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SAIC faculty Pamela Vanderlinde.

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Pamela Vanderlinde

Associate Professor, Adjunct

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Bio

Associate Professor, Adjunct, Fashion Design (2016). Designer/Owner: Zone, Chicago. Advisory Board: Awamaki, a women's weaving cooperative, Ollantaytambo, Peru. Education: BS, 1989, Purdue University; MA, 2014, DePaul University School for New Learning, Chicago. Exhibitions: City Gallery, Chicago. Publications: WWD, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, Newcity, CS. Articles: Threads Magazine. Published Works: "Patternmaking for Jacket and Coat Design," Bloomsbury; "Patternmaking for Dress Design," Bloomsbury.

Personal Statement

Working as an independent designer, author, and educator, I create an environment for my students that encompass my hands-on experience in the field of bespoke design. I bring to the classroom my many years of experience as a designer working in Chicago. For 11 of those years, I owned and operated a boutique named Zone which housed my designs. I am an authority when it comes to pattern making and construction skills, especially coats and jackets, which are the foundation of bespoke design. These hands-on, real-world experiences give me a valuable knowledge base in which to instruct and mentor my students in the field of bespoke fashion design. In addition, I employ the tradition of bespoke design as a springboard in order to respond to my students as individual learners.

Courses

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Description

This course explores an unconventional view of garment construction and design by framing the process through the parameter of zero waste. Patterns are created using techniques designed to mitigate or eliminate waste. Both traditional and nontraditional materials are used, as well as digital printing technology. All final projects are fitted on a model in both muslin and fabric.

Class Number

1395

Credits

3

Description

As a project-based course, Fashion Construction III introduces the intermediate construction principles for pants and jackets. Tailoring, cut-and-sew knitwear, and creative draping techniques used on a variety of body types, and gender expressions are explored. The principles of proportion, balance, and fit as required for the achievement of well-made garments will also be studied. Pre req: minimum two Fashion construction classes: FASH 2001, FASH 2003, FASH 2020, FASH2022 or FASH2024

Class Number

2474

Credits

3

Description

Advanced Fashion Studio 1 This two-day (6 credit hour) course aims to help students achieve a high level of professionalism through the design and development of a body of work through collections that emphasize and generate a personal style and a fashion direction. Students will engage conceptual design and creative pattern cutting to develop their collection through refined and distinct garments, and their manufacture. Workshops in advanced techniques augment and expand the fashion vocabulary and potential for their offerings. Students communicate collection concepts utilizing advanced design and research methodologies to back up their creative visions. Students will develop prototypes for their thesis collection, and complete a minimum of five directional garments in the fall. Pre-req FASH 3900.

Class Number

1406

Credits

6

Description

Advanced Fashion Studio 2 This two-day (6 credit hour) course aims to help students achieve a high level of professionalism through the design and development of collections that both emphasize and generate a personal style and a fashion direction. Building on the fall semester, students will plan and execute an editorial photoshoot of one look concurrent to the completion of a collection of garments to be shown during the spring fashion runway show. Pre-req FASH 4001.

Class Number

1386

Credits

6