Seneca students Redefine Design at KoolHaus on April 11

Seneca’s Fashion Arts students show their year-end fashion collections

Toronto, April 11, 2007 --- Students in Seneca’s School of Fashion and Merchandising will show their year-end designs tonight at the College’s annual Redefining Design gala at KoolHaus (132 Queen’s Quay East at Jarvis Street).

Fashion Arts students will present more than 100 garments that display a wide variety of influences – from evening wear to street and club clothes – in a fast-paced show.

Visual Merchandising Arts students will demonstrate their prop-making, photographic, computer graphic design, illustration and trade show exhibit skills with an exciting presentation of two and three-dimensional displays.

Retail Florist students will show creations made from a variety of live flowers and plants.

“The creativity and the innovation that our students show in their year-end projects is impressive and we could not be prouder of them,” says Gitte Hansen, Chair of Seneca’s School of Fashion and Merchandising. “Redefining Design is an excellent opportunity for media and industry experts to discover the work that our students are showcasing.”

A cocktail reception for media and fashion industry starts at 5:30 p.m. with a special media and industry show at 6:30 p.m.

The Seneca College three-year Fashion Arts program offers specialty studies in the design and production of menswear, womenswear, knitwear and production. Design, pattern making, clothing construction, fashion history, production technology, draping, textiles, and marketing are all fully covered. Field placement, guest lectures and field visits keep students in constant touch with the industry. Seneca graduates find career success throughout the industry as designers, pattern makers, sample makers, and production assistants.

Seneca is the largest college in Canada with more than 100,000 full and part-time students on campuses across the Greater Toronto Area. Seneca provides internationally and nationally recognized career education and training key to graduate success in the global economy. Every Seneca diploma, certificate and degree program is developed to a high academic standard, in consultation with industry, integrated with information technology, combined with technical and transferable skills, and reinforced by opportunities for ongoing education and re-training.

For more information, please contact:
Seneca College Media Relations
416-491-5050 ext. 2354