Member Registration

If you still need to register as a member of fashion club, please do so using this link: http://bit.ly/2ihGz8n

If you have not yet gotten any fashion club emails, please type (E) next to your name so I know to add you to the list.

Dues for the 2017-18 school year are $3 and will be used to cover snacks and project materials. Please bring them to the first or second meeting.

Thank you!

Fashion Club Leadership Application 2017-18

For the 2017-18 school year, one of Fashion Club's goals is to open up more leadership positions. While they will be a great asset to a college application, they aren't meant for resume building. They're meant for girlbosses who are passionate about fashion! The positions will be explained at the first meeting and chosen one week after.

The available positions are as follows:

JUNIOR REP: Someone who would be willing to take over the club next year, has a lot of availability, is driven, and sees the importance of fashion and women as leaders. They must be comfortable leading meetings and speaking in front of the club, and they must be a go-getter who can complete tasks quickly!

SOPHOMORE REP: Someone who would be willing to take over fashion club next year, is not too shy to talk to new members, loves fashion and creating. This person will be given a lot of responsibility, so they should be mature and able to work with deadlines.

FRESHMAN REP: As a freshman rep, your main goal is to be the middleman between Meg and the other freshmen. Trying to join clubs is something that may be hard for freshmen while they are dealing with adjustment to a new school, so your job is to make it super easy for them by providing necessary information. This person must be outgoing enough to try to recruit new members and talk to upperclassmen often at meetings and events.

PHOTOGRAPHERS (two available positions): Responsible for taking pictures at meetings and events, but there are two of you so you don’t have to make it to every single thing! Must be comfortable using their own camera or one of Alter’s. Will be held accountable to upload photos to Google Drive in a timely manner for use in blog posts etc.

WRITERS (four available positions): The Alter Fashion Club Blog is what people see when they want to know what we are all about. It’s a recounting of all meetings and events, so we need some creative girlbosses to keep up with the site! If you are interested in pursuing business, media, marketing, advertising, writing, or fashion as a career (or just like to write), this is for you. There will be four bloggers so you will probably only end up writing two or three posts for the entire school year.

To apply, follow this link: https://goo.gl/forms/GStEHajD7Ua8vXJF3

That's it, I'm looking forward to a super fun year!

Meg Schwieterman

Fashion Club Co-Founder and President, schwietermanm@alterhs.org

FIDM: Shoe Wear Design Challenge

Thanks Lynne Bartley from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in California for joining us at Alter High School. She shared information about FIDM summer programs and college opportunities, history of the shoe industry as well as a fun, creative shoe design challenge. Members created a one of a kind shoe collection based on pop star, Katy Perry. 

Althea Harper Presentation

Last month, Fashion Club was lucky enough to host Althea Harper, season 6 Project Runway runner-up and Dayton native. She told us about her experiences in the fashion world, and shared some of what she has learned from interning at Alexander McQueen and working at Tory Burch. We learned a lot from Althea-- fashion industry lingo, college options, and how she got her "dream" internships. Aside from these practical lessons, Althea urged us to follow our passions: "If you have a passion and you want to follow it, start now. While you're young, everyone is here to help you and everyone wants you to succeed." She went on, saying, "You don't have to conform to what's going on in society. Tory Burch wouldn't make a mini skirt. If you don't like what's popular, just don't do it." This advice hit home for us, especially in the high school world where everyone wants you to conform or be left out. Basically, Althea is the cool older sister we all wish we had.

Today, Althea resides in Oakwood with her adorable daughter. As a mom and fashion designer, she shows girls that you really can have it all. Thank you again, Althea, for coming in and sharing with us how you do things your way. 

Althea and her daughter. Photo courtesy of cincychic.com

xoxo,

Alter Fashion Club

Go Red for Women Fashion Show

Alter Fashion Club was given the fantastic opportunity to support yet another great cause through fashion at the annual 'Go Red for Women' American Heart Association Fashion show.

We got the chance to walk the runway in one of a kind red dresses made by University of Cincinnati DAAP fashion design students. It was an awesome experience to be able to see the fashion industry on the other side of the curtain. Seeing the hand crafted dresses along with the heart disease survivors was a huge inspiration to the models and audience alike.

   

Laurie Wilson

Alter Fashion Club welcomed another guest, Laurie Wilson from The University of Cincinnati's school of design (including fashion), architecture, art and planning - otherwise known as DAAP.

Laurie gave us a glimpse of the amazing annual DAAP fashion show that she produces every year.
She shared what DAAP is all about and the amazing opportunities it offers - sparking some major motivation to start chasing our college dreams. She was able to answer everyone's questions, about everything from interior design to urban planning.

Laurie filled us in on her background and dream job history in the fashion industry giving us great snippets of advice on how to navigate it all.

As Laurie told us, "The fashion industry will never die. People will always wear clothes, people always want to touch and feel and experience."

Thanks for everything Laurie!

xoxo,

Alter Fashion Club 

Wags to Riches

Alter Fashion Club tried something a little different - dog fashion! The clothes were designed by Project Runway runner up Althea Harper as a fundraiser for the Humane Society. Members who volunteered learned about how fashion and philanthropy can be combined and gained experience around the runway, even if it were dogs waking instead of models.

                   

Thank you to the Humane Society and Althea Harper for this opportunity!

xoxo

Alter Fashion Club