HOUSE OF DESIGN AND MAKING
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FASHION | DESIGN | PHOTOGRAPHY | SOCIAL MEDIA
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STEAM Studio is a pop-up design studio and maker space for youth. The program is inspired by innovation, design, and pop culture. This year participants focused on jazz, borrowing inspiration from past and present artists, to design fashion-forward silhouettes, jewelry, apparel, videos and photo books that are a window to a time past. STEAM Studio works with organizations and professional clients to create real-world challenges throughout the course of a summer program in the year 2014. Participants use a variety of design and production tools to create artifacts, and earn digital badges in design, photography, and collaboration. Participants compete with their portfolios in order to win internships.
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CREDITS Mike Hawkins Elsa Rodriguez Vivian Alvarez Maggie Waldron Henry Mann Avri Coleman Carolina Gonzalez
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Creative Coordinator | Project Lead Project Coordinator Project Manager | Photography Mentor Open House Coordinator | Accessory Design Mentor Accessory Design Mentor Apparel Design Mentor Video Mentor
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REIMAGINE JAZZ The 2014 Collection
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NAOMI CLARK | LEGENDS EVOLVE
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sphere that the music has created. I want to show that Jazz had evolved and is still evolving, but it would be nothing without the influences of its’ past legends.
Tote/ T-Shirt : Billie Holiday Re-imagined. I drew the flower for her hair and outlined it to give it a pop of color.
Patch: Esperanza Spalding “Wild Is the Wind”. I drew the flower and used it to replace her big, natural hair. “Wild Is The Wind” is a song from her, and I thought it captured the kind of person she is.
Tee-Shirt: Nina Simone #DoItSlow I think Nina Simone is a rebel, and this photo of her captures that spirit perfectly. “Do It Slow” is a quote from a protest song of hers song of hers which pushes on the idea that oppressed people should wait, or “Do it Slow”.
LEGENDS EVOLVE COLLECTION
My idea for this line is to bring a fresh, modern outtake on jazz without loosing the atmo-
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KEMDAH STROUD | LET THE MUSIC SET YOU FREE
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Sun Ra. The designs are to portray that jazz can be fun and contemporary, and isn’t just an “old” genre of music. This collection also incorporated a lot of Chicago aspects, paying homage to the cultural mecca showing we are a city of vibrant culture; not just violence. The target audience is 13-30 range primarily, but also extends to those who appreciate contemporary music and classic jazz.
LET THE MUSIC SET YOU FREE
This collection was inspired by the jazz artist on the fringe; such as Josephine Baker and
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ALEX AGUILAR | JAZZ IS STILL ALIVE
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My first design is inspired by Blue Note Records. The inspiration for the first design was
75 years of musical innovation
JAZZ IS STILL ALIVE
inspired by the 75th anniversary of Blue Note Records. What I did was incorporate various jazz records released by Blue note into the 75. The target consumer would be ages 24+ or people who know about blue note and these amazing artist.
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SNOW CLARK | ANIMATED SOULS
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For this design line I chose to use one of my newest characters that I have made. Her name
is Temperance, and she is a white blood cell based off of the cartoon, Osmosis “Ozzy” Jones. I did one design with her, after that I actually had fun with drawing her. Afterwards I drew her playing an instrument and singing, going along with the slogan; Dress.
Play. Sing. Jazz, portion.
My target consumer would be for those who are in their 1530’s because majority teenagers like animated pictures, and adults will possible understand the mock jazz album covers from their parents showing them original album covers.
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I was inspired by an artist who made a really amazing web comic for her own Osmosis Jones character. It was suggested to make a mock jazz album cover with one of my characters, and since Temperance was the only one who wasn’t singled out after I drew them (as in there isn’t any extra space around the character).
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Dress. Play. Sing. Jazz. The musician I chose for one of the shirt designs was Nina Simone. I chose her because of the one of her songs that I listened to for the Burberry commercial. The slogan for my groups commercial was; Dress. Play. Sing. Jazz.� It was quite catchy, and stuck in my head when it came close to making the first design.
I was inspired by both the song from Nina Simone and the slogan of the commercial that I made up 5 t-shirt designs for it. (The Nina Simone design counts as a part of the Jazz aspect of the slogan as well as the Jazz design.) My target consumer for these designs are for those that are in their 40-50’s, and even possible to those who are younger that have an appreciation for jazz.
