Video: Designing, Stitching and Showing Off Their Best: Taft Run Fashion Show Prepares Students for Careers

Futuristic, modern, hip, classy, elegant and vibrant designs stood out on the runway during a recent fashion show at Taft High School. Student models strutted in stunning combinations of hunter greens, accented with the hottest pinks, created by teams of young designers and seamstresses.

The goal: to explore career opportunities in the fashion world that demand designing, sketching, pattern-making, cutting, sewing, and selling. L’ATELIER Director Eileen Capinha-Viadero proudly states that the program is run as a company to instill business etiquette for real business outcomes. Sitting in the front row ready to place orders were buyers, partners, students and local fashionistas.

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By: Mayra Ramirez

Posted: April 5, 2012