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Anna L Brown

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Anna Brown (she/her) has led an independent womenswear studio in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago since 2008. Her contemporary womenswear design practice takes a fundamental interest in creative reuse and in working against seasons toward a more sustainable mode of consumption. She brings to the classroom an expertise in small studio production and manufacturing, collection design, and material sourcing. Anna did undergraduate and graduate work in art history and comparative literature at Duke University and at the University of Texas at Austin, and she studied fashion design at Columbia College Chicago. 

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This is an introductory look into fashion. Students will explore basic design skills
and processes, and work with various materials used in constructing garments. Both traditional and non-traditional materials will be explored through techniques and exercises related to the body. Students will learn how the tools and equipment for hand and machine sewing functions, and its role in constructing garments. A critical overview of fashion introduces students to various practical and theoretical approaches to understand and explore fashion within an art context.

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1397

Credits

3