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ISABEL PIETRI | BROKEN & MENDED | *JEWELRY WINNER*
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My creation is inspired by Billie Holiday because her music feels sad, painful, heartbreak-
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ing, and because she put a lot of meaning to it. I was inspired to put her music into jewelry design and print in in 3D. The three terms that guided my design are emotion, heartbreak and (deep) sadness because her songs are very dedicated and carry a lot of meaning.
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LEAH LAQUEENS | SOUND PAINT
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My first piece (turned to a t-shirt and a tote bag) titled Mosaic Music was inspired by
mosaics because Jazz doesn’t have one color; it is derived from many different influences. Jazz brings people of different shades, ethnicities and backgrounds together to create a soulful jazzy sound.
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My second piece titled Blowing In The Wind was inspired by Swing Dance because I painted the illusion of the moon controlling the waves of the wind, blowing the couple swing dance on piano keys . My target consumer was universal by using jazz and an a large arrange of colors to attract both a younger and older crowd.
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ESTEFANY ALVAREZ | THE TRIO
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Billie Holiday inspired the flower whereas Oscar Peterson inspired the piano keys. My
target audience is teens and adults. The music by both artsits and their fashion styles greatly influenced me.
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JIMIECE GILBERT | HARMONY THROUGH CONFLICT
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Basquiat. Basquiat happens to be one of my favorite painters and when I stumbled upon a painting of his that had the words ‘So What’ within it, I was immediately drawn to it. My original design had a lot of moving parts but ‘So What’ felt strong enough to stand alone.
After further research it wasn’t until later that I discovered how influential jazz was to Basquiat while he painted, and that Miles’ song was his reference for that painting. All of this showed me how art and music are so interconnected; how they both challenge the way we think and can consequently change our perspective. ‘So What’ represents Miles Davis and his attitude toward society, which mirrors a lot of the ideals and viewpoints of millennials and youth today. My generation lives in a space of creativity
and free expression. I think Miles would appreciate his work being perceived in that way by an audience that may have never heard his music decades later.
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My first design ‘So What’ is a nod to Miles Davis’ popular song and Jean-Michel
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Artist Statement The name of my entire collection is ‘Harmony Through Conflict’. The name stems from a quote from Wynton Marsalis describing jazz. ‘Harmony Through Conflict’ resonates with me because it expresses the true motive behind jazz. As jazz grew into a genre during the 50’s and 60’s, it became a medium of conscious release and self-expression
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for African-American singers and instrumentalists, during a time of oppression, racism, and inequality. So my brand ‘Harmony Through Conflict’ revamps and speaks to the agenda of peace jazz provided during that time, and how it can operate in that same agenda, especially right now in Chicago.
Abstract Gemini My second final design was also inspired by Miles Davis. I honestly fell in love with his story. I was fascinated by the “Why?” behind his music. I found it so interesting how a man carrying so much hurt, frustration, and distrust towards people could produce such great music with no words. It reminded me of why people connect with music in the first place; it’s a feeling. It’s more than a sound and it’s more than a lyric. There has to be a connection. So in the same way that Miles Davis was angry and misunderstood, my design is abstract to rep-
resent that. I decided to name the design Gemini because I was inspired by Miles’ album “Live Evil” and there is a song on that album called “Gemini” which represents his zodiac sign. Gemini was so fitting to me because on a personal level, my father and younger brother are Gemini’s and I am often intrigued by our conversations and their viewpoints and I found that synonymous with my view of Miles. The conflict in his personality and the strenuous relationship between black people and America are what I wanted to represent in this piece.
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Jewelry Design | Black Radio Ring For this challenge my ideas changed a lot. The three words of inspiration I decided upon were free, mellow, and soul. From there I began to think about contemporary jazz artists, and the first person who cam to mind was Robert Glasper. I’m a huge fan of his and I really like how he infuses genres such as hip-hop and rock with jazz. His album ‘Black Radio’ has cool cover art and I used that as more inspiration for my ring. I decided to do a double-finger ring because I felt that it was more con-
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temporary and mimicked the speakers of a boom box. The design of my ring shows the paneling Glasper used on his album cover but a little more abstract and I used different sized jewels because I felt that would give the ring more flare and would break the square-like form. I added base clefs on the sides of the ring to bring more of the music theme back into my design. Overall, my ring is very abstract but I think that helps to represent the coming of a new age in jazz.
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PHILLIP BROOKS | RED MIC | *GRAND PRIZE WINNER*
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My line was inspired from a mix of the old school microphone and the Blue Note Records album covers.
