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April 13, 2017

AIA Chapter Events > Special Events

KC Design Week: Designing an Industry: Kansas City's Fashion Designers

11:30 AM
Berg Event Space | 1525 Grand Blvd Kansas City, MO 64108 Map

Hear Rightfully Sewn founder and president, Jennifer Lapka Pfeifer, speak about how her organization is working to bring opportunity and jobs to our community through the business of fashion. Two of the five Rightfully Sewn resident fashion designers, Kate Nickols and Ami Beck, will also speak about their design influences, creative processes, and business practices.

Rightfully Sewn provides seamstress training for at-risk women so they can thrive in a specialized workforce that will reestablish Kansas City as an epicenter of garment manufacturing, while at the same time, propel Kansas City fashion designers to market so they can supply the burgeoning demand for high-quality, American-produced garments.

Ticket Details
$10 in advance | $15 at door
Box lunch included in ticket price.

Event Schedule
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM: Registration and Lunch
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM: Presentation

More Info and Tickets >>

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KC Design Week is presented by the Center for Architecture & Design. Center for Architecture & Design is a PLACE, a COLLECTIVE, and a RESOURCE for our community to benefit from the creativity and ingenuity of design professionals.

 

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