Field Trip to First Fridays in PHILLY!!

The Garment District enjoyed a great Friday night at 1st Fridays in Philadelphia on March 4th, 2011. It was a great time visiting all of the open galleries to all the art lovers in the area. We took the trip from The University of Delaware and enjoyed the sites and sounds of Philadelphia Night life! We hope we will be able to do it again this semester!

Wednesday March 23rd, 2011 Design Meeting!

We will be having a SPECIAL meeting within our "Designers Story" series this WEDNESDAY March 23rd at 6:30 p.m. in room 311 in Alison Hall.

We will have a special guest Julia Paintsil Designer and Owner of Simply Julia Totes!

Check out her site http://exquisitetotes.com/gallery.html and the pictures below!

Simply Julia Totes started in the most interesting way. Interior designer Julia Paintsil was sitting in her showroom and saw two pieces of tapestry lying on the floor. “Why not make this into a tote?” she thought. Her creative spirit led her to create a tote that would be perfect to carry everything she needed and would be different from all the other bags she had seen around her.

Julia started using her bag and before she knew it, each of her friends wanted one.

The beauty of the bags was that no two bags looked the same, so her friends could have a bag that no one else had.

Her nineteen year old daughter Ashley Paintsil saw that the bags were an amazing accessory for a woman’s wardrobe and signed on as co-designer and the face of the brand.

Since then the totes have also expanded to hand bags. When you buy a Simply Julia tote or handbag, you’ll be sure no one else will have it.

Julia Paintsil now lives in Newark, Delaware with her husband and three children. Her daughter and co-designer Ashley Paintsil attends the University of Delaware where she is currently studying psychology, entrepreneurship, and fashion.

She will be demonstrating one of her signature designs supplies will be provided from our club.

We will also be discussing our next fundraiser, trip to Washington DC and OUR MAIN EVENT IN MAY!!

If you are a new member and have not paid the dues please bring $5 to become a new member!!

We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday!!

SPRING ACTIVITIES NIGHT

Come visit our club on February 10th at 7:00 p.m.

We will be passing out candy and and other goodies!!

Hope to see you there!

Also out First Meeting is February 16th at 6:30 p.m. in Alison 311

We will be introducing the club and getting idea of what this amazing Spring semester will be like with the Garment District.

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