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THE TEEN FASHION INNOVATORS SEARCH BEGINS AT A CITY NEAR YOU!
$230,000 in Scholarships to Students Who Want a Career inFashion Offered by The Art Institutes and ELLEgirlMagazine
PITTSBURGH, (August 16, 2005) -- The search is on! The ArtInstitutes and ELLEgirl magazine are looking for highschool seniors who dream about a career in fashion to enter the‘Teen Fashion Innovators Search’ and vie for $230,000 inscholarships.
At each of the 16 participating Art Institute locations acrossNorth America, high school seniors can attend events to learnmore about the ‘Teen Fashion Innovators Search’ and how toenter. To find out about upcoming events at your local ArtInstitute, visit: www.artinstitutes.edu/teenfashion.
One national winner in Fashion Design and one in FashionMarketing & Merchandising will be selected to receive fulltuition scholarships, each worth more than $30,000, to study atThe Art Institute school of their choice.
To enter, students must be a high school senior scheduled tograduate in 2006. In the Fashion Design category, each entrywill feature an original design by the student in the form of afinished garment or accessory. In the Fashion Marketing &Merchandising category, a finished product or plan must besubmitted.
The Teen Fashion Innovator competition is a collaborationbetween The Art Institutes and ELLEgirl magazine toencourage young design talent.
“Design classes in high schools have become career incubators,giving students the opportunity to hone in on what they’re mostinterested in, whether it’s fashion design, patternmaking ortextile design,” said Bruce Dempsey, Assistant Vice President ofAcademic Affairs for The Art Institutes. “From there they cangrow that interest at design school, and turn that passion andhard work into a successful and rewarding career.”
In addition to winning full scholarships, the grandprize-winning students will attend the February 2006 New YorkFashion Week with ELLEgirl editors, as well as befeatured on the pages of the magazine.
According to Christina Kelly, Editor-in-Chief of ELLEgirl, “AtELLEgirl, we recognize that great design has to startsomewhere, and for many young men and women, that passion isnurtured right in high school.”
Entries must be submitted by November 11, 2005 to theparticipating Art Institute of your choice. Entries must includean entry form, high school transcript with a minimum GPA of 2.0,short essay, finished product or plan and either a process bookof the design or written description of the fashion marketingplan.
Full details on the competition and entry requirements areavailable at www.artinstitutes.edu/teenfashion.
About The Art Institutes: The Art Institutes system of 31education institutions (www.artinstitutes.edu/teenfashion)located throughout North America provide an important source fordesign, media arts, fashion and culinary professionals. The ArtInstitutes system of schools has provided career-orientededucation programs for more than 40 years.
About ELLEgirl: ELLEgirl, the international stylebible for girls who dare to be different, is published byHachette Filipacchi Media U.S., Inc., and is accessible on theweb at. www.ELLEgirl.com. ELLEgirl ranked in Adweek’s2005 The Hot List, 10 under 50, and ELLEgirl.com was recentlylisted in Media Metrix as one of the top ten teen sites,International editions include ELLEgirl United Kingdom,ELLEgirl South Korea, ELLEgirl Holland,ELLEgirl Quebec, ELLEgirl Taiwan, ELLEgirlJapan, ELLEgirl Russia, ELLEgirl France,ELLEgirl Germany and ELLEgirl China.
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