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Program Events |
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| Display Windows | ||||||
| The Fashion Merchandising program is very active in events that take place in the college and the community. Students are involved in the design and installation of images in various windows around the college, test their skills by designing, proposing and implementing a marketing plan for a product, taking part in a year end class trip to a retail trade show in Chicago, Montreal or New York, as well as producing a year end fashion show. | ||||||
| Year End Portfolio Show (Local) | ||||||
| An annual year end Portfolio Show and Awards Night takes place in April where industry is invited to see the students’ projects and to honour outstanding student work. Students will have an opportunity to interact and network with members of industry at this venue. | ||||||
| Charity Fashion Shows (Local) | ||||||
| Two Annual Charity Fashion Shows are held each spring by 2nd year Fashion Merchandising students. Clothing from Fashion Design students and local retailers are features with a donation made to the students’ choice charity. | ||||||
| Field Trips (Local) | ||||||
| Each term field trips are planned where students visit such venues as Ontario Fashion Exhibitors, Royal Ontario Museum, Bata Shoe Museum, City TV, Canadian Broadcast Corporation-CBC, various suppliers for the visual merchandising industry, and local retailers etc. |
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| Trade Shows | ||||||
An annual program trip to NYC , Chicago or Montreal will take the students to visit a major retail center. Students are able to network with exhibitors of visit large format trade shows such as Global Shop in Chicago, stores in NYC as well fashion related companies & visiting professions in the fashion industry. High end and forward fashion retailers are observed as part of the learning on these trip. |
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