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Fashionpreneur 101 - Mabel the Fashion Muse

Learn how to design a collection from mood board to sketch with an insider's view of the fashion industry. Planting the seed of entrepreneurship for the budding fashion designer. Mabel the Fashion Muse is an online design portal for kids interested in a career in fashion. Classes are offered after school for east and west coasts.
Stacy Johnson
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What's included

3 live meetings
3 in-class hours

Class Experience

Parson's School of Design alumni and fashion design entrepreneur (www.shopstacia.com) offers an interactive virtual fashion course for the budding fashion designer. Students will learn how to sketch their own designs and create a mini collection by the end of the course. They will also have exclusive access to the designer's Mabel the Fashion Muse fashion design portal for kids (www.mabelthefashionmuse.com) for videos, tutorials, templates, virtual tours, and other fashion resources & tools during the course. This Intro to Fashion Design course will include:

* Learn how to develop a mood board for design inspiration
* Learn how to choose colors, fabrics, and silhouettes to create a theme collection
* Intro to fashion illustration & the "9 head" sketching template to create fashion croquis
* Get an insider's view of the fashion industry from a veteran fashion designer & entrepreneur
* Design challenges: design your own logo, design the makeup & accessories for your collection

Our weekly virtual meet-ups will include Word of the Day (fashion terminology), Mabel's Musings (fashion trivia), a Call to Action (for students to create mood boards, sketches, etc. in between class meet-ups), and Critiques for students to share their work. 

First Class:
* Intro to mood boarding & collection themes (colors, fabrics, silhouettes)
* Sources of design inspiration
* Intro to Fashion Illustration (the 9 head template)
* Assignment: design 2 mood boards & 10 croquis
* Video assignment (watch & discuss)

Second Class:
* Share mood boards & sketches
* Fabric rendering
* Market research
* Design your own logo
* Assignment: final fashion illustrations for collection
* Video assignment (watch & discuss)

Third Class:
* Design the makeup for your virtual runway show
* Design accessories for your collection
* Discuss entrepreneurship & path to being a designer
* Final presentation of your work

Learning Goals

Fashion students will learn the fundamentals of fashion design through an interactive online setting with the guidance of an experienced, working fashion designer. By sharing wisdom, tidbits, and an insider's view of the real world of fashion, I hope to mentor kids who love fashion and encourage them to consider fashion design as a career. My goal is to inspire, engage, and educate kids on fashion in a fun, collaborative setting.
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Other Details

Parental Guidance
I will be assigning specific relevant fashion videos for students to watch so we can discuss at next class. Most video content links will be to youtube.com from reputable sources, but being that it's youtube, I request parents to monitor other content that youtube suggests when they are on the site.
Supply List
Teacher Provided Materials:
* Sample Mood Boards
* Fashion Illustration Templates
* Color, Textile, & Silhouette Library Resources
* Makeup for the Runway Template
* Video Links (behind the seams, who's who in fashion, virtual tours)

Student Required Materials:
* 11 x 14 Sketchbook (preferably perforated so pages can be removed)
* Pencils
* Fine Tip Black Sharpie Pen
* Colored Pencils or Markers (including flesh tones)
* Scissors
* Glue Stick
* Fashion + Lifestyle Magazines (min. 3)

Optional Materials:
* Canva app for creating digital mood boards and/or logo design 
* Pinterest app for creating digital mood boards and downloading/printing images for a mood board
* Youtube.com for accessing fashion videos
 7 files available upon enrollment
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Sources
I will be providing free access to www.mabelthefashionmuse.com for additional resources that include fashion illustration templates, color & textile libraries, virtual tours, a fashion glossary, silhouette library, and other tools. Students may also use Pinterest for mood boarding and Canva for logo design.
Joined July, 2020
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Teacher expertise and credentials
I have a Bachelor's of Fine Arts degree in fashion design from Parson's School of Design in NYC and over 20 years experience as a fashion designer and owner of the clothing label, Stacia. My past teaching experience has been mentoring and helping run Team Fashion Camp, a summer fashion camp in Los Angeles from 2016 - 2018 for ages 7 thru 17. I'm the published author and illustrator of the new kids' fashion picture book, Mabel the Fashion Muse, available on Amazon & Barnes & Noble. My free interactive fashion design portal for kids is live at mabelthefashionmuse.com.

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$45

for 3 classes

1x per week, 3 weeks
60 min
Completed by 8 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 7-12
4-12 learners per class

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