Fashion Design and Marketing

	Jill Price-Crawley
	Instructor
	206.631.7317
	jill.price-crawley@highlineschools.org

I believe it is important for the student to learn as much as possible about a variety of jobs within the industry. To make themselves valuable to a company by obtaining problem solving, communicative, and customer service skills needed to survive in the "REAL WORLD". The garment business is for survivors and people that want to give their all.

Each student will focus on a Career goal:

Assistant designer
Textile identification, mechanical, flat sketches, specification sheets, sample orders, presentation boards.
Buyers, planner, and merchandising
Costing of garments, domestic and overseas, sample order, analyzing of market niches.
Visual merchandising
Principle of design, understanding of 2-3 dimension design, exploring difficult display possibilities.
Interior design
Exploring of the career through textile, history and function

Jill Price-Crawley's formal education:

B.A. degree in Home Economics with an Apparel Design option At Washington State University in Pullman, WA in 1981
Minor degree in Fine Arts for WSU

Jill Price-Crawley's Work experience prior to PSSC :

Designed Skiwear for K2, Roffe, JD Sun Valley and the Demetre family, Pacific Trail and interned for Breezin Skiwear
Designed Sportswear for Union Bay young mens, and Eclipse tennis wear.
Freelance fit and specification consultation for Nordstrom Product Group, Classique Entier department
Retail experience for Nordstrom Men's furnishings, BP and Capers Home furnishing
Assistant Manager for Jay Jacob's corporation, South Center, SeaTac and Bellevue Square stores

Jill Price-Crawley's Philosophy:

Prepare the students with skills for the "Real World"
FDM utilizes a 'project based' approach
Soft skills such as team work, problem solving, and interpersonal relationships are critical and enforced on a daily basis.