We believe in hands-on learning by making, especially when it comes to the creative arts. Fashion design and sewing, though very technical, is a process with no one set of rules or style – just look at the runways today! The Fashion Class aims to teach children and teens the art of sewing, design and…
Our creative classes for children and teens take place after school and on weekends for multiple weeks throughout the school year. Students learn to sew real and wearable clothing in our signature Fashion Design and Sewing class over an 8-12 week period. Additional courses offered include accessory, illustration and fashion branding/marketing. All classes are offered seasonally…
Our sewing courses for kids run for 8-12 weeks throughout the school year. Children and teen students will learn how to use the sewing machine while they create real and wearable clothing for themselves! Other design classes, like fashion design and illustration also available. Sewing classes end with a free fashion show!
Create with Sewing and Fashion Design Camp! We offer children’s fashion design and sewing camps during summer break, winter recess, spring break and for 1-day during most school holidays in our Midtown Manhattan studio. Our students learn everything from sewing, fashion illustration, accessory design and even fabric science! Each day is broken out into classes…
When school is out Fashion Camp is in! We offer one-day camps during all school holidays and week-long camps throughout the summer for ages 6-8, 9-12 and 13-17 years old. Our campers learn to use the sewing machine to create real clothing and accessories. We round out the day with fun fashion lessons like creating a fashion business and jewelry making!
Join us for fun sewing and fashion workshops offered monthly at The Fashion Class. Perfect for trying out sewing for the first time to see if your child would like to take a longer course or for seasoned sewers who want to make a specific project! We offer Halloween costume making in October, American Girl doll…
Join us for fun and fabulous sewing and fashion workshops offered seasonally at The Fashion Class! Perfect for trying out sewing for the first time to see if your child would like to take a longer course or for seasoned sewers who want to make a specific project.
Looking for an amazing birthday party that all the parents can’t stop talking about? Our Fashion Design Birthday Parties for girls and boys allow your birthday child and their guests to actually sew real clothing! Our creative parties for kids feature different make and take projects in the areas of Sewing, Fashion Design or DIY/Crafting….
Photo Booths $15 per guest – Adds 30 minutes to end time Send the birthday girl to Paris this year with our Eiffel Tower photo backdrop or have each guest appear on the cover of a magazine! Party goers dress up is satin gloves and feather boas (optional) and pose for our photographer. Each guest…
Please fill out the form to request a birthday party at The Fashion Class! Our event coordinator will get back to you to plan your child’s special event.
Our group lessons for children, teens and adults cover a wide variety of sewing and creative lessons! We cater directly to Girl Scout troops with discounted “badge-earning themed” sewing lessons and other creative projects like entrepreneurship and recycled jewelry making. Join us for your child’s play date or tween group hang out with their friends…
We offer a variety of creative activities for Girl Scouts! Sewing, design and illustration are the perfect activities for Girl Scouts, Brownies, Juniors, Cadettes and Seniors to earn key badges! Our projects are educational, rewarding and fabulously fun. Plus TFC regularly teaches courses with themes like Entrepreneurship and Product Design; all geared toward fashion. Girl…
Need a cool place for your child and friends to spend a few hours? Want to host a birthday activity without the extra party stuff? A group lesson is perfect for play dates and groups of kids who love to create! Our activities are for 2 or more children who want a fun and fab…
This is a fun group activity for children, teens and adults interested in Fashion Design or fans of the show Project Runway! Meet us at our Manhattan Studio as we channel Tim Gunn and give you your next fashion challenge. After we arrive at Mood Designer Fabrics (where the designers shop on Project Runway) you will have thirty minutes to select and purchase your fabric. Back at the studio it’s time to design, sew and decorate your project. Will you be in or out?
