Yesterday, I did a second installment in Project Fashion Design at a local library. (Last March I did “Project Prom Dress”.) I have a degree in fashion design, worked as a fashion designer, and it is part of what I do here at The Curvy Elle, so it was a good experience to to do what inspires me, but took me out of my element.

With Project Fashion Design, I run a workshop for teens and pre-teens where I give a background of the design process; I assign them a season and theme (yesterday’s was “Fall/Back to School”); they pick inspiration image(s) from magazines, design a look, sketch it, and render (color) it; and present their design to everyone in the workshop. It was great to see the kids (and a couple of adults who participated) really get into it. This is my career and my passion and it is wonderful to maybe give a little guidance to someone else’s future.