Hi All! My name is Karen Elizabeth Lozner and I'm the founder and creative director of Fashion Classes of NJ, a fashion design school for kids & adults located in central New Jersey.
I started the fashion design school in February 2012 after having my own fashion design label (Karen Elizabeth Couture) for many years.
My mission & goal for the school is to give the students (ages 8 & up) the opportunity to express themselves through the art of fashion design. The classes are catered to those who love to create their own clothing design, jewelry piece, bag....or really anything!
The students begin an 8-week Basic Design & Sewing class by drawing their ideas on paper (building a collection) and then creating the actual garment through pattern making, draping & sewing.
Jewelry and Bag-making classes are also for 8-week sessions and begin with designing on paper and creating the jewelry piece or bag through pattern making, sewing, specialized tools, dyes and more.
The most exciting program implemented is the Fashion Runway program in which students of all ages design for the Annual Fashion Show at the end of the year. The program runs for 32 weeks and includes fashion design computerized/drawing (build a collection), textile design (students design their own fabric), patter making/draping and sewing.
The most recent fashion show was on March 17th. at the beautiful Addison Park in Aberdeen....absolutely gorgeous! The 2nd. Annual Fashion Show was a huge success! We had a great turnout and the students did a fabulous job with their designs for Fall 2013! The theme was The Modernist, a collection for woman & girls who appreciate anything "fashion forward and Edgy." The students used wonderful fabrics in their designs such as velvet, ponte knit, silk chiffon, leather and printed fabrics they created.
The young designers really had a blast modeling their very own creations on the runway and I was amazed as to how confident they were!
I look forward to summer 2013 as "fashion Camp" kicks in and ends with another fabulous fashion show!
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