Expand on your child’s creativity with home-school group lessons at The Fashion Class! Fashion Design and Sewing is not only super fun and fabulous – it teaches elements of math, science and the arts in a real-life hands-on way. At our fashion studios we welcome home school groups who’re curious about fashion design, sewing and…
With our large sewing and art studios The Fashion Class makes a wonderful field trip for school-aged students. We’ve hosted everything from pre-school children learning about types of clothing to college students learning to sew! With discounted pricing, day trips to our studio are filled with hands-on educational fun. Perfect for all age groups we…
Our Sewing Programs for Grown-Ups are perfect for groups of friends, a girl’s night out or a creative corporate team building exercise! With a room full of sewing machines and instructors who work in the fashion industry, your sewing aspirations can become a reality. We focus on teaching you how to use the sewing machine…
Learn to a new skill and spend quality time together! Mommy & Me Lessons are perfect for Mother’s and Daughters, Sons, Fathers and anyone else in the family who’d like to learn to sew! Available in our Midtown, Manhattan and Merrick, Long Island Studios. Our family based lessons will teach you and your ‘lil ones…
Our on-site enrichment sewing and fashion programs bring the design and creativity to you! Perfect for public and private schools, libraries or other facilities our programs can run during the day or after school throughout the year at your facility. Aside from machine sewing, The Fashion Class specializes in educating children and teens in other…
Our ‘in-school’ after school program brings fashion education to your students! Our program is fun, affordable, educational and easy to implement. The after school program can be customized for your school by amount of students, number of weeks and lessons. We designed the program to be: 90 minute classes once per week 10-16 week long…
Our Library Fashion Design and Sewing programs can be a one-day workshop or a multi-day course. With plenty of sewing and crafting lessons, guests will enjoy designing and creating a one-of-a-kind clothing, accessory or room decor item. Our professional and trained instructors will arrive day-of with all necessary supplies, set up the classroom, instruct your…
The all too famous Fashion Institute of Technology has a very interesting and creative museum full of new, old and original pieces they love to display, and people love to see! Located on the first floor of their campus, a new and improved exhibit is constantly arriving. After visiting their…
The Fashion Class had a very exciting visitor arrive on Saturday to chat with some of our students from our Teen Trend Forecasting class. If you didn’t know, Malan Breton is a very accomplished man who dabbles in everything (and i mean everything). He finds himself submerged in fashion, singing, dancing, photography, modeling, directing and…
The other week I had the pleasure of going on a fabulous tour of the McCall’s Pattern Company headquarters in downtown New York City! It was an incredible peek into the behind-the-scenes of one of America’s largest home-sewing pattern making companies, a true leader in the sewing world!! Besides seeing the actual headquarters — the tables…
What comes to your mind when you hear of ‘duct tape’? Not much, right? Probably just your ability to seal packages and ship them out. What if I was to tell you that you can make all sort of things using duct tape? But not just with the boring silver duct tape, but the tape…
This Spring we offered a class called Making a Fashion Magazine; we were all very excited to see what this course would produce. For eight weeks our students and their teacher Kyle Hockaday wrote, directed photo shoots, held interviews, and brainstormed ideas for their magazine. The students, ranged in age from 5.5 years old through…
Kay Unger is a fashion icon. After attending Parsons School of Design (yay Parsons!) she began her own label in the early 1970’s and grew it to a multi-million dollar fashion label. An amazing designer and philanthropist (she has worked with the Boys and Girls clubs of America, Stand Up to Cancer and as an…
This past September designers Brian Wolk and Claude Morais of the chic brand Ruffian collaborated with Prismacolor to create a free fashion coloring book featuring their Spring 2014 collection. Why a coloring book you ask? “We’ve always been a huge fan of illustrations, and we have a whole collection of vintage paper doll books,” Wolk…
In between designing, constructing, styling and modeling their own clothing line, our teen camp went on some great field trips to be inspired and get a better sense of the working fashion world. We visited the Alice + Olivia workroom and learned all about technical packs. Alice + Olivia is an incredible fun, fabulous, and…
Another great Fashion Field Trip our amazing campers get to attend is Mike’s NYC Fashion District Tour. Mike has lived in NYC his whole life and is a professional tour guide who has created and leads tons of NYC based tours for every type of interest. He is a regular contributor to the Fashion Mannuscript,…
A great part of the Summer Camps is the opportunity for the designers to have guest lectures and lessons from visiting Instructors and Professionals in the Fashion field. We were really excited to have Jennifer Lilya come in to teach sketching to our teens! Jennifer graduated from FIT in the early 90s and has been…
If you are interested in more information please call us at (646)329-6663 or email create@thefashionclass.com
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