Stuyvesant Fashion Personal Statement
While New York City’s zeitgeist instilled an appreciation for high-end fashion’s influence on the world’s perceptions of individuals, it was the Fashion Institute of Technology’s cutting-edge classes that turned my junior year entrepreneurial interests into a school based philanthropic business: Stuyvesant Fashion (SF) - a rapidly developed, school-wide enterprise that markets and sells exclusive student-designed clothing with profits directly transferred to a Stuyvesant fund for individual student’s needs (books, gear, fees, etc.).
SF’s mission is twofold. First, to enable students to both acquire practical entrepreneurial experience while creating a college art portfolio by designing saleable Stuyvesant seasonal clothing exclusively for students/alumni and their activities. Secondly, earmarked profits sustain a students’ needs fund as close to 50% of the student body lives at or below the NYC poverty level. While a sustainable fundraising entity had been my goal, SF has provided a realistic platform to practice what I learned in Babson College’s entrepreneurial training program. …show more content…
Truthfully, exploring design idea flashes staved off the demands of many senior year realities. Fabricating products with friends, I willingly took on daunting business commitments and responsibilities, enjoying concentrating on formidable tasks, oblivious of issue ramifications, dreaming I knew what I was doing. I learned practical life lessons galore as sales soared and clients’ satisfaction brought sales. Greater profits than expected provided for more money for disadvantaged students than
SF’s mission is twofold. First, to enable students to both acquire practical entrepreneurial experience while creating a college art portfolio by designing saleable Stuyvesant seasonal clothing exclusively for students/alumni and their activities. Secondly, earmarked profits sustain a students’ needs fund as close to 50% of the student body lives at or below the NYC poverty level. While a sustainable fundraising entity had been my goal, SF has provided a realistic platform to practice what I learned in Babson College’s entrepreneurial training program. …show more content…
Truthfully, exploring design idea flashes staved off the demands of many senior year realities. Fabricating products with friends, I willingly took on daunting business commitments and responsibilities, enjoying concentrating on formidable tasks, oblivious of issue ramifications, dreaming I knew what I was doing. I learned practical life lessons galore as sales soared and clients’ satisfaction brought sales. Greater profits than expected provided for more money for disadvantaged students than