Developing family & consumer science, design, merchandising, fashion teachers with the latest thought leadership in creativity, design- thinking, and technology, by experts in fashion, interior design, business, and merchandising in New York City!
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Leadership
ERIC FEIGENBAUM
Director, WindowsWear Workshop
Chair, Visual Merchandising, LIM College and Professor, FIT
Markopoulos Award, Design:Retail Magazine
New York Editor, VMSD Magazine |
SUSANNA MOYER
Professor, Parsons School of Design
Adjunct Professor, American University in Paris
Fashion Designer, Christian Dior, Sigred Olsen, Liz Claiborne and Hickey Freeman |
TIM CECI
Vice President, Céline
Vice President, Barneys New York
Retail Management, National Geographic Society, Nike, Pier 1 Imports, Gap, Banana Republic, Saks Fifth Avenue |
Agenda
Thursday
7pm – 9pm: Evening Welcome Reception
Friday
9:30am – 10am: Breakfast & Welcome from WindowsWear
10am – 11am: The History of New York City Retail
11am – 12pm: Visual Merchandising: The Communicator of the Brand
12pm – 1pm: Lunch + Attributes of an Effective Retail Environment
1pm – 2pm: The Future of Retail: Retail’s New Paradigm
3pm – 5pm: Fashion Window Walking Tour
Saturday
9:30am – 10am: Breakfast
10am – 11am: How to Teach using Creativity in the Classroom
11am – 1:30pm: Lunch + Teacher Curriculum Development
2pm – 4pm: Threads (the documentary) Film screening & discussion
7pm Group Dinner, Q&A with Retail Executive
Sunday
9:30am – 12pm: Breakfast + How to Best use WindowsWear in the Classroom
What People Are Saying
Additional Benefits
Each teacher will receive a complimentary 1-year full access Academic membership to WindowsWear!
Transportation
Conference takes place at 349 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10016 (on the southeast corner of 34th Street and 5th Avenue in Midtown Manhattan).
Participants will need to pay for and schedule their own flights and book their own hotels. We recommend staying at the Room Mate Grace Hotel, located at 125 West 45th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenue). Use promo code “WindowsWear” to receive approximately 10% off, based upon availability. Contact us if you have any questions!
