Portland Fashion Institute

Take your idea from start to finish and improve your odds for creating a successful product. Use the same path used by small to large companies plus independent designers in the hands of a seasoned product developer, Daniel Roeder. Product Integrity for Apparel and Innovation, Nike.

Everybody wears knits.?So try your hand at making patterns for them and other stretchy garments.?Make everything from t-shirts and dresses to hoodies, pants and leggings -- with Anne Stone, popular patternmaking instructor. "[PFI has] some amazing teachers there like Anne Stone, who is a great teacher and pattern maker and really is what inspired me to go into patternmaking?as opposed to design."

Learn how the real world works: How modern global supply chains and logistics networks operate. How to make changes that work for you. How to steer clear of import/export regulations. How to manage legal, ethical, economic and social implications in your sourcing decisions and get your product into your hands on time. Be the boss and take control of how and when you get your supplies.

Now that you have designed it, how are you going to have it made??Eventually, it might be overseas.?Better know how to do it right.?Thanks to Nike's Austin Lingelbach, a PFI teacher, you will end this class with a game plan for yourself -- or your employer.

Study with Ajay Chadha, the creator?who led the team for the LeBron 17 Nike shoe,?then led the ReLoved program for used Coach purses.?Work with Ajay?to design and create your own materials -- then learn how to manufacture and use them.

See the best of Portland independent design up close and on the runway Portland Fashion Institute will hold its second annual “Sunday in the Park” to celebrate its graduates and another successful year at the school. The event will feature showrooms for each the designers so you can see their original garments up close and ask them about their inspirations.?Other grads will share their portfolios and visuals. The event also offers a free 1-hour seminar on AI and Fashion Design with Jena Nesbitt of New York’s AI fashion show. Discover the latest in technology as PFI launches a new event: The AI Fashion Show with AI visions translated to garments on live models. Then stay for the graduation ceremony and fashion show. Graduating students will show off their designs on the runway and receive their diplomas.?Students from the costume design and innovative design classes also will show their creations. The showrooms and seminar are free and open to the public. Tickets must be purchased for the fashion show. 2-3:30 pm:?Free Showrooms + Building Tours DAY OF FASHION SHOW TICKET SALES 3:30-5 pm: Graduate Fashion Show $75 for front row, w/2 drink tickets + a SWAG bag $65 for second row, w/1 drink ticket $35 standing-room only FEATURING: Designers:?Lorelei Boga ? Jeanessa Gantt ? Luz Gonzales ? Maggie Greene ? Grace Larsell ? Kelli McDonough ? Isabella Thramer + Innovative Design & Costume Design Shows SPONSORED BY: Montavilla Sewing Center

Meet Amanda Needham, the two-time Emmy Award-winning costume designer designer who brought Portlandia to life.?She speaks at: PFI Saturday, Jun 29, 10-11 am Amanda has mastered the ability to transform characters while inspiring trends in fashion. Her work can be seen on critically acclaimed shows as Documentary Now, Wendy & Lucy, Green Room, Shrill as well as Portlandia Ticket sales fund PFI’s scholarships. PFI is 501c3. That means your purchase is tax deductible!

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Stay on top of the latest trends such as circular design, fibers, sourcing and production. See how companies incorporate sustainability in designs. Come up with the latest and best ways to use sustainable ideas in your own designs using e-textiles — all while starting a business and making a living.

Work with famed local designer Liza Reitz to reimagine how to design garments by exploring inspirational patterning and draping techniques. In this creative and fun fashion design lab, you will stretch the possibilities of shaping, seaming, handling and manipulating select fabrics to create innovative, wearable silhouettes and details.