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MEREDITH MUDDAGOOSE | THE FACES OF JAZZ | *DESIGN WINNER*
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Jazz is what it is today because of the people who pioneered the movement. With this collec-
THE FACES OF JAZZ
tion, I aim to showcase “the faces of jazz� in a new and modern way. Using deadstock images of the jazz artists as inspiration, I chose to draw Billie Holiday and Thelonious Monk. Those drawings were then digitized and made into the designs shown above. Bold, timeless and fun, just like the music itself.
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NEEYAH MUHAMMAD | MEMORY | *DESIGN WINNER*
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This design compilation is comprised of five t-shirts, one patch and one necklace. For the
t-shirts I used a combination of adobe illustrator and adobe photoshop. All of the t-shirts and patches in this collection are hand drawn using a calligraphy marker and photo references. All of the portraits had a heavier use of photo references, and were re-drawn in Illustrator with various calligraphy paint brushes.
tion of free-drawing and tracing to keep a sketchy and painterly vibe while still keeping the proportions of the faces. I then used a watercolor paint brush for the back ground for the final pop of culture.
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Inspiration The artists depicted in my
t-shirts are Dorothy Dandridge, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie “Yard Bird ” Parker, and Frank Sinatra. I picked these artists because, on one particular glorious day, my mother played a jazz mix and pointed out different artists. I remember asking which ones would play and the ones that I used for my t-shirt really resonated with me, especially on that sunny day. I really wanted to capture the blissful feelings that were in the air onto my designs; hence the watercolors in the background of my compositions.
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The energy of the room was very upbeat, relaxing and inspiring so I chose light and warm pastels for the color schemes. I focused on a range of greens and yellows and light oranges. While all of the songs that echoed throughout the room were upbeat and relaxing, they still were cohesive and fluid. To simulate those attributes I kept all of the pencil and brush strokes very organic and avoided harsher lines when necessary. For the finishing touches for my composition I added a scroll pen brush stroke outlining the portraits and people to simulate a staff and “vibrations”.
As I worked on my designs, the jazz music playing in the background made me feel as if the whole room was vibrating, enabling me to derive inspiration from within.
Dorothy Dandridge Composition- This graphic depicts the draft (first graphic on left
hand side) and final (second graphic on right hand side). I redrew her face to add a more organic painterly vibe on her face and hair to balance with the high contrast of her dress on the bottom.
Originally the stock image stopped halfway through the dress but I hand drew the rest and drew a 1920’s pump.
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Dorothy Dandridge Composition- This graphic depicts the draft (first graphic on left hand side) and final (second graphic on right hand side). I redrew her face to add a more organic painterly vibe on her face and hair to balance with the high contrast of her dress on the bottom.
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Dorothy Dandridge Composition This graphic depicts the draft (first graphic on left hand side) and final (second graphic on right hand side). I redrew her face to add a more organic painterly vibe on her face and hair to balance with the high contrast of her dress on the bottom. Originally the stock image stopped halfway through the dress but I hand drew the rest and drew a 1920’s pump.
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Jewelry Design I used this same inspiration for my necklace but, I limited myself to two artists to use for my piece. The two artists that I chose were Dorothy Dandridge and Charlie Parker. I borrowed inspiration from the timeless and elegant Dorothy Dandridge and from the fluid saxophonist Charlie Parker.
to give my piece the element of warmth. I chose the jade stone to be the centerpiece of my necklace to act as a commentary on how natural and cohesive jazz is. The abstractly placed black specks in the stone and the teal hue all contrast with the brass panels on the necklace. This stone was also picked because of how The shapes for the panels are timeless and elegant Dorothy hand-drawn in order to control Dandridge is, just like the the organic edges. stone. The stone will be cut in a tear drop shape to conI chose brass as my metaI for tinue the structured look my necklace because Charlie of the piece overall. The beads Parker’s saxophone is a brass and chains symbolize a staff instrument and for its coppery and music notes. The bead and slightly rose tinted hue pattern switches between
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KATIE KLEMA | TOTAL IMMERSION | *PHOTOGRAPHY WINNER*
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When I think of jazz, I
has to offer because they might not have grown up with it. Since it has a stigma of being “lame� among my generation, I tried to make it more relevant to my peers and still hold true to the ideals of jazz.
