Join The Fashion Class this summer, NYC’s only fashion design and sewing camp for teens that teaches both sewing and the business side of fashion. No sewing experience required.
Created by The Fashion Class’ owner Kerri Quigley, our teen fashion camp curriculum highlights various aspects of the fashion industry from magazine publishing to entrepreneurship and how to start your own clothing line.
I designed the teen curriculum to combine some of our most popular fashion activities like styling and marketing with an emphasis on starting your own clothing line. When I was in high school all I wanted to do was run a fashion business but I didn’t know anyone who could help. During my senior year of high school and throughout college I started and ran my own line, Kerri Renae – I learned a whole lot and met people in the industry. The line eventually sold internationally and I even had a deal with Bloomingdales! I think it’s important for our teen campers to meet real fashion designers, real stylists and make their own connections (with a little help from us). They’ll see different sides of fashion; the design side, the marketing and business side and really get hands on experience to help them decide which career path they may want to take later on. – Kerri Q., Founder
The Fashion Class is a sewing and design studio (Now in our 14th year!) that teaches teens sewing, draping, marketing and merchandising all throughout the school year and summer. We have our own retail store and sewing studio on the Upper East Side but run Teen Camp at our pop up studio in the Hyatt Place Times Square. This enables us to be in the heart of NYC’s Fashion District with walking access to Mood Fabric Store, The FIT Museum, and designer showrooms. The Hyatt is located at 350 West 39th Street in NYC. It’s a safe, secure, and bustling hotel. Our pop-up studio requires a key to access and is in a private conference room in the hotel.
Our camp instructors are graduates of fashion and art programs at some of the best fashion schools in the world, like Parsons The New School for Design and FIT. Our instructors also work in the industry as designers, stylists and fashion illustrators.
Our fashion camp is for serious fashionistas who want to make their designs and dreams a reality!
Campers will learn:
- How to Sew
- Draping and/or pattern making
- Marketing yourself as a designer
- Fashion Illustration (perfect for your college application portfolio)
- Styling; each camp week ends with a professional photo shoot
- Plus meet amazing professionals who actually work in the fashion industry!
Dates:
- July 8-12 2024
- July 15-19 2024
- July 22-26 2024
- July 29-Aug 2 2024
Join for one or more weeks! Lessons and trips will change each week.
Join us as we sew, drape, shop at Mood Designer Fabrics and meet real fashion industry pros! We also show you the manufacturing and marketing side of fashion through special lessons, field trips, and guest speakers.
Each day of camp will involve sewing in our fully equipped studio, and fashion illustration, plus guest speakers/field trips throughout the week to give insight into this fabulous industry!
Past trips and speakers include; Marchesa, CFDA Fashion Incubator, Anne Klein, Calvin Klein, Tory Burch, Metropolitan Museum of Art, FIT Museum, Alice + Olivia and so many more. Check out our gallery of past camps to see some of our trips, guests and activities.