Kate Sykes
College of Textiles
North Carolina State University

Four of North Carolina State University College of Textiles’ students, Kate Sykes, Katie McCree, Laurel Sanders, and Madison Owen, attended Teen Vogue’s Fashion U program this past October in New York City. The weekend-long event featured a kick off concert with Ok Go, seminars given by a variety of industry professionals, and a fashion show at Bloomingdales. This was the first time a program of its kind was offered. Over 2,000 people applied and only 450 were accepted. All proceeds benefited the CFDA/Vogue scholarship fund. Each student had to submit an application consisting of essay questions, a sketch and picture.

The kick-off concert Friday was short-lived, because each student needed to be up bright and early Saturday to check in and begin the long exciting day of classes. At check-in, each student received a Dooney and Burke bag filled with goodies, such as catalogs for the schools that support the CFDA/Vogue Scholarship, makeup, coupons, giftcards, and a subscription to Teen Vogue. The four College of Textiles students attended a Do-it-Yourself (DIY) workshop with the stylist of Jansport; “Behind the Seams” with Derek Lam; “The Business of Building a Brand” with Tom Jarrod of Armani Exchange; “The Magic of Tiffany’s Revealed” with their Client Relations Representative, Lynda Rider; “The Editors 101” a question and answer session with the Teen Vogue Editors; and the grand finale: “Fashioning Your Career” with Tim Gunn of Project Runway fame, and Parsons School of Design. Other seminars included, fashion photographer Roman Barrett, Roxy swimwear, IMG Models, and Maybelline New York.

Sunday, the four students attended the fashion show at Bloomingdales on Third Avenue. Teen Vogue ended the show by taking their own twist on Marie Antoinette, to celebrate their most recent issue featuring Kirsten Dunst. The show was followed by a special wrap party shopping event that concluded the weekend’s events.

“ I thought that the event was great. I learned a lot… (The) Tiffany’s seminar was the best one; it really did seem like magic,” said Katie McCree of the trip, Sophomore in Textile Apparel and Management. All four students thoroughly enjoyed the trip and came back to the College of Textiles having gained a different look at the industry. The variety of seminars offered gave the four of us the chance to hear about things we knew nothing about. We met a lot of people from other schools, all doing different things with their careers. The greatest aspect of Fashion U was that these big names in the fashion industry wanted to share what they do with those that could be the future of their business. Fashion U in New York City was a whirl-wind, fast-paced trip that bettered our sense of careers, school, and of course, style.

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