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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Summerfield, NC-- Freshly downsized from Hanes Brands, Inc., Karen Best “makes it work” in a tough employment market… stylishly! As fallout from the Apparel and Textile industry, twice…Ms. Best is combining her educational background and design experience into a series of Project Runway “like” clinics to prepare aspiring designers for college and their career. The camp is intended for rising high schools students and career minded individuals who want to enter the fashion industry. Fashion Illustration, Draping, Computer Aided Design, and Portfolio development are a few of the topics to be covered in the five day intensive. Life skills such as yoga, sustainability, empowerment, focus, and goal setting will be woven throughout the five days. The week will culminate with a fashion show produced by the designers. They will model an outfit refashioned from a vintage garment they’ll shop for. Each will have their hair and make-up done professionally as part of the production.
The participants will receive a
bevy of supplies to include a sewing kit with fabric shears, a 9 x
12 professional The first Fashion Boot Camp will take place June 22-26, 2009, 9:30am–5pm Monday through Friday. The Fashion Show/Winners’ Reception will be 5pm till 7pm on Friday of the session. The designers will be able to invite their families and friends to attend. The camp will be duplicated in July in Forsyth and Rockingham counties. Fashion Boot Camp will take place at Studio B at the Broach, a chic urban space, downtown Greensboro. Local caterers, speakers, stylists, consultants and businesses will be utilized during the camp’s execution. Ms. Best is working on scholarship opportunities from local and national Fashion Colleges for those who complete the camp. She will provide the latest catalogs, fashion course study and resources from these institutions to assist the students.
Karen Best has a Bachelors Degree
in Apparel and Textile Design with a focus on CAD and minor in
Art. She has owned and operated Matrix Computer Concepts, Inc for
11 years providing web design, hosting, and Internet Solutions for
her clients. Sponsorships for those students with economic challenges are currently being sought. For more information go here: www.fashionbootcamp.info Camp Tuition: $395 Contact 336-605-5800 or kb@matrixpc.com ### |
Designers will produce the Fashion Show!
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Portfolio, photos of their camp work, sketch pad &
graphite pencils, t-shirt, spending allowance, as well as lunch on
the terrace each day.
She is the founder of
a Healing Arts program formerly known as the “Hat Attack,”
The custom designed program uses the power of dress to create a
healing space for cancer patients. Ms. Best is the creative mind
behind GSO’s Summer Solstice Celebration and founder of the Goddess Market
held each year at the Arboretum. Following suit, this dress up
event uses the power of clothing/costumes/apparel, to instill a state of well
being. Karen is a first time author with 2 books coming out this
year, “Hat Magic” and “Admission” both about her
work in healing arts programs using apparel design.
Her latest design project was with Hanes Brands, Inc. working on
the technical design team that handles Champion and C9 inner and
outer wear for Men, Women, Boys, and Girls. 
