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Notes from the studio on pattern making, product development, sourcing and the business of making things.

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Feb 4, 2021

VIDEO: My Professional Journey - After School Matters "Fashion Design and You!" 2019

In the summer of 2019, I was a guest speaker for students at the Walter H. Dyett High School for the Arts in partnership with After School Matters, Fashion Design and YOU!. This portion of the talk focuses on my professional journey to becoming "The Chicago Pattern Maker".

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Jul 10, 2010

PRESS: Art Institutes Alumni Feature

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Jun 1, 2010

PRESS: Today's Chicago Woman

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May 16, 2005

PRESS: Chicago Sun Times - Co-Ed Couture

I participated in the student fashion show at The Illinois Institute of Art - Chicago, and imagine my surprise to find that the show, and my Feathered Femmes collection, were featured in a large full color photo in the article "Co-Ed Couture" in the Chicago Sun Times!

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