different career paths I could take and I’d like to explore them all.

So far the only colleges I’ve put any thought into were FIT and Miami State. I really want to study far from home but fashion has now became something I really would like to pursue so NYC is in the running.

I don’t know were I’ll be 10 years from now or even 5 years from now and I love that. I like that I still have the power to make  my life whatever I want it to be. And when the day comes that I have to choose, I’m sure I’ll make the right decisions. So for now I’ll just work on keeping my grades up and doing lots of extra curricular activities so I can get into wherever I end up trying to get into. (:

Amanda

Striving for Perfection in My Portfolio

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Ahhh, May is here. It’s time to get studying for SAT’s, AP exams, and Regents and Finals. This week, I’m completely keeping a focus on my future and my future goals. After all, I’ll need some kind of reminder as to why I’m staying up so late to study.

As my friends came back from college visiting, they returned with many worries and little reassurance. They look at me with envy because I know exactly where I want to go and what exactly I want to do. In any case, the questions I would ask while on college visits would be “How strong is its Fashion Design program? What is their credibility for it? Is it a SUNY? Is it in the center of one of the biggest and most thriving-in-fashion cities in the world?”

The only college that has been able to answer all these questions with “Yes” or “Outstanding” so far, has been FIT. So now, I’ve found my dream college. What, may you ask, am I doing to ensure that I get in to it?

Well, as far as my portfolio, that’s exactly what the drawing classes at FIT are for! Not only have I gotten to experience FIT firsthand and find out that it truly is the school for me, but I’ve built up my skills tremendously. In one day, my figure’s ‘faces’ have gone from alien-looking to decent and still improving. I’ve learned how to make clothes not only realistic, but three dimensional. My drawings used to show clothes with no point of entry, but now they have zippers, pockets, and buttons and even convey texture. Just last week I turned in my first assignment; a presentation of spring related separates, including an inspiration board and swatches. It gave me an idea of just what kind of hard work fashion design is, and all the different aspects that go into it.

We also saw the FIT college students’ exhibit. It was absolutely incredible, and only made me want to be apart of this institution even more! The fabulous garments gave so much inspiration and showed how dedicated these students are to their work.

This summer, I’ll be working on my portfolio and my resume, which is practically bursting. My portfolio will definitely be the hard part since there are so many different ideas buzzing in my head. A good portfolio should show that you know the basics, and that you have the raw talent that you need them to mold into skill. It should show a well-rounded collection with versatility and originality. Creativity is key to being in the fashion design industry.

It also needs to show your hard work and strive for perfection. If you’re lazy about your portfolio, it will show bad work-ethic. They won’t want someone who can come up with a good piece every so often over the person who consistently comes up with well-constructed garments.

Everyone tells me I need to look for back up schools, just incase I don’t get into FIT or realize it isn’t for me. My immediate reaction is “a fashion designer won’t have time to waste worrying about a back up plan.” That’s the typical me, my drive is strong and I never stop in the process of getting where I want to. But, subconsciously, I have back up plans, just not very well thought out ones. I will probably apply to Parson’s, RISD, and a few SUNY schools (no out of state schools for me.) But how long am I supposed to be out of my beloved city for?! Do they really expect me to pay twice the money in tuition, at least? It’s all a crazy idea, I tell you.

Since I’ve known for so long what i’ve wanted to do, these past couple of years i’ve spent building stronger skills and a fantastic list of extra-curriculars. For those of you who don’t know what you want to do, I recommend getting involved. Community service will never hurt a college application, and you might find exactly what you want to do by joining a mix of different clubs. Explore every opportunity you are given; that’s how I found my happiness.

 

Karlie

 

My Future is Presently at a Crossroads

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“How do you prepare your portfolio? What do you think goes into a good portfolio?  How do you decide what to include?  What are your goals for the future and how do you plan to achieve them?  What colleges are you thinking about?  Where do you see yourself in 5, 10, 20 years?  What advice do you have for students preparing for college?”

