Garment District Fundraiser

Tuesday October 26th 4:00 p.m.- 10:00 p.m.

Main Street California Tortilla

come in and eat a yummy burrito

while supporting our club!

All you have to say is FASHION!!!

The Garment District recently went to the Philly Swap, which was held at the Urban Outfitters headquarters this year. Not only did we get a tour of the grounds but we were able to help out with the swap. There were also many interesting tables at the swap such as jewelery making, silk printing and garment reconstruction. We were also lucky to see a presentation by one of our professors Kelly Cobb!

Tracy Weidman from Punkrocknits came to the University of Delaware to teach the students how to knit. This group was composed to mainly non knitters and Tracy Weidman was able to teach us the basics and how to create in knit form. Tracy is a dedicated artist from Pennsylvania who has turned her hobby into a career, where she travels from show to show selling her creative and funky accessory designs. She is now currently selling in three stores and looks forward to expanding her knowledge and items in the near future. Tracy will be coming back in late November to teach us how to knit in the round!

The Garment District thanks Tracy for coming and teaching us a new trick!

The Garment District took a trip to Philly for a day on the town. We traveled to Philly to attend and enjoy the Philadelphia Designers Market which we attend annually. This time around we did not sell our teams but we did enjoy the day by seeing the sights and enjoying the culture and excitement of the city. Our next Philly outing will be durning Spring semester if you missed this one!

September 7th: Making Flower Headbands!!

The Garment District members learned how to create and ornament clothing, headbands and bags with home made fabric flowers. These flowers are a long process for the group to create a flower wall at the end of the semester. We will be creating these flowers throughout the semester and will also be visiting a flower studio in New York to get to see how the professionals work to create fabric flowers on October 22!!

September Newsletter

The Garment District this month will be involved with a lot stay tune to the blog if you are unable to attend meetings. We will be posting all of our activities right here!!

Tomorrow September 7th at 6:00 p.m.

Location: Allison Hall 311 (art room)

We will be discussing what is to come...getting memberships and starting our flower wall. Guest will also have a chance to make flower accessories as well. See you there!

On September 25th We will be helping with this event please mark your calendar and more information about the event will be posted soon.

The Garment District will be having a fundraiser at California Tortilla this month!! Information will be posted soon.

The Garment District is going to the Philadelphia Designers Market on September 18th. We will be selling tshirts and will have artist from UD come and sell artwork of there own. If you are interested in attending and selling with the garment district please contact jine@udel.edu. The deadline to join is September 13th.

Come visit us at the annual UD activities night!! This time its on the green! See you there!!!

Nova Dance Company

The Garment District Fall 2009 Nova Dance Company

The Garment District decided to help a University of Delaware alumni with her newly started dance company. The owner Sarah Kim came to the club to design and create tops for the young ballerinas. We worked with fitting the clothes on the individual dancers and worked with the movement of the body. It was a great opportunity to work in the field of costume design and learn more about that side of design.

The Garment District is helping the Delaware Breast Coalition with the opening of there new store. We are helping promote the submission of T-Shirt designs for their event on September 25th. At this event they will auction off the shirts designed by the students to raise money for Breast Cancer Awareness. University of Delaware students please submit your designs now!!!!

Relay for Life

This year the Garment District took part in Relay for Life at the University of Delaware. We raised money and walked the track to raise money for Cancer Research. It was a great event which was organized by our Pubic Relations Chair Josie Sussman!!!

We were proud attendees and will continue to dedicate our time every year!!

AdDress With Love

"AdDRESSed With Love" is my personal contribution to the earthquake victims in Haiti. I single-handedly designed & sewed a first goal of 200 dresses for young girls that were shipped to orphanages & schools in Haiti.

Hugs & Buttons,
Kimberly

Senior Kimberly Cignarella at the University of Delaware saw a problem in the world and decided to fix it. Haiti after the natural disaster need help from all different places. Kimberly saw that there was a need for the children of Haiti to have clothing. So she took it upon herself to make a simple pattern of a dress that could fit many sizes for young girls in Haiti. After seeing that other wanted to help she reached out to the Delaware community to help. Check out the event she held.

The Garment District Members attended an event hosted my ADdress With Love. We helped sew over 40 dresses to help Kimberly with her goal to make dresses for young girls in Haiti. I was a wonderful event with food, music and students working to help a country in need.

Here are some of the dresses we helped sew aren't they adorable!!!!

Our Professor's Art

Doctor Belinda Orzada

Smocking

Doctor Belinda Orzada started the roll on the monthly showcase of "Our Professor's Art". This showcase of artwork is an oppurtunity for students to learn techniques within design that teachers might not be able to teach during class. One of Dr. Orzada's talents within design is embellishment. She is known for her intrecate details adorning her award winning designs. Dr. Orzada decieded to share one of her favorite embellishments smocking. Our club attendees were taught the breif history of smoking, were shown her designs and then created our own smocking sample. Look forward to more Professors from the University of Delaware and the art they share with us.

Doctor Belinda Orzada showing us smocking.

Dr. Orzada's award winning smocked cape, which was inspired by her country upbringing.

We were taught traditional smocking and english smocking, below is the smocking machine.

Lisette Ffolkes, Ashely Paintsil, Jine Takahashi

Josie Sussman, Jamie Issac, Alicia Mendoza

Art Project

The Garment District is working on an art project this summer. If you are creating this summer please save those scraps we are making art and recycling and depleating the amount of waste we create as designers. We are making a flower wall for the Fashion Department at the University of Delaware. Below is a link to a video to help you get inspired on what our goal is to acommplish this goal. It can be similar to this or a variation. Use your imagination. Our first meeting August 30th will work with making these flowers a masterpiece. Thank you for your help.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gecQrb1fzIk&feature=related

Contest!!

The Photography Company Captured Concepts is hosting a competition!!!

They are looking for the best design to capture on film. The winner will win a free

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=119269648101202&index=1

Contest:

1st Prize: Photography Session with Captured Concepts and Make-up by Kristen Lober and 50% off all portfolio prints

2nd Prize: Photography Session with Captured Concepts and 10% off portfolio prints

3rd Prize: 50% off Photography Session for your designs.