Chicago Fashion Council Recruits New Member

Another Chicago designer is joining Mayor Richard Daley's Fashion Advisory Council. Kathleen Embry, the Program Director of Fashion Design at Chicago's prestigious International Academy of Design and Technology, is the Advisory Council's latest (and perhaps most auspicious) addition.
Embry is the 19th member of the fashion design council, created by Mayor Daley to boost fashion design sales and jobs in Chicago, and keep newly minted designers from moving straight to the coasts. Before becoming Program Director at IADT, Embry ran a design studio and a sewing supplies warehouse in Chicago.

Lofty Goals for Fashion

One of the Council's goals is to retain as many fashion design students as it can. New York and Los Angeles are generally the most popular destinations for entry-level fashion design jobs, but Melissa Turner, the director of the Chicago council, called emerging and established designers Chicago's greatest resource. New graduates of fashion design school can look forward to improved career prospects, and hopefully more immediate fashion design jobs in the Chicago area.

Fashion Design School: A Source for the Future

The members of the Chicago Fashion Council repeatedly cite fashion design graduates as the future of the industry in Chicago. The Council is researching ways to keep them from leaving, and in the process make Chicago a new fashion hub.
If you're a fashion design student, Chicago is shaping up to be a great place to jump-start your career. A degree from design school and a job in one of fashion design's fastest-growing cities is a great way to start a career in fashion design.
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