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COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO U.S FASHION SCHOOLS:ILLINOIS

One of the great States in the U.S that serves as a gateway to quality education is the State of Illinois. Here, you are very sure to locate so many institutes of learning in various life endeavors. When it comes to the area of fashion training, the State of Illinois has top fashion training schools namely:

- International Academy of Design & Technology, Chicago
- The Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago
- The Illinois Institute of Art, Schaumburg
- Westwood College, Schiller Park, Illinois
- Westwood College, Calumet City
- Westwood College, Chicago

The above mentioned schools are the top and the best you can locate in Illinois State of America. These are wonderful institutes of quality fashion training.

All the above mentioned schools are very much accredited by the relevant authorities. Hence, they have the full time license to operate as qualitative institutes of training that issues widely accepted academic degrees and diploma certificates.

Most of these fashion schools offer quality fashion training program in most areas of fashion education such as fashion merchandising, fashion design, arts education and so on. The academic period spans through the period of 4 years for Bachelor’s degree, 2 years for Associate degree, and 2 years for diploma certificates and 1 year for ordinary certificates in fashion training.

Almost all the above mention fashion schools have their web sites. You can obtain more pieces of information from there including their application forms. (more…)

Ladies never lack flexible clothing all year round even when the cold seasons is here, this fall/ winter 2009, they still will not compromise their sense of style for warmth. Shrug sweaters are not just elegant in design and colors but are so versatile that women can find garments to wear to the offices and casually. Those dreary and freezing days must not demand shawls and scarves all the times as the shrug have a generous lengthy collar. One other thing to expect from this kind of sweater is that it is not exaggerated in designs yet so strikingly snug. Shrug sweater are part of women fashion that is simple and very sophisticated all the times particularly if a lady knows how to wear one.

Since there are ladies out there who have not worn these before, it is imperative to continue reading to grasp some few hints of doing it and looking hot and trendy wherever. During fall/winter 2009 season, people will find it impossible to dress lightly although ladies may be more affected for getting used to the summer freedom tops. With a shrug sweater, they do not have to keep some of the cute tank tops or wonder what to team up a skinny jeans pant with apart from long shirts so to say. It is a good replacement to a heavy jacket or blazer, as it cannot be removed the whole day when the temperatures stabilize slightly and this is great as a formal wear.  (more…)

Parrots met the polka dots and papaya-color just become another shiny metallic shade this Spring and you may live up the 80s once again if your short suits and shoulder pads reflect the return of the decade. So, before things start getting burning hot in Paris and Milan, let’s touch a few cr?me-de-la-cr?me of the fashion world at New York.

The message was heralded in 2008 when speculations were on for figure-hugging jumpsuits in fun colors and with girly frills to create statements the following year; 2009 saw quite a bit of that transforming to reality, joined by architecturally-sculpted dresses, military-styled coats and tunics and biker jacket in heavy, jazzy prints; the prints also showed up in long and lean dresses and short suits alike, in metallic shades and adorned in sequins.

A new twist in old favorites (floral prints, embroidered garments) showcased ravishing colors in dresses and kimono jackets with kingfisher blue being the most attractive of them all, while huge polka dots and similar circular designs gave the tropical fruits and citrus lemon a preference over other colors in the wallowing trench-coats, tops and trouser suits. However, London seemed to be more sympathetic over pistachio-colored fabrics shunning black away from the public eye. So fashion just turned lime ‘n lemony in the new season (pun intended), with a whole new range of accessories complementing the new trends.
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