After considering how I can possibly answer the questions for this week’s blog topic in a small post of a couple hundred words, I discovered that I could not.  As a sophomore in high school, I can barely pick my classes for my junior year, let alone the school that will ultimately shape my future.  Just a year ago I was sure FIT was the right school for me, but a year is a long time and many things have changed for me since then.  For an example; my career aspiration, once a hopeful stylist, now an aspiring fashion magazine editor.  With such a drastic change, I had to consider what type of school would better suit my long time goals.  As of now I’m still dealing with the difficult choice between whether to follow my sister’s footsteps and go to a great Liberal Arts college in Atlanta (Spelman College) or live out my long time dream of attending The Fashion Institute of Technology.

Both schools are highly recognized worldwide, and offer great programs that would prepare me for the type of work I would love to do.  However, Spelman has a great academic reputation and their Journalism and English programs would further my writing ability enabling me to grow as a writer.  Though FIT does offer academic classes, a respected honors program, holds an amazing reputation, plenty of student-industry connections, and the perfect location to further my fashion knowledge (NYC)- I feel that a more academically based college would give me more leverage when it comes to being taken seriously as a journalist and aspiring editor.  As you can tell, I have put much thought into this, college and my future is one thing that I constantly talk about with my family and my friends.  I have already begun preparing for the admissions process: I have talked to my FIT professor and my high school counselors to assure myself that my academic career is not over because of my of my poor academic  standings during my freshman year.

Though I have yet to put together a portfolio, I have many writing pieces completed during my high school career, and in addition to that, a blog (www.bobbieaustinscloset.blogspot.com) full off my witty thoughts, interviews, and insights on some of the hottest topics in the fashion industry today.  My blog is a great learning experience when it comes to discovering what is appealing to fellow fashion bloggers and readers, and what type of content has really been attracting the most responses.  But in reality, I do need to begin a more structured and organize portfolio on paper if I am really serious about becoming a great writer, but it shouldn’t be too hard, especially since this upcoming school year I will be taking A.P. English, and hopefully taking the Journalism class that will allow me to be published in my school newspaper, which the writing pieces I complete will become very great additions to my portfolio.

Where do I see myself in..

5 years- I will be a Junior in college, as of now..UNDECIDED, but no worries-as a Junior I don’t plan on spending anytime on whatever lovely campus I do choose to attend, because that year will be my year abroad!  And when I say year, I mean it!  I will spend one of my semesters in Paris, while spending the next one in Milan, and when you think it’s time to go home, I’ll be jet-setting (more like broke-fashionista college-student-coach-sitting) to spend a summer in England, where I hope to take some classes, and score an internship at one of England’s best magazine or newspaper publications.

10 Years- 25 going on 26, a birthday I would think to be a weird revelation in any woman’s mind, knowing that she is now closer to 30 than she is to 20.  Lets put it like this, if a mathematician-maybe, I don’t know-wanted to round up a 26 year old woman’s age to make 10 evenly divisible by her rounded age, he would have to round up to 30, aging her instantly.  But no worries, by this time I will have been out of college for a couple of years, and I hope not still buying Starbucks coffees for my employers and working the slave hours most young interns find themselves implicated in doing.  I don’t mind a little blood, sweat, and tears, but by this time, I hope to have a reputation as a great fashion blogger and writer.  Catching interest from bigger magazine publications, maybe even recognition from my favorite magazine, Vogue, a small little picture in their Flash section could be a possibility.

20 Years- I’m in my mid 30′s (however not many people will no that, I’ll always and forever be 20..something) and by now I have landed an editorial position at Vogue Magazine.  I know I may sound a little too optimistic for you, but though some people may think I live in a dream like world in my head (which I do when it comes to shopping) I am my biggest fan, and if I don’t believe in myself noone else will.  So my senior editor possession will suit me nicely for the next couple of years but by my big 4-0, I will see editor-in-chief possession in my near future!

Amira