The Colorado Chapter of ASDP was honored to hear from Designer Alan Oakes, nephew of member Toni Oakes. Alan has an undergraduate degree in Architecture and an MFA (Master of Fine Arts) in Fashion Design and Society from Parsons School of Design in New York City. His degree at Parsons was training to be a … Continue reading February 2023: Designer Alan Oakes
The Colorado Chapter of ASDP had a topic change when our scheduled speaker got caught by the many air travel cancelations over the holidays. Instead of the scheduled talk we started on our backup plan: to work our way through ASDP member Angela Wolf’s book “How to Start a Home-Based Fashion Design Business.” Below are … Continue reading January 2023: Fashion Sewing Business Book
The Colorado Chapter of ASDP had a social gathering in December to celebrate the holidays. Many members were present and enjoyed socializing in member Jane’s lovely home. We also met Anne’s new assistant Kristen, who recently graduated from CSU (Colorado State University) with a degree in Fashion Design. Kristen is the person who took the … Continue reading December 2022: Holiday Potluck
The Colorado Chapter of ASDP met in-person and via Zoom in November to learn all about silks from member Clara Dittli. We learned that momme is the weight of the silk fiber and that the shine comes from the triangular prism shape of the fiber that reflects light. Clara talked about the reasons why she … Continue reading November 2022 – All About Silks
The Colorado Chapter of ASDP met twice in October. First for our usual monthly presentation and second to view fashions at the Denver Art Museum. Our technical meeting included a zoom presentation by Art Bierschbach on Leadership and Communication. Art reminded us that everyone is always a leader, whether or not they think they are. … Continue reading October 2022 – Leadership & Art Museum
The Colorado Chapter had an evening business meeting in September. This was our meeting for voting and strategic planning. According to the latest draft of the Chapter Bylaws written by the National ASDP, we have too many board members. Because only one at-large member was present, it was decided to table the votes until another … Continue reading September 2022
The Colorado Chapter had an evening potluck during the heat of August. Fortunately, the weather threatened rain so we didn’t have the usual radiant heating of the air, meaning that the covered patio at member Marci’s house was a comfortable place for conversation. Carol entertained us with a study of garments from 1922 in the … Continue reading August 2022 – Picnic
The Colorado Chapter had a stimulating meeting with Alicia, the Zipper Lady (www.thezipperlady.com). Alicia brought an assortment of zipper tapes and zipper pulls for everyone. Starting with zippers with the largest teeth we learned how to install the pulls. Then we tried it on zippers with smaller teeth, which became progressively more difficult, but doable. … Continue reading July 2022 – The Zipper Lady
In early June, the Colorado Chapter had another evening meeting, this time to learn about Standards of Quality. Chapter President Anne Kuehn led the discussion by walking us through the 2008 version available from the National ASDP web site (Standards of Quality for Custom Clothing (sewingprofessionals.com)). This document contains expectations for quality garments made primarily … Continue reading June 2022 -Standards of Quality
In May, the Colorado chapter met online (zoom) and in person to learn about personalities. Member Pat Bornmann introduced the Enneagram and Myers-Briggs personality types. Near the end she had everyone submit their individual personality preferences and that of the entire group was determined. All preferences were well represented with nearly equal numbers of extraverts … Continue reading May 2022 – Personality Types