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think of bright pops of color, soulful images and a dramatic juxtaposition between the two. Althought I think of the contrast, I wanted to try and incorporate literal pops of color into my photographs while still staying
true to them. I tried to style jazz inspired apparel and locations and also bring in a more contemporary feel with the digital manipulations overlaid. My target consumer is high school and college aged youth who are likely not involved with jazz and all it
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Behind the Scenes at STEAM Studio
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Sir & Madame Photo Book I was mainly inspired by Miles Davis and his “so what� attitude that I think my generation can connect with. Miles Davis is known for his improvisational style and that helped
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to encourage my idea of using the watercolor paintbrushes to highlight and accentuate small details that I thought could help bring the image together as a stronger whole.
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“I don’t know where jazz is going. Maybe it’s going to hell. You can’t make anything go anywhere. It just happens.” Thelonious Monk
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SARA ALVAREZ | PERSONALITY IS EVERYTHING
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we had to recreate a famous jazz singers’ style for the modern world. My team and I were thrilled to be inspired by Madam Billie Holiday. One thing I enjoy about Madam Billie Holiday is her sophistication and her enormous flower because it shows part of her or a charactistc of herself in her fashion. We had wanted to show that bold part of her in our shoot. Since we did not have a flower, we inprovised and let our inspirations flourish.
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Around the end of week one we were challenged to do a photo shoot. In this challenge
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Sir & Madame Photo Book In this particular image we had our model wear a beautiful sleek dress to show her sophistication. We used her shoes to demonstrate the models’ characteristic and also as a bold representation of Madam Billie Hol-
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idays’ flower. I also enjoyed the photographing the yellow coat and the suitcase as they symbolize the fun process we experienced during the first week-- and also the the fun we had listening to jazz.
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BEHIND THE SCENES at
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In this photo shoot, I wanted to capture the captivating essence between our personalities and jazz. It was a fun and memorable experience. I would live it again at any time.
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Jazz is about being in the moment.
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EMMANUEL JOHNSTON | WHERE PAST MEETS NOW
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generation to another. I love capturing the moments that hold meaningful memories. You will find an example of that in my photos. Everyone had a great learning experience.
I was inspired by the documentaries that we watched in the program. The videos featured different jazz styles, fashion, behaviors, and history. the first documentary is titled The King of Jazz and the second one is titled Miles Ahead. Miles Ahead features Miles Davis, a famous jazz player. Miles Da-
vis has a very creative attitude where he did what he wanted, in the way he wanted to do it, without being stopped. I worked on two diffent photo books. One is behind the scenes of STEAM Studio. The other one is about Sir & Madame, a boutique in Chicago.
WHERE PAST MEETS NOW
My goal as an artist is to create films and photos that tell stories and that carry on from one
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Behind the Scenes Photo Book These photos show what we did during the creative process and all of our hard work. It includes photos of students as well as their work. I remember everyone being very different with their styles and creations.
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Sir & Madame Photo Book I drew connections with past artists and my photos. When I presented this to Autumn, Sir & Madame’s owner, she was fond of my idea.
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STEAM STUDIO | by NATALIE ALVAREZ
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challenged to focus on a theme and create a photo book. I enjoyed meeting new people and making friends. It was a lot of fun!
WHERE PAST MEETS NOW
I like experimenting with different angels in digital photgraphy. This is the first time I was
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BEHIND THE SCENES
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TRUNK SHOW Fashion Runway
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Fashion Runway Participants presented a full runway show of their collection at The Chicago Cultural Center.
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BURBERRY CHICAGO the Internship
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Design winners earned a one-week internship to Burberry Chicago. Read about their reflections as they explore
opportunities
designed to enable their future careers.
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Burberry: To Protect, Explore, & Inspire. by Jimiece Gilbert My first day at Burberry began
with a thorough tour of the Chicago flagship store. But even before I walked in, the infamous check greets you at the door. Once inside, everything is in order and visually appealing. After getting settled in, we had a little time to briefly discuss the Burberry brand and how it originated. We also got to see one of their fashion shows that was done in Shanghai. Needless to say, the fashion show was a thrill!
Throughout the week, the other interns and I continued to learn about Burberry and what it means to protect, explore, and inspire. Burberry works really hard to protect their check and any partnership they have. The company holds so much integrity in all that they do. I enjoyed being able to see every employee, from the stock room to the assistant manager, take a ton of pride in knowing the history of Burberry and continuing the legacy started by Thomas Burberry in 1856. It was also very
cool to see the transformation of the trench coat, from its origin until now. To go from being a coat used for the military in combat to a stylish jacket that can be worn throughout various seasons blew my mind. The D-rings, gun flap, and 100% waterproof gabardine fabric, created my Mr.Burberry, all make the trench coat a unique fashion staple.
