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Pamela Vanderlinde

Assistant Professor, Adjunct

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Bio

Assistant Professor, Adjunct, Fashion Design (2016). Designer/Owner: Zone, Chicago. Advisory Board: Awamaki, a women's weaving cooperative, Ollantaytambo, Peru. Education: BS, 1989, Purdue University; MA, 2014, DePaul University School for New Learning, Chicago. Exhibitions: City Gallery, Chicago. Publications: WWD, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, Newcity, CS. Articles: Threads Magazine. Published Works: "Patternmaking for Jacket and Coat Design," Bloomsbury; "Patternmaking for Dress Design," Bloomsbury.

Personal Statement

Working as an independent designer, author, and educator, I create an environment for my students that encompass my hands-on experience in the field of bespoke design. I bring to the classroom my many years of experience as a designer working in Chicago. For eleven of those years, I owned and operated a boutique named Zone which housed my designs. I am an authority when it comes to pattern making and construction skills, especially coats and jackets, which are the foundation of bespoke design. These hands-on, real world experiences give me a valuable knowledge base in which to instruct and mentor my students in the field of bespoke fashion design. In addition, I employ the tradition of bespoke design as a springboard in order to respond to my students as individual learners.

Courses

Title Department Catalog Term

Description

This is an introductory look into fashion. Students will explore basic design skills
and processes, and work with various materials used in constructing garments. Both traditional and non-traditional materials will be explored through techniques and exercises related to the body. Students will learn how the tools and equipment for hand and machine sewing functions, and its role in constructing garments. A critical overview of fashion introduces students to various practical and theoretical approaches to understand and explore fashion within an art context.

Class Number

1527

Credits

3

Description

Fashion Construction II builds the fundamentals of construction through a unique combination of pattern drafting, draping on the form, and sewing techniques, expanding to principles of the torso block, shirt-, and dress variations, as well as adding more variance in finishes and closures. Students develop and construct design concepts and explore variations, first in muslin, then in fabric, and will complete 2 garments. Pre-req: FASH 2001

Class Number

1385

Credits

3

Description

Join our trip to Peru to discover a unique experience while gaining insight into South America's large tradition of textile crafts as well as other artistic practices. In addition to our in-depth study of textiles, we will also concentrate on art as a catalyst for intercultural exchange, focusing on the rich vibrant indigenous Quechuan communities of the Peruvian Highlands. During the course students will have a series of practicums focusing on backstrap weaving, service projects, ritualistic ceremonies, and interactions with local indigenous communities, as we will embrace cultural tourism as a means of inter-cultural exchange through our social interactions. Another focus is the pre-Hispanic archaeological sites located in the Sacred Valley, with a visit to Machu Picchu as a highlight.

Class Number

1038

Credits

0

Description

Class Number

1041

Credits

3 - 6

Description

Intermediate Fashion studio is a co-taught immersive class that furthers the creative and technical development of the `thinking and making¿ involved in designing tomorrow's fashion. Students build a three look capsule collection based on their personal research, brought alive in shape and material development through garments. In-depth research and personal conviction infuse the conceptual stage, while translating this sensibility into garment concepts requires heightened attention to detail and execution. Students review and develop approaches to express and communicate design concepts, as well as their realization into fashion garments and collections. Throughout, garments and looks are fitted on models in both muslin and fabric.

Class Number

1381

Credits

6

Description

Advanced Fashion Studio 1 This two-day (6 credit hour) course aims to help students achieve a high level of professionalism through the design and development of a body of work through collections that emphasize and generate a personal style and a fashion direction. Students will engage conceptual design and creative pattern cutting to develop their collection through refined and distinct garments, and their manufacture. Workshops in advanced techniques augment and expand the fashion vocabulary and potential for their offerings. Students communicate collection concepts utilizing advanced design and research methodologies to back up their creative visions. Students will develop prototypes for their thesis collection, and complete a minimum of five directional garments in the fall. Pre-req FASH 3900.

Class Number

1502

Credits

6

Description

Advanced Fashion Studio 2 This two-day (6 credit hour) course aims to help students achieve a high level of professionalism through the design and development of collections that both emphasize and generate a personal style and a fashion direction. Building on the fall semester, students will plan and execute an editorial photoshoot of one look concurrent to the completion of a collection of garments to be shown during the spring fashion runway show. Pre-req FASH 4001.

Class Number

1378

Credits

6