Fashion & Design

Winner of 2007 Telly Award
Learn what it takes to be a successful fashion designer and get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of a fitting session. See how Ms. Rachele designs 100+ dresses per season with purses and jewelry to match.

In this career day DVD, a career in fashion involves much more that clothing design. Clothing line designers, textile designers, technical designers and more all make the industry a success. Students will gain greater appreciation for the career of fashion design with this fast-paced, educational video.

Kit includes: New Fabrics, Then Fibers Video and New Fabrics, Then Fibers Lesson Plans.

Use the 5 Minute Fashion Design Activities as quick, easy, and effective activities to fill extra minutes of class time. The activities are a great way to introduce lessons, reinforce earlier learning, or used as conclusions to fashion design or clothing construction lessons.

This set includes the following DVDs:

Confessions of an In-Home Childcare Provider
Confessions of Chefs and a Restaurateur
Confessions of a Food Stylist
Confessions of a Fashion Designer
Confessions of an Interior Designer
Confessions of an Event Planner

Join principal designer Brandi Hagen of Eminent Design as she shares the components of green interior design. Explore green furnishing that not only create beautiful spaces but also take an extra consideration for environmental impact. Discover “green” options as Brandi shows examples environmentally friendly design options

This video explains the difference between interior decorating and interior design, with an emphasis on the latter. In this career day DVD interviews with professionals from a variety of avenues in the interior design field will provide students with a deeper level of understanding of interior design and the opportunities available in that field.

A group of teens goes on a clothing scavenger hunt and discovers there are many reasons people choose certain types of clothing. Viewers will begin to understand how comfort, lifestyle, taste, age, time, school, work, climate, occupation, age, culture, and cost - as well as personal style - all influence our decisions about what we wear.

Math in Design combines sewing, interior design and housing with basic math concepts in fun, practical, real-life scenarios. Worksheets incorporate hands-on applications of math in everyday life that are right at home in the FACS or math classroom.

Color has the ability to create emotion and influence our moods. Color is a powerful tool in interior design and fashion. Interior designer Brandi Hagen

Today, fashion retailing has expanded far past the brick and mortar environments of the past.

What’s your design style? Do you prefer the excessive embellishment of the Victorian era or austere minimalism of contemporary design? Join award-winning principal designer Brandi Hagen of Eminent Interior Design on a tour of furniture showrooms to discover the distinguishing characteristics of furniture and decorating styles. Brandi gives viewers insight into the furnishings and finishes of eleven different styles

A definition of fiber, properties of fibers, fiber categories (natural and manufactured), and new fibers that have recently been invented are topics covered in this educational video. Your students will learn the process of how fibers are woven into textiles and the uses of different fibers with this practical video.

Brandi Hagen shows students exactly what it takes to be an interior designer. Hear Brandi discuss the education needed to succeed in the field, and the pros and cons of a professional interior design career.

Do you have what it takes to be a fashion designer? Join eight up-and-coming fashion designers as they discuss the characteristics, traits, and skills needed to make it in the fashion industry. Candid interviews with young designers tackle questions about careers in fashion design

While the 80s were the era of indulgence, the 90s are the era of value shopping. A real growth market in retailing is the off-price segment with chains like T J Maxx, Burlington Coat Factory, and Steinmart.

One way to go green is to sew green. Using unconventional fabrics like sleeves from wool sweaters and “fabric” made from fused plastic bags, learn the basics of sewing through simple and easy to make projects that incorporate recycling. Four unique sewing project are demonstrated

Once the buyer has made actual purchase plans, the next stop is the market visit. At the retailer's home office, the general merchandise and divisional merchandise managers make certain that the buyer's plans have been properly prepared.

As a teen prepares to leave for college, she thinks about the clothing she wants to bring and what sort of a statement it will make. She joins fashion expert Mary Botkin in examining fashion trends throughout history. Many wonderful examples of fashion styles are shown and factors that determine fashion trends are discussed.

One of the most important factors in the success of any retailer's operation is the purchase of merchandise. To maximize profits, buyers and merchandisers must carefully plan their purchases.

Looking for expert advice to dress your best with flattering clothing styles for all body types? Join wardrobe stylist and personal shopper Carly Gatzlaff as she takes viewers through the basics of dressing for your body type by creating a flattering, put-together look that is uniquely you. Wardrobe Planning: Dressing for Your Body Type is a compilation of video segments that cover a variety of hints and tips for both women and men to dress and look your best

An interview and behind the scenes footage with Brandi Hagen, the award winning Principal Designer of Eminent Interior Design, gives the audience insight into the process, pitfalls, and professional touches involved in designing an amazing master bathroom. From studio to showroom to a final tour, Brandi focuses on client service and gives students a glimpse at interior design career opportunities.

Get students thinking with 5 Minute Interior Design Activities that are quick, easy, and effective activities to fill extra minutes of class time. Each activity allows students to get thinking about the elements and principles of design, design challenges, and more.

Merchandise buyers once faced a simpler marketplace. The domestic market provided most needs, with occasional foreign sourcing.

When retailers come to New York in search of the latest fashion innovations, they head for Seventh Avenue. They are shown the newest vendor offerings and choose those that seem headed for success.

Some retailing trends of the new millennium include entertainment-oriented shopping centers, themed environments, supermarket expansion into atypical product mixes, designer and manufacturer retail flagships, and the continuous explosion of "off-site retailing" with E-tailing as its centerpiece.

In a time where the "one size fits all" concept no longer serves the needs of all consumers, retailers are making special efforts to tailor their inventories to appeal to African Americans, Hispanics, and Asian Americans along with their Caucasian counterparts.

In this career day DVD meet real people with fascinating jobs! Presents nine career opportunities for both males and females in the field of Family & Consumer Sciences

Interior designer Robin Strangis introduces the basics of interior design by giving a guided tour of decorating styles in the display rooms of a furniture store. She encourages people to think about three important things when decorating a room: personal style, how the room will be used, and who will be using the room. This beginner decorating video will help students to learn that anyone can make good decorating choices.

Anytime you create something, a sketch or a skyscraper, you are designing. Explore the ELEMENTS of design - color, line, shape, form, pattern and texture - in the usual design disciplines: interior, clothing, landscape, and architecture, as well as more unusual venues, like the family dog, kids and professional models.

The human body is almost constantly in contact with some form of textile, whether it be the clothing that we wear or the interiors that we live and work in. Join interior designer Brandi Hagen as she showcases samples and explains different types of natural fibers including plant, animal, mineral and synthetic fibers

John Ewoldt is a specialist on bargains! As a columnist for a major newspaper, his column is Dollars & Cents. John shares his advice on furnishing your space, whether a dorm room or an apartment. Interior design on a budget!

A lively, entertaining, quickly-paced video narrated by an award-winning actress! Take your students on a whirlwind tour of the natural world, the fashion world, ancient times, modern past-times, interiors, exteriors, and everything in between for a thorough grounding in the PRINCIPLES of design; balance, rhythm, scale, and harmony.

A video to help students understand the most powerful tool in decorating – COLOR! The right colors can calm, stimulate, create emotion and energy, make objects appear larger or smaller — and it is believed by some that colors can aid in healing.

Survey the world of fashion design! Students explore their talents within the fashion industry for higher education options and career choices. The Fashion and Design Curriculum follows industry specifications through research and hands-on activities