Textile Design @ Jefferson: Abercrombie & Fitch Present Student Project at PhilaU

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Abercrombie & Fitch Present Student Project at PhilaU

Philadelphia University students in the Textile Design program enjoyed a wonderful presentation and received a design challenge this week from Abercrombie & Fitch.

Pictured above, Catherine Gleason, current MS Textile Design student, talks about her experiences interning with A&F this past summer. Alongside her are Lauren Badessa, who graduated in 2008 with a BS in Textile Design and is currently working as a CAD designer with A&F and Christian Dubuque-Strenz, Director of Recruitment.

Christie and Lauren will return to Philadelphia University in November and again in January to review and critique the student work and from there, invite selected students to visit A&F in Columbus, Ohio to interview for internships and full time positions.

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The Bachelors of Science in Textile Design and Masters of Science in Textile Design programs provide integration and balance between creative design and technology. In the undergraduate program, students explore weaving, knitting and printing, with the opportunity for advanced course work in the areas of their choice. Students in the graduate program are required to specialize in one area (knit, weave or print), but are encouraged to incorporate the other areas of textile design through their foundation courses, elective or design studio work.

Design research is stressed from the beginning of the programs. Being in the a major city is a great resource as is The Design Center at Jefferson with its textile collection from around the world.