While being here at Ball State and a student under the Fashion Program, there are many different things that gets you started on a successful path to a chosen career. Both apparel design and fashion merchandising majors are offered and under both of programs, there are numerous teachers that care and help their students out as much as possible. Because of the smaller class sizes within our program, there becomes a more personal relationship that grows between the students and professors. because of this interpersonal relationship, students feel as if their teachers are more approachable and easier to talk to, which is always a plus when it comes to dealing with college professors. All of our fashion teachers are very knowledgeable when it comes to the subject they are teaching; also a plus because I am sure that we have all had that one professor who did not know one thing about the subject they were attempting to teach their class.
Besides for the teachers, all of the classes offered gives the students a first hand experiences in many subjects. Whether I am taking promotions, flat pattern, or visual merchandising, there are opportunities in each class to put the knowledge gained into a hands-on experience that gives students a greater idea of what they are actually learning. I don't know about my other classmates, but for myself, I am a visual learner and cannot sit and teach myself things out of a book. By being able to work on things hands-on, I am able to gain better knowledge of the topics being studied.
Besides for amazing teachers and classes, the fashion program also has a variety of field study programs that are offered. Each year a New York, Chicago or London trip is organized and it gives the students to experience fashion in a few of the world's major fashion hot spots. Unfortunately, I have not been able to attend any of these trips so far, so I cannot give a firsthand review of what these trips are like, but i think it would be amazing to attend one of these fabulous opportunities and experience fashion in a fashion capital of the world.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Peer - Review
As a part of this blog assignment, we were asked to look through our classmates' blogs and promote some of our favorites.
I first decided to look over my fellow co-leader, Desiree's, blog. Her blog just appeared soft and heartwarming as soon as the webpage loaded. Her blog, entitled "If You Believe Me" shows that she puts her full heart into everything she does and gives a true explanation of everything she displays on her page. My absolute favorite part of her blog is "The Like List". I had to laugh at her statement saying its not even November and she's already planning for the holidays. I am absolutely in love with each one of her items that she discusses for Christmas gifts. And after reading Desiree's review of LUSH makeup, I think that i will have to go and buy some for myself!
http://wonderingallthetime.blogspot.com/
Another blog that I particularly enjoyed reading is "abrownscript" by Ashley Brown. Ashley is a fun, free-spirited young lady, and her blog is not shy to show her true self and free spirit! My favorite part of her blog is the section over Halloween costumes. Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year, with the dressing up and fun times with friends, that I really enjoyed reading something that we both seemed to have in common. I just loved how she added in her homemade Halloween costume; I would much rather create and make my own costume than buy one that everyone else had. I also loved that she talked about Alice in Wonderland costumes. Ever since I was little I have been a fan of the childhood classic, but with the 2010 remake with Johnny Depp (who also happens to be one of my favorite actors), I have fallen in love with the classic story once again and had even considered being a character from this movie for Halloween!
http://abrownscript.blogspot.com/
I first decided to look over my fellow co-leader, Desiree's, blog. Her blog just appeared soft and heartwarming as soon as the webpage loaded. Her blog, entitled "If You Believe Me" shows that she puts her full heart into everything she does and gives a true explanation of everything she displays on her page. My absolute favorite part of her blog is "The Like List". I had to laugh at her statement saying its not even November and she's already planning for the holidays. I am absolutely in love with each one of her items that she discusses for Christmas gifts. And after reading Desiree's review of LUSH makeup, I think that i will have to go and buy some for myself!
http://wonderingallthetime.blogspot.com/
Another blog that I particularly enjoyed reading is "abrownscript" by Ashley Brown. Ashley is a fun, free-spirited young lady, and her blog is not shy to show her true self and free spirit! My favorite part of her blog is the section over Halloween costumes. Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year, with the dressing up and fun times with friends, that I really enjoyed reading something that we both seemed to have in common. I just loved how she added in her homemade Halloween costume; I would much rather create and make my own costume than buy one that everyone else had. I also loved that she talked about Alice in Wonderland costumes. Ever since I was little I have been a fan of the childhood classic, but with the 2010 remake with Johnny Depp (who also happens to be one of my favorite actors), I have fallen in love with the classic story once again and had even considered being a character from this movie for Halloween!
http://abrownscript.blogspot.com/
It's Show Day!
As stated in a previous blog, our Fashion Promotions class completely set up and organized a fashion show as a way for the students to gain some self-experience as well as leadership skills for the future. We were told about our assignment shortly after the class had begun and the work process for the show started almost immediately. As a leader for the show, I worked with one other leader to guide the class in the correct directions in order for the show to come together peacefully and to make all the small pieces of the big picture fit together. The class was split up into five different groups so that all of the tasks of putting the show together would go smoothly.
After months of preparation, it was finally show day and the class was able to come together as a whole to make the day go as smoothly as possible. The house & tech committee as well as the leaders showed up at 7 a.m. on the day of the show to start the process of set up, with the rest of the class arriving at 8. While putting everybody's helping hands together, the stage and set set-up was accomplished an hour quicker than expected, giving the class a little extra time to prepare and relax before the guests of the show started to arrive.
The final production of the should could not have turned out better if we had asked. Besides for a small minor glitch in the transition from the opening video to the live feed, everything as far as models, music, lighting, and everything else in between went as smooth as can be. The show opened with a video of one of our male classmates walking into an office elevator which led to our stage set elevator to open and have this same model walk out and begin our show. The crowd seemed to really enjoy the way we had tied our opening video in with the models. The entire show had an upbeat pace which also kept our viewers attention throughout the entire show.
I personally could not be more pleased wit the final production from my class. The whole class as a whole came together to get money sponsors, clothing donations for our models to wear, and to advertise and sell tickets to our event. If we had not had the group of students in our class that all work together so well, we would not have had an event that we were so proud of to display.
Part of our front stage set up.
Models getting their hair & makeup done backstage.
One of our models walking the runway during the show.
After months of preparation, it was finally show day and the class was able to come together as a whole to make the day go as smoothly as possible. The house & tech committee as well as the leaders showed up at 7 a.m. on the day of the show to start the process of set up, with the rest of the class arriving at 8. While putting everybody's helping hands together, the stage and set set-up was accomplished an hour quicker than expected, giving the class a little extra time to prepare and relax before the guests of the show started to arrive.
The final production of the should could not have turned out better if we had asked. Besides for a small minor glitch in the transition from the opening video to the live feed, everything as far as models, music, lighting, and everything else in between went as smooth as can be. The show opened with a video of one of our male classmates walking into an office elevator which led to our stage set elevator to open and have this same model walk out and begin our show. The crowd seemed to really enjoy the way we had tied our opening video in with the models. The entire show had an upbeat pace which also kept our viewers attention throughout the entire show.
I personally could not be more pleased wit the final production from my class. The whole class as a whole came together to get money sponsors, clothing donations for our models to wear, and to advertise and sell tickets to our event. If we had not had the group of students in our class that all work together so well, we would not have had an event that we were so proud of to display.
Part of our front stage set up.
Models getting their hair & makeup done backstage.
One of our models walking the runway during the show.
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