DESCRIPTIONS OF CLASSES

Las Vegas “MAGIC” Market Show

The first weekend in February, this three day tour reviews the many markets for buyers and wholesalers in men’s, women’s and children’s wear, shoes, active and accessories. Students also attend the global marketplace with representatives from every continent. Retailing via Casino resorts and the “The LV Strip” Malls offers students a unique look at an unusual luxury market. Students also have the opportunity to view stage costuming and costume wardrobes with the designers. The seminars are conducted by industry professionals.

New York Fashion Industry Tour

Sunday before Memorial Day week our tour of the New York fashion industry begins with an orientation from our Times Square hotel. Students start Monday morning with a city tour and begin their fashion seminars that afternoon. Seminars include a variety of professions within the fashion business and students receive an “insiders” look at these careers. Some seminars that students may attend are:

• WWD trade magazine fashion editor
• Visual Display director
• Fabric and Fashion Designers
• Accessory manufacturing
• Vintage apparel store and costume house
• Historic Costume collections at the Metropolitan Museum
• FIT and its Fashion Achieves
• National Sales offices of major manufacturers
• Boutique operations
• Fashion photograph
• Advertising and Marketing firm
• Audience of The View television program

The tour also enjoys a group dinner at a famous restaurant and the students can purchase half price tickets for Broadway plays just steps from the hotel. The tour allows a good amount of free time for visiting historic sites, like the Statue of Liberty; attending entertainment venues, like MTV’s studio shows: and shopping, the most asked for venue!

Future Study Tours

French Fabric and Fashions
Winter Break (January) 2007

A two week tour of the historic museums that house the remnants of original fabric mills of Nimes and Avinongn. See where and how denim began, how silks and calicos left Marseilles, and a high-speed train ride to Paris to view modern day fashion manufacturing and Haute Couture houses and the Musee de Textiles. January is sale month in Europe so save your dollars to exchange for Euros.

English Fashion: From Historic Collections to Teen Trendsetter
Winter Break (January) 2008

This two week tour of the museum historic collections from London, including the V & A and British Museum; Bath, and Yorkshire will set the stage for discovering how England became the fashion capital for “twenty-somethings”. See Princess Diana’s wardrobe at Kennsington Palace and the Crown Jewels at the Tower of London. We include a few free days for taking advantage of the January sales. Winter is a wonderful time to see England--few tourists and travel is half as much as summer!

Contact MCC for more information on tour prices and reservations. Students must be 18 years of age at the time of travel.