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Visual merchandising is all about strategy. We also learned a tidbit about visual
merchandising and how they strategically organize the store. Every minute detail makes a huge difference in presentation at this store. Even their various clothing lines, from Brit to Porsum, make it easy to go from day to night for any working man or woman. In addition, we got a chance to speak with several of the employees about business etiquette and interview do’s and don’ts, which are always helpful. But, I must say the best part of the internship was being able to try on the fabulous clothing and experience the quality of their product. While trying on their merchandise, I really got to feel Christopher Bailey’s creative vision and why certain clothes had certain colors and laid a certain way on the skin. I was able to see ideas become reality through the clothing.
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It’s always a fun sight to see when art and fashion collide. My entire time at Burberry was just that, a collision of abstract and concrete ideas.
Overall, I must say that Burberry is unlike any high-end fashion retail company I’ve
ever experienced. The family environment and hospitality shown towards me were remarkable. It was an amazing experience to be a part of their team for a little while, and it’s even better to know that I’ve created a partnership with an excellent company that truly stands behind its mantra. I left feeling inspired as a young woman developing her career and passion within fashion and art! Job well done Burberry!
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Internship Experience at Burberry Chica by Neeyah Muhammad When I first heard my named called at the STEAM
STUDIO showcase, I have to admit in my head I was jumping up and down and bouncing off the walls! I couldn’t really do that on stage though due to the 3 inch green studded heels that I decided to style myself in that day. I was so excited and shocked that I had got the opportunity to get more help, even more mentors, and more knowledge from people that are talented and in the field that I want to go in.
introduced us to everyone and told us about her career path and answered many questions, along with the rest of the Burberry team.The week was also very intense; we got a lot of information only in the span of 4-5 hours. Each day we learned about a different part of Burberry.
My overall week was packed with fun! Everyday I woke up pumped and ready to go! We had to wear business ca-
One day we learned about the trench coat, all of the parts of the trench coat, how long it takes to make the trench coat, the names of the different fits/ materials, etc. Then we got to experience the trench coat for ourselves and try them on and learn at least 5 different ways to style them. Another day we were going through Visual
sual/ business attire and everyday I felt that I dressed for the occasion. Mandy, our host, was very hospitable and
(how the set up their clothes in-store) and Paige broke down every thing we needed to know about how they
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style their mannequins and racks. She told us about how Burberry integrates the I pad into her work like by getting the programs (A picture that shows how to style a rack/mannequin) in her dropbox, styling the racks, and then sending a photo of the racks to get approval. We learned about the make-up line, tried on the make up and learned how to style ourselves for work safe make-up with the cosmetic specialist William in-store. He also told us about the new fragrances that will be debuting this september, and explained all of the make up lines to us.
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Professional Apparel On Thursday morning,
we learned how to dress for success with Tricia and Interviewing tips with Tiara. We learned about their career path too and how to establish our own path. We learned how to properly dress for an interview that day and in the process got to try on the Prosum line. I tried on 2 Prosum dresses and two pairs of shoes! The shoes were surprisingly very comfortable and it was a very enjoyable
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experience! In this midst of all of this we learned product details (fabric, cut, where it’s made, how it’s made, inspiration for line, the difference between all 3 lines). One day we also got to see the stock room with Alphonso and learn how it’s run, how they package everything etc. I was very surprised because they were also very knowledgeable in the fashion industry. They helped me out a great deal as well!
Greatest Challenge That afternooon, the last day,
we were to present our knowledge in the form of pitching ourselves to be hired at the company based on our new found burberry knowledge, or pitching an outfit to sell to a potential customer. We only had an hour to regroup our thoughts, so I chose to take on the ultimate challenge and do both! I felt that I did a good job given that was my first time selling an outfit in that way and my nervousness. I chose to use a Cotton button down shirt with a detachable leather collar, navy blue cotton/silk dress pants, a mauve
cardigan with bows on each shoulder, a beetroot, mauve and navy colored leather belt, matching lipgloss, fresh glow foundation, and black and gold embellished flats. My target was a lawyer who wanted to spruce up their wardrobe with a few pops of color. My target also appreciates being business casual and works in a corporate setting. I paired the beetroot colored gloss with the beetroot colored belt as a selling point for my outfit. The team enjoyed that technique and said that they will try using that on